Financial Accountant (M/W)

Job description

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Within the Accounting team, you will report to the Head of PBR & Accounting, with a functional reporting to the Senior Accountant. You will oversee the accounting of reinsurance companies (insurance chart of accounts) as well as service & management companies (General COA).

<-- [if supportLists]-->1) <--[endif]-->Production of the statutory accounts of reinsurance companies (PCA), as well as of service & management companies (PCG):

<-- [if supportLists]-->Ø <--[endif]-->Collection, identification and booking of provisions and accruals entries for the quarterly closings of each entity;

<-- [if supportLists]-->Ø <--[endif]-->Preparation of annual statements (annual report, management report and appendices to the statutory accounts);

<-- [if supportLists]-->Ø <--[endif]-->Direct contact with the auditors.

<-- [if supportLists]-->2) Collaboration with the Central Accounting Services (CAS) team (based in United Kingdom) in charge of accounting records and the management of day-today operations:

<-- [if supportLists]-->Ø <--[endif]-->Accounts payable and expense reports: control invoices records, identify and monitor fixed assets, quarterly analytical review of management expenses (in collaboration with Financial Control);

<-- [if supportLists]-->Ø <--[endif]-->Accounts receivable: issue, record and monitor invoices (in collaboration with the Financial Control);

<-- [if supportLists]-->Ø <--[endif]-->Treasury: control bank entries records and reconciliations, cash flows monitoring;

<-- [if supportLists]-->Ø <--[endif]-->Auxiliary systems reconciliations with our accounting tool PeopleSoft.

Responsible of the follow-up and the accuracy of the accounting operations booked by the CAS team, you will have exchanges with teams abroad.

<-- [if supportLists]-->3) <--[endif]-->Active participation in tax topics:

<-- [if supportLists]-->Ø <--[endif]-->Production of consolidated tax packages (CEGIDTAX) and tax packages for French tax authority;

<-- [if supportLists]-->Ø <--[endif]-->Calculation and of taxes and duties: IS (consolidated tax and common law), VAT, CVAE, CFE, C3S, DAS2 etc including handling of respective timetables.

<-- [if supportLists]-->4) <--[endif]-->Production of the IFRS package for reinsurance companies (PCA), consolidated within the AXA Group (quarterly, in collaboration with the PBR team) on BO MAGNITUDE software.

<-- [if supportLists]-->Ø <--[endif]-->Production of IFRS accounts for each quarterly closing and complete some schedules for Magnitude

<-- [if supportLists]-->Ø <--[endif]-->Calculation of Deferred Taxes

<-- [if supportLists]-->5) <--[endif]-->Moreover, you will take part in various projects of the Finance family.

Desired profile

Qualifications :

About the requirements:

Education:

Ø Master Degree in Finance, Accounting, etc.

Competencies:

Ø You have between 1-3 years of experience on a similar position in the insurance industry;

Ø You have excellent knowledge of French and IFRS norms, accounting rules, that you acquired both through your degree and/ or your professional experience;

Ø You have a good knowledge of French taxes;

Ø You have a good knowledge of PCG and PCA (would be a plus);

Ø You are fluent in French and English, written and orally;

Ø You may know People Soft or S4/HANA;

Ø You are proficient in Excel;

Ø You are organized, autonomous and proactive in solutions finding, with the ability to meet deadlines.

Mindset:

Ø You like to propose your own ideas and have both the willingness and ability to evolve;

Ø Rigorous and motivated. You like to act and propose your own ideas;

Ø Methodic, well organized, and capable to manage multiple tasks and jump from one project to another that might be totally different in a fast-changing environment;

Ø Result-oriented, resilient, and able to deliver on-time and quality;

Ø Motivated to work within an international and cross-cultural environment;

Ø Team spirit is a key skill for integrating in our dynamic and human-sized company.