Financial Accountant MW

• You have between 3 to 5 years of experience in a similar position in the insurance industry; audit experience in a Big 4 or equivalent is an asset.
• You have excellent knowledge of French and IFRS norms accounting rules that you acquired both through your degree and/or your professional experience.
• You have a good knowledge of French taxes.
• You have a good knowledge of PCG and PCA (would be a plus).
• You are fluent in French and English, written and orally.
• You may know PeopleSoft or S4/HANA.
• You are proficient in Excel.

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

Mindset:

• You like to propose your own ideas and have both the willingness and ability to evolve.
• Rigorous and motivated. You like to act and propose your own ideas.
• Methodic, well-organized, and capable of managing multiple tasks and jumping from one project to another that might be totally different in a fast-changing environment.
• Result-oriented, resilient, and able to deliver on time and quality.
• Motivated to work within an international and cross-cultural environment.

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

Our job offers:

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 entities (General COA).

1. Preparation of statutory accounts of reinsurance companies (PCA) as well as of service & management companies (PCG):

• Collection, identification, and booking of provisions and accruals entries for the quarterly closings of each entity.
• Preparation of annual statements (annual report, management report, and appendices to the statutory accounts).

Direct contact with the auditors.

2. Collaboration with the Central Accounting Services (CAS) team (based in the United Kingdom):

You will be responsible for the follow-up and accuracy of the accounting operations booked by the CAS and have contacts with teams based abroad. You will work with SHIP Investment Accounting teams to understand and follow-up investment accounting entries.

• Accounts payable and expense reports: checking of invoices, records identification, and monitoring of fixed assets; quarterly analytical review of management expenses (in collaboration with Financial Controlling).
• Accounts receivable: issue, record, and monitor invoices (in collaboration with the Financial Controlling).
• Treasury: monitor bank entries, records, and reconciliations; maintain bank mandates; cash flows monitoring; direct contact with banks.

Financial Investment accounting reports: prepare bookings in PeopleSoft based on SHIP accounting entries; perform controls and analysis.

Auxiliary systems reconciliations with our accounting tool PeopleSoft.

3. Production of the IFRS package for reinsurance companies (PCA) consolidated within the AXA Group:

Quarterly in collaboration with the Financial Controlling team on BO MAGNITUDE software. Production of IFRS accounts for each quarterly closing and complete some schedules for Magnitude.

Intercompany reconciliation.

Calculation of Deferred Taxes.

4. Active participation in tax topics:

• Production of consolidated tax packages (CEGIDTAX) and tax packages for the French tax office.

Calculation and filing of tax returns: IS, VAT, CVAE, CFE, C3S, DAS2, etc., including handling of respective timetables.

5. Moreover, you will take part in various projects of the Finance family and ad-hoc topics.

Key Skills:

SRP systems, Financial Statement Preparation, Accounting Software, Hyperion, Financial Report Writing, GAAP, General Ledger Accounting, Accounting, Regulatory Reporting, Account Reconciliation, SOX, Financial Analysis.

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: 3-5 years

Vacancy: 1