French-speaking Accounting Manager - sant cugat del vallès
3 days ago
Sant Cugat del Vallès
Overview In this role you will lead the French accounting function within a fast-growing international dental group building a shared services center near Barcelona. You drive the full French accounting cycle, mentor a small team, and establish in-house capability to reduce reliance on external providers. You partner with local labs and country teams to ensure compliant, reliable financials and timely reporting. This position offers impact across cross-country processes and a chance to shape how finance operates at scale. You’ll thrive if you enjoy hands-on numbers, building teams, and driving transformation. Compensaciones / Beneficios • hybrid work after onboarding, • salary around 40,000 to 42,000 gross per year plus benefits, • permanent, full-time contract, • Monday to Friday, • location near Barcelona (Sant Cugat del Vallès) Responsabilidades, • Lead a team of three accountants, ensuring development and timely monthly deliverables, • Own the full French accounting cycle including month-end and year-end closings, • Serve as the in-house expert on French accounting and reduce reliance on external providers, • Collaborate with external accountant on tax and audit while maintaining substance within the team, • Produce management reporting and financial analysis, • Ensure compliance with French regulations and maintain accurate, reliable numbers, • Partner with local labs, country teams, and operations directors in France, • Contribute to building a cross-country shared service center model Requisitos principales, • Fluent French and English; Spanish a plus, • Located near Barcelona or willing to relocate; NIE and SSN, • Degree in accounting, finance, business administration, economics or similar, • 5+ years of experience in French accounting with solid knowledge of French rules, • Proven team management experience, • Strong ERP knowledge (SAP, SAGE or Navision) and Excel, • Comfortable owning closings and meeting strict reporting deadlines, • ownership and accountability, • hands-on and pragmatic, • big-picture thinking, • SAP, • SAGE, • Navision