General Accountant

Overview

As finance operations continue to scale, the organization is seeking a General Accountant to strengthen the accounting team. This role owns recurring operational accounting work end to end. The rollout of automated invoicing is also reshaping parts of the workflow, so strong adaptability is required.

This is a remote role within a distributed organization. The position is suited for someone genuinely autonomous and self-driven and reports to the Group Accounting Manager.

Responsibilities & Key Deliverables

General Accounting

• Banking: Enter bank statements and perform bank reconciliations across the group’s entities.
• Monthly closing: Contribute to the monthly close for:
  • Accrued charges (CCA)
  • Invoices not received (FNP)
  • Accrued expenses (FAE)
  • Accrued interest (ICNE)
• Payroll entries: Analytical split of salaries and bonuses; paid-leave provisions and reversals.
• Fixed assets & intercompany: Record fixed assets and depreciation entries; manage intercompany entries.

Accounts Receivable / Accounts Payable

• Billing: Follow up on customer invoicing and perform weekly billing review.
• Collections: Run customer dunning and payment reminders.
• Purchase invoices: Process purchase invoices in Yooz (import, review, user and workflow maintenance).
• Expenses: Manage expenses in Spendesk (review and reconciliation).

Tax

• VAT: Prepare monthly/quarterly VAT returns per entity (CA3 filings), maintain the VAT control file, and correct VAT forms when needed.
• DES: European Services Declaration.
• Corporate taxes:
  • Corporate income tax (IS) installment payments
  • CVAE
• DAS2: Prepare and file DAS2 declarations.

Internal Operations

• Accounting tickets: Follow up on and resolve accounting tickets (Jira) raised by internal teams.
• Process documentation: Support finance process documentation and handle ad hoc requests.

Requirements

• Education: Accounting degree (Bachelor’s to Master’s level).
• Experience:
  • At least 3 years of experience in an accounting firm (Cabinet d’expert-comptable), or
  • 3 years as an accountant in a start-up / scale-up environment.
• Rigor & follow-through: Take ownership of recurring work and see each topic through to completion.
• Autonomy: Self-driven and comfortable working in a remote organization.
• Tools (plus): Experience with Yooz and Spendesk (or equivalent tools).
• Adaptability: Open to automation and AI-assisted tools, and able to adapt as automated invoicing rolls out.
• Languages: Fluent French (French accounting and tax environment) and professional English.

Compensation & Benefits

• Comprehensive health and pension plans.
• Meal benefits via the Swile card.

Location

Remote role with collaboration across offices in Paris, Lille, or London.

Recruitment Process

• Discussions about driving forces, ambitions, and the organization’s approach with a Talent Acquisition team member.
• Analytical and business logic tests.
• Discussions with one or more members of the team, including your future manager.
• Reference checks.

Most steps are conducted via videoconference, though certain stages may require an in-person meeting.