Responsable Comptabilité Clients - H​/F​/X

Finance Europe & Corporate At Chanel

In a context of continuous transformation, the Finance Europe & Corporate function at Chanel is actively evolving through projects aimed at optimizing its working methods, processes, and information systems.

Reporting to the Director of European Accounting, you will be involved in the following missions:

• Operational pilotage of customer accounting:
• Ensure the reliability, compliance, and robustness of accounting operations related to customers in compliance with French and IFRS standards, for all entities within the scope (9 entities)
• Interact and facilitate the transversality of exchanges with the supplier accounting manager and the general and fixed assets accounting manager.
• Prepare and coordinate the accounting closures related to customer accounts, respecting the global calendar,
• Supervise and validate the work produced by the accounting manager and credit managers on customer accounts: cut-off entries, customer depreciations, analytical comments,
• Ensure regulatory monitoring (tax, legal, accounting) and adapt accounting writing schemes according to the evolution of accounting standards, tax, and business changes,
• Coordinate and supervise responses to audits (tax, administrative, internal, and auditors) for customer accounts,
• Ensure internal control in collaboration with transformation teams (completeness of audit board reporting, post-defined internal control in tools)
• Write technical memos for external auditors, management control, tax direction, and other stakeholders,
• Knowledge of commercial activity and prevention of third-party default risks:
• Ensure the quality of customer data in the customer database to address the compliance of invoicing flows,
• Supervise the credit management cell to manage the risks of customers and suppliers: management of the European credit insurance policy, financial analysis of strategic partners, risk mapping.
• Maintain and develop external partnerships (COFACE, Intersud, Pouey, Marsh etc…)
• Monitor the follow-up of aged balances and coordinate corrective actions with commercial and purchasing functions.
• Monitor performance evolutions (DSO & DPO) and trigger alerts in case of drifts.
• Ensure the internal control of customer lines in progress.
• Sensitize internal clients to financial analysis, risk management, and cash culture.
• Digital transformation and continuous improvement:
• Be a driver in the strategy of transformation and digitalization of third-party accounting processes (automation, robotization, dematerialization of invoices, integration of finance IT tools…).
• Actively accompany the change management and the diffusion of best practices within teams.
• Collaborate with ADV and transformation teams in charge of deployment projects and continuous process improvement.
• Contribute to the continuous adaptation of accounting schemes in connection with regulatory, business, and technological developments,
• Supervise the digitalization of third-party account documentation and the implementation of RPA/IA dedicated solutions.
• Team management and development:
• Manage a team of 7 employees, including 3 in direct management, by promoting talent development and professional progression within the company.
• Maintain a culture of collaboration, innovation, and open-mindedness, in line with the dynamic instilled at the departmental level.
• Coordinate recruitment in close collaboration with the HR department.
• Build and supervise the service budget in connection with your management and the management control.

• Higher education degree Bac+5 (Business School, Engineer, Master in Finance or equivalent), good mastery of French and IFRS accounting standards is an advantage,
• Confirmed experience (10 years minimum) in management and financial direction, ideally in a transformation context,
• Proven relational and managerial skills, ability to rally and support team development,
• Excellent command of Excel, good knowledge of SAP and finance IT tools (AX, Oracle, TM1)
• Appetite for project work and change support,
• Fluent English (spoken and written) indispensable

• Direct reporting to the Director of European Accounting, guarantor of accounting performance and cohesion of all teams in France and Europe
• Close collaboration with the Finance function teams, as well as with support functions (legal, IT, management control, treasury, procurement, etc.)

At Chanel, we are dedicated to creating an inclusive culture that nurtures personal growth, in order to contribute to our collective progress. We believe that the uniqueness of each individual increases the diversity, complementarity, and effectiveness of our teams. We strongly encourage you to share your application with us, as we value the perspective, experience, and potential you could bring to Chanel.