Clarivate is seeking to hire a dynamic Lead Accountant to join our growing, global Accounting and Controllership team!

This is a permanent role within the Group’s International Controllership and Accounting function with specific responsibilities for our five French legal entities.  The global finance function continues to develop as the group integrates acquired companies.  Challenges ahead for the successful candidate include ensuring continued adherence to the group’s reporting timetable, maintenance of controls and a continued drive for increased quality and efficiency of reporting.

The jobholder will be accountable for the effective and timely delivery of the monthly close activities and supporting the associated reporting for the relevant business groups, assisting with the production and submission of local statutory and compliance requirements, including the preparation of the monthly FEC files, and meeting the quarterly reporting requirements for the Clarivate Group.

The role requires strong relationship building with business finance, corporate functions, internal & external audit, and within the shared service centre community and is critical in ensuring that all revenue, costs, commitments, assets, and liabilities are accurately recorded on a timely basis. This role will provide support and control of the business units’ balance sheets and ensure that the financial statements reflect local and international standards as well as complying with the Sarbanes Oxley recommendations.

The role reports to the Senior Manager, Accounting for France and is based in the greater Paris region, Barcelona, or London. 

About You – experience, education, skills, and accomplishments

Qualified accountant (or by experience)5-7 years of relevant accounting experienceStrong financial and management accounting backgroundComprehensive knowledge of French GAAP and good understanding of US GAAPWorking knowledge of French fiscal and social tax declarationsExcellent analytical review skillsEffective interpersonal communication as a good interlocutorFluent French and English speakerExperience within a large global services organisationEnd to end accounting process understandingComfortable with working autonomouslyProven ability to meet deadlinesStrong customer focus work ethicProven problem solverEnthusiastic

What will you be doing in this role?

Support the entire statutory audit process for the French companiesSupport the delivery of the monthly close activities for each company under remitBalance sheet and P&L monthly flux analysisProduction of key supporting schedules for balance sheet and P&LMaintain the FEC files for the five French legal entitiesCoordination with centralized process teamsSupport monthly tax and social compliance and filingsSupport ad hoc projects

About the Team

This role reporting into the Senior Manager, Accounting for France working as part of team of 3 and part of the wider controlling and accounting department..

Hours of Work

Full-time, permanent role based in France on a fully remote basis or on a hybrid basis from either our London or Barcelona offices.

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