Transition Accounting Director

Project overview

Assignment Context

On behalf of a large international group, we are looking for a Transition Accounting Director to support its financial management during an internal mobility period.

In the context of the 2026 annual closing and preparation of group reporting, your main challenges will be to secure financial deadlines, ensure the operational continuity of accounting activities, and support the teams during this transition period.

Your Main Responsibilities

Profile Required

You have solid experience in accounting management or transition management, ideally gained within a large group or in a high-transaction volume environment.

You have the following skills in particular:

We are looking for a hands-on, dynamic, structured, and unifying manager, capable of quickly taking up their duties, securing operations, and developing their teams.

• Secure the 2026 annual closing and ensure compliance with the group's calendar.
• Supervise accounting production and consolidation reporting, respecting quality requirements and submission deadlines.
• Manage the entire accounting scope, covering in particular accounts receivable, accounts payable, cash receipts, energy purchases, production activities, and taxation.
• Ensure operational continuity by directly intervening in accounting production to support teams when necessary.
• Manage a team of about twenty employees, organized around three middle managers.
• Support the development of skills and autonomy of the managers, by clarifying responsibilities and delegations.
• Organize the handover with the future incumbent and formalize a transfer file at the end of the assignment.
• Excellent command of accounting processes and closing challenges.
• Very good knowledge of SAP.
• Good understanding of consolidation, IFRS standards, and taxation issues.
• Proven experience in managing multidisciplinary teams and middle managers.
• Ability to combine management, perspective, and strong operational involvement.
• Experience in an audit firm (Big Four) would be a plus.

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Paris, France, FR
• Rate: 112-112 EUR/h
• Languages: French