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Air Liquide

Industrial and medical gas provider

Accounting Manager

Financial AccountingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeFranceNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 10 years of consolidated experience, ideally gained in a Big Four audit firm and in the accounting department of large groups.
  • Expertise in IFRS standards and consolidation processes.
  • Proficiency with reference enterprise resource planning systems such as SAP, Magnitude, or Sage, and internal-control rules.
  • Strong personal and collective organizational abilities, customer focus, and the ability to influence without hierarchical authority and prioritize urgent matters responsively.
  • A higher qualification in Finance or Accounting, such as DSCG, DEC, or a master's degree.
  • Operational English is essential.

Responsibilities

  • Functionally lead the subsidiary and general accounting teams to ensure accounts are produced within Group deadlines.
  • Perform complex general and analytical accounting operations and consolidation entries, including IFRS adjustments.
  • Control and substantiate the reliability of accounts and information produced by the business units.
  • Determine taxable income, calculate and record corporate income tax, and produce periodic reporting statements, including any consolidation levels.
  • Prepare annual and permanent analysis files.
  • Serve as the primary contact for the entity's CFO and operational departments for routine operations and specific requests.
  • Contribute to rolling forecasts and targets, including support for tax and corporate income tax calculations.
  • Coordinate the statutory auditors' interim assignments and annual account reviews.
  • Monitor French and IFRS accounting standards.
  • Ensure rigorous application of Group internal-control and ethics rules.
  • Prepare and manage tax audits in coordination with the Tax and Corporate Tax departments.
  • Functionally facilitate the Treasury, Customers, and Suppliers teams and develop their skills without hierarchical authority.
  • Analyze activity performance indicators, share them with stakeholders, and implement improvement plans.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience gained in a Big Four audit firm and in the accounting department of large groups is ideal.

About the Company

Air Liquide

Industrial and medical gas provider

Air Liquide produces and supplies industrial and medical gases, such as oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, argon, and specialty gases, to manufacturers, healthcare providers, electronics, and energy companies. It operates through production plants, pipelines, cylinder networks, and on-site supply units, and it also designs and builds gas production and separation systems, including cryogenic air separation plants and large electrolyzers, via its engineering arm. Its Gas & Services business serves industry and healthcare and it is a major producer of hydrogen, investing in low-carbon hydrogen projects and electrolysis as part of industrial decarbonization. It serves the semiconductor industry and space programs as well. Its goal is to enable industrial decarbonization and the energy transition by providing reliable gases and engineering capabilities for large-scale gas production, hydrogen supply, and on-site services.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
1902

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