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Média-Participations

Leading comics publisher and media company

Management Controller

Corporate Finance & FP&AConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeÎle-de-France, FranceNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A degree from a business school, university, or engineering school, specializing in Finance, Management Control, Accounting, or Management.
  • Several years of significant experience in similar roles, ideally in a subsidiary of a French or international group.

Responsibilities

  • Develop reporting, dashboards, budgets, estimates, and multi-year plans; analyze results, margins, variances, cash flow, and working capital requirements.
  • Build and update business plans for products in operation and development; flag deviations and propose corrective actions.
  • Analyze revenue by product, channel, platform, territory, and third party; ensure reconciliations and cut-off are reliable.
  • Manage development, manufacturing, distribution, and marketing costs, including inventory and manufacturing costs, fixed assets, depreciation, impairment tests, grants, and potential tax credits.
  • Oversee royalty statements and provisions; check calculation bases, rates, minimum guarantees, advances, and deductible costs.
  • Reconcile statements, payments, booked amounts, and provisions; document history, contracts, and exceptions.
  • Manage marketing and trade marketing expenses, commitments, and analytical allocation.
  • Analyze salaries, fees, external services, and intercompany flows.
  • Update cash flow forecasts and monitor financial results.
  • Participate in monthly, semiannual, and annual closings; validate management data and prepare consolidation and audit materials.
  • Formalize procedures and controls, ensure data reliability, and lead optimization or automation of financial tools, ERP, reporting, and business intelligence.
  • Act as the main point of contact for senior management, operational teams, Group finance functions, and statutory auditors.
  • Manage Management Controllers, organize priorities, review deliverables, develop autonomy, and ensure continuity of activities and backlog control.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience or knowledge in the creative industries, cultural industry, audiovisual sector, or video game sector.
  • Experience or knowledge in retail or e-commerce distribution networks, especially cultural products.
  • Experience in an audit firm.

About the Company

Média-Participations

Leading comics publisher and media company

Média-Participations is a family-owned group that develops publishing, media, and entertainment across Europe, America, Asia, and Africa through 65 subsidiaries and 2,000+ employees. It publishes thousands of new titles per year, making it a leading publisher of comics, manga, and graphic novels and a major player in children’s books and illustrated content. Its products flow from publishing to animation, films, video games, board games, merchandise, and digital platforms, using licensing and rights management to feed adaptations and experiences. The company’s goal is to bring iconic heroes and worlds to life and share stories with millions of readers, viewers, and players worldwide.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
1986

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