Senior Accountant - French Speaker

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Job Purpose:

Reporting directly to the Controller, this position has responsibility for managing strategic markets within the company and will be expected to liaise with senior regional and global stakeholders to ensure both efficient operations and ongoing process improvements. The position has the primary responsibility to ensure monthly, quarterly and year-end financial reporting is timely and accurate and in compliance with company policies and US GAAP.

This position leads a team of associates (all direct reports) being Accountants and/or Senior Accountants. The incumbent is involved with continuous improvement activities which further improve financial processes and controls and is responsible for the ongoing management and development of subordinates reporting to this role.

Main Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor and monitor delivery of month end management account results to management within the agreed timeframe and in the required format;
• Manage the accurate and timely delivery for specific country/group of countries of general accounting and reporting (excluding intercompany accounting) tasks and perform general accounting activities (i.e. journal postings, GL maintenance, report preparation, reconciliations, closing activities, etc.) in accordance SLAs;
• Manage the closing process in accordance with closing timetable and SLA's;
• Manage and coordinate the reconciliation of the respective accounts to ensure they balance and that any discrepancies or variations are investigated and corrected;
• Regularly track and resolve outstanding general accounting and reporting issues that have been escalated, or further escalate to the necessary parties;
• Act as primary contact for local organization in terms of coordination and servicing;
• Ensure relevant business process controls and processes are documented and tested in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and that no un-remediated control gaps exist ;
• Manage and coordinate the audit process, working close to Internal and External Audit teams;
• Support Controller in implementing best practices for controlling process and proactively identify, propose and implement continuous improvement opportunities in existing processes within the team;
• Lead Standardization and Continuous improvement projects assigned by the Manager;
• Carry out people management responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws, including: plan, assign and direct work, hire and develop associates by transferring knowledge of operations, financial concepts and business issues;
• Provide feedback and coaching to team members;
•  Provide opportunities for learning and self-development, and facilitate the development of technical competencies;
• Continuously strive to build a culture of high-performance;
• Manage the collection, analysis and presentation of strategic financial information to business units. Provide strategic analysis and business support. Manage the ongoing operational analysis and prepare appropriate recommendations and reports.

Requirements:

• Minimum 2 years in Controlling department in Goodyear and overall experience in Finance 4 years;
• Minimum 1 year in processes coordination role;
• Significant contribution in project coordination and support with proven results;
• Strong commitment towards achieving good results;
• Contagious positive and “can do” attitude;
• Fluency in English and French.

Our offer:

• Pay for Performance incentive plan.

• Recognize and reward success.
• Provide adequate health care: medical subscription & eyeglasses reimbursement.
• Protect our associates during unexpected moments in life: life insurance, employee assistance program, aid allowance.
• Support your personal plans through the Flexible benefits budget. 
• We truly believe in a healthy balance between your personal and professional life, through:
  • Flexible work schedule - specific to the activity /department.
  • Hybrid work schedule
  • Vacation: 25 days/year
  • Additional days off for special events.
  • Library Subscription through Bookster
• Easter and Christmas Allowance
• Referral bonus for new colleagues recommended by you.
• Discount price to purchase Goodyear tires.
• Discount offering for products and services through agreed partnership.
• We provide the resources to continue developing your abilities and career to realize your full potential: whether it’s learning from assignments, exposure to new experiences or coaching and mentoring.
• Fun and CSR team is delegated to coordinate team events or community support initiatives.

Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies. It employs about 68,000 people and manufactures its products in 53 facilities in 20 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio, and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg, strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to www.goodyear.com/corporate.