Accounting and Suppliers Manager

Interim Management Mission

Pictogramme entreprise

Sector of activity

Industrial company. Industrial activities in continuous fire

Type of company

Series production and distribution of finished products in BtoB and BtoC. International customers.

Company size

Distributes its finished products in France and internationally.

Pictrogramme travail

Country, city

Region Hauts-de-France

Type of mission

Transition Management Mission

Function

Integration of a Shared Services Center (SSC) which ensures the accounting and financial management of several companies of the Group

THE COMPANY

The company is an industrial group with continuous activities. It produces series and distributes finished products in BtoB and BtoC.

CLIENT'S NEEDS

Our client is an industrial group mastering its entire production chain and distributing its finished products in France and internationally.
The company was in a phase of internal reorganization, to adapt to the new stakes of its market and to improve its performances, and this is why it entrusted us with the search for its future Accounting & Suppliers Manager.
This Interim Management mission allowed us to free up time for the teams in place and to optimize the distribution of accounting and financial activities within the teams. This mission was also part of the preparation of an ERP migration: from SAP R3 to SAP S4/Hana during the 2nd quarter 2022.
Based in the Hauts-de-France region, the site of this mission is easily accessible and close to several large cities.

THE MISSION

The manager joined a Shared Services Center (SSC) which ensures the accounting and financial management of several companies of the Group.
He was responsible for a team of 4 people in charge of accounting and supplier management.
The portfolio includes several thousand suppliers and weekly payment deadlines of several million Euros each.

Its activities include :

Monitoring commitments to suppliers.
Management of weekly deadlines.
Supervision of intra-group flows.
Establishing provisions for periodic closings.
Control of DAS 2 for the Group's service providers.

He/she will report to the Accounting Director and will interact with the other activity managers within the Group's SSC.

THE PROFILE

Higher education in accounting and finance: MSTCF / DECF / DESCF type or equivalent.
Experience in the use of SAP R3 / S4 Hana would be a plus.
Knowledge of supplier management workflows such as SAP Wim / Opentext.
Mastery of the Office suite: Excel in particular.
Communicative & team player.
With anoperational approach, you are both action-oriented and have the ability to lead your team to meet the commitments made by the Group.