Groupe Les Échos-Le Parisien Accounts Payable Manager

About Groupe Les Échos-Le Parisien

Groupe Les Échos-Le Parisien is a leading French media group, uniting influential titles, events, and services that inform economic, political, cultural, and civic life. As an employer, the Group offers a dynamic environment where journalistic excellence, digital innovation, data, marketing, events, and business expertise converge. Backed by the standards of a major media institution, it values intellectual curiosity, agility, responsibility, and a strong sense of public interest. Employees contribute to trusted brands with national reach while helping shape new formats, audiences, and experiences in a rapidly evolving media landscape.

Role & Responsibilities

• Coordinate the full accounts payable process, from issuing payment flows through payment runs, making full use of the available tools.
• Ensure the proper management of goods exchanges and apply the associated accounting techniques, including accrued invoices, invoices to be issued, prepaid expenses, deferred income, and cash offsets.
• Ensure compliance with accounting and tax standards and internal control procedures.
• Oversee account reviews, support the resolution of complex cases, and monitor performance indicators to anticipate risks and contribute to reliable closing processes.
• Lead and support a team of 9 employees on a day-to-day basis, maintain regular contact with the team, and serve as a technical reference.
• Develop team members’ skills through close support, active listening, and collaborative problem-solving for operational challenges.
• Organize the team’s work, ensure a balanced workload, and foster a positive team dynamic.
• Communicate management’s direction and priorities, explain decisions, and help the team adopt them.
• Provide an effective interface between operational teams, accounting, and management, with regular communication adapted to different stakeholders.
• Contribute to Group transformation projects, including digitalization, automation, and new tools, and support employees in implementing them.
• Manage processes in the ERP using SAP S/4HANA or an earlier version, and use office tools, particularly Excel, effectively.
• Identify opportunities to optimize and contribute to process improvement projects that simplify, streamline, and modernize workflows.

Qualifications

• Higher education in accounting or management.
• Solid experience in comparable roles, including strong command of accounting techniques and closing cycles.
• At least 5 years of management experience.
• Advanced Excel proficiency.
• Operational proficiency in SAP S/4HANA or an earlier version and Esker; knowledge of Esker is essential.
• Fluent English for telephone conversations and email communication.
• Strong listening skills, with the ability to adapt support and represent management with clarity, diplomacy, and balanced firmness.
• Rigorous and analytical approach, with excellent communication skills.

Skills

Experience

Minimum 10 years; includes at least 5 years in management.

Education

Higher education in accounting or management.

Culture

Groupe Les Échos-Le Parisien offers a dynamic, editorially driven workplace where journalistic excellence, innovation, and public-impact storytelling are central to the culture. As an employer, it brings together diverse media, digital, events, and business expertise, encouraging collaboration, agility, and responsibility in a fast-evolving information environment.

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