Longchamp General Accountant

About Longchamp

Longchamp is a family-owned French leather goods house. Jean Cassegrain founded it in Paris in 1948, making leather-covered pipes before the house turned to luggage and handbags. Its collections also include shoes and ready-to-wear.

Role & Responsibilities

• Manage accounts payable, including invoice entry, preparation and tracking of supplier payments, and reconciliation of subsidiary accounts.
• Review, approve and record expense claims; monitor advances and reconcile subsidiary accounts.
• Record treasury transactions, perform bank reconciliations and reconcile cash receipt accounts.
• Record and monitor payroll expenses, including payroll journal entries, monthly reconciliation of social declarations and financial statements, and coordination with social controlling on analytical data.
• Manage fixed assets, including recording, depreciation, inventory of additions, disposals and assets under construction, and monthly reconciliation between accounting and fixed-asset records.
• Apply internal control and risk-management procedures, including supplier call-backs, signature delegations and fraud vigilance.
• Reconcile monthly revenue (CEGID-SAP).
• Process third-party and intercompany customer recharges.
• Calculate and record closing provisions, including FNP, CCA, PCA, FAE and other journal entries.
• Ensure balance-sheet account reconciliation and substantiation, and prepare closing files.
• Reconcile intercompany group accounts.
• Contribute to delivery of the group consolidation package.
• Under the Accounting Manager’s supervision, contribute to preparation of statutory accounts, participate in financial statement audits and respond to statutory auditors’ requests.
• Prepare current tax materials, including VAT, local taxes and corporate income tax, in coordination with local teams and advisers and in accordance with local tax regulations and statutory deadlines.
• Reconcile tax accounts and tax returns.
• Under the Accounting Manager’s supervision, help respond to enquiries from local tax authorities and requests from local advisers.
• Support the Accounting Department and central Finance, IT and BPO teams on major IT projects, including SAP S/4HANA, and continuous-improvement and digitalisation initiatives to standardise practices, improve tool reliability, streamline processes and strengthen procedure documentation.
• Promote the sharing and harmonisation of best practices and smooth communication among European accounting teams, central functions and local management.
• Act as the primary contact for local teams in coordination with local accounting firms.
• Regularly monitor local accounting firms’ bookkeeping for compliance with group procedures and follow up on closing work.
• Provide local accountants with the required documents and files.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of confirmed experience in a similar position, ideally in a retail environment.
• Higher-education qualification in accounting.
• Very good English, written and spoken, in an international professional context.
• Rigour and a strong sense of responsibility, including meeting deadlines, organisation and reliability.
• Results orientation and attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and strong written and verbal communication.
• Collaborative team spirit and a proactive approach.

Skills

Experience

3–5 years in a similar position, ideally in a retail environment

Education

Higher-education qualification in accounting

Culture

Leatherworkers learn their trade in the house’s workshops. At Segré, craftspeople also repair bags, while in boutiques and department-store concessions sales advisers help clients choose among materials, sizes and finishes.

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