Sisley Paris Purchase-to-Pay Manager

About Sisley Paris

Shaped since 1976 by Hubert and Isabelle d’Ornano, who took over the young company that year, Sisley Paris is a French, family-owned luxury beauty house renowned for its expertise in plant-based cosmetics. Its skincare, makeup, fragrance and haircare collections unite botanical knowledge with scientific research and sensorial refinement. As an employer, Sisley brings together specialists across research, product development, manufacturing, marketing and retail, offering a professional environment shaped by exacting standards and a long-term family vision. The house appeals to talent seeking to combine technical expertise, creativity and attentive client service while contributing to the international development of a distinctive name in French beauty.

Role & Responsibilities

• Ensure the reliability, compliance, and completeness of supplier liabilities and expenses across the international scope.
• Manage an initial scope of 6 subsidiaries and lead its progressive integration and expansion to 15 subsidiaries during the first year.
• Oversee the full Procure-to-Pay (P2P) cycle, from master data governance and invoice processing through payments, monthly close, and audit follow-up.
• Drive process harmonization through the Core Model-BPO and improve efficiency to ensure payment deadlines are met.
• Establish and apply the Group procedure for creating and updating supplier master data records.
• Deploy international anti-fraud controls, including systematic verification of bank details, third-party/KYS checks, and dual approval of IBAN changes.
• Define the Group chart of accounts for suppliers and ensure its correct application across all entities in scope.
• Supervise and standardize accounting for purchasing, invoices, and credit notes across 6 subsidiaries, then coordinate the progressive migration and integration of 9 additional subsidiaries during year one.
• Ensure correct three-way matching of purchase orders, goods receipts, and invoices.
• Coordinate and reduce supplier disputes with Purchasing and local operations teams.
• Supervise and validate international payment campaigns with Group Treasury, including multi-currency management and monitoring foreign-exchange risk at close.
• Manage monthly, quarterly, and annual supplier-cycle closing operations for all subsidiaries in scope in line with the Group calendar.
• Harmonize cut-off rules, including the review, approval, and accounting of uninvoiced receipts and prepaid expenses.
• Reconcile Group and intercompany supplier accounts (AP Intercompany).
• Prepare monthly supplier-liability reporting, analyzing aged payables, DPO trends, unapproved invoices, and cash-flow impacts.
• Serve as the primary contact for statutory auditors and internal auditors on the supplier cycle across all subsidiaries in scope.
• Compile and approve audit files, including reviews of key controls, supplier balance substantiation, supplier circularization tests, and analysis of uninvoiced receipts and prepaid expenses.
• Ensure compliance with local and international tax regulations, including reverse-charge VAT, withholding tax, and country-specific e-invoicing requirements.
• Draft and maintain Group P2P standard operating procedures as the BPO process expert for supplier operations.
• Actively contribute to the implementation of automation tools.
• Define and track supplier-cycle productivity and quality KPIs, such as invoice processing time, automation rate, and average dispute-resolution time.
• Directly manage, lead, and develop a team of 5 Group accounts payable accountants and P2P specialists.
• Allocate subsidiary portfolios among team members to maintain productivity across the scope.
• Set individual and collective objectives, including integration KPIs, processing times, and error rates; conduct annual reviews and support skills development.
• Guide the team through increased workload, tool automation, and the Fast Close culture.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree (Bac+5) in Accounting, Finance, or Management.
• At least 7–10 years of experience in accounts payable/P2P, ideally in an international group or shared services center, including at least 3 years of direct accounting-team management.
• Strong command of ERP systems such as SAP and of dematerialization/P2P tools, including OCR and approval workflows.
• Proficiency in monthly close processes (Fast Close), international VAT, and multi-currency issues (Forex).
• Excellent internal-control and master-data-governance expertise, with knowledge of third-party fraud risk management.
• Fluent English is required for daily communication with global subsidiaries and remote teams.
• Rigor, strong organizational skills, and analytical ability.
• Demonstrated leadership, teaching skills, and an interest in team facilitation.
• Solutions-oriented and proactive, with the ability to lead change in an agile, international environment.

Skills

Experience

At least 7–10 years in accounts payable/P2P, ideally in an international group or shared services center, including at least 3 years of direct accounting-team management.

Education

Master’s degree (Bac+5) in Accounting, Finance, or Management.

Benefits

Remuneration including various benefits; stimulating assignments in an attractive work environment; onboarding program; on-site company restaurant; access to sports and cultural activities; private Sisley shuttle service for teams between Liesse station and the Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône site.

Culture

As a family-owned French beauty house, Sisley Paris has a workplace culture shaped by a long-term vision, botanical expertise and a commitment to innovation. Its professional environment brings together scientific rigor and luxury creativity, with teams contributing to the quality and refinement of its skincare, makeup and fragrance collections.

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