Finance Manager France

Company Description
**At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.**

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

**Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.**

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion - a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts - planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers - leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.

**Job Description**:
A great opportunity has arisen for an ambitious and commercially driven finance professional to join a multinational operating in over 100 countries. This role will play an integral part in shaping Finance for the future with excellent longer-term prospects.

The role will be broad, hands-on, challenging and highly rewarding for the successful individual.

You will be responsible for the running of the finance function in France and will partner with the Operational Management team. The position will be based in the Paris office with occasional visits to our other French offices in order to create a close relationship with the teams and strengthen our French finance operations.

The France Finance team comprises a team of 3 finance professionals located Paris, with an extended finance team present also in the Bucharest and Manila global business centers.

This role will report to the Regional Financial Manager.
- Work closely and in partnership with the Operational team, including the country manager, to understand the business and to provide them with insightful analysis for decision making.
- Ensure that all required business reports and forecasts, including cash forecasts, P&L forecasting, ad-hoc reporting requests and the annual budgeting process are completed accurately and on time.
- Manage the Project Accounting team to ensure that projects are being controlled from a financial perspective from Bid Stage to completion.
- Report Risks, Opportunities and issues to ensure they are understood and acted upon.
- Perform deep analysis of results and KPIs to understand budget deviations.
- Ensure local statutory accounts and tax returns are prepared for all entities and branches.
- Lead the statutory audits and any tax audits.
- Primary point of contact for external accountants we have in France, statutory auditors and external tax consultants.
- Manage Oracle month end activities, US GAAP reporting and bridge to local GAAPs.
- Manage the monthly close and Group reporting.
- Ensure the company complies with Aecom internal controls.
- Liaison with Shared Service Centres (Manila and Bucharest).
- Monitor balances in FX and reduce the FX exposure where needed.
- Drive the improvements of processes for accounting processes and statutory accounting.
- Identify areas for improvement in the B/S reconciliations and drive improvement.
- Manage the fringe accounting and highlight any potential risks or opportunities to management.
- Cash management and liaison with Treasury department.
- Liaise closely with Tax team to manage the transfer pricing analysis and any other tax matters.
- Leading and mentoring a team of 3 finance professionals

**Qualifications**:

- Degree educated or equivalent in Accounting or similar
- Ideally qualified ACA, ACCA, CPA or similar
- 5-7 years’ experience in similar role, preferably in a multinational
- Proven experience of leading a diverse finance team and driving change
- Experience managing