Gl Payroll Accountant

**Who we are** At Criteo, our culture is as unique as it is diverse. From our offices around the world or from home, our incredible team of 2,700 Criteos collaborates to develop an open and inclusive environment. We aim to create a place where people can grow and learn from each other while having a meaningful impact. We work together to achieve our goals, push boundaries, and share successes. All of this supports us in our mission to power the world’s marketers with trusted and impactful advertising. **Responsibilities**: Your role will require you to work closely with the People departments in the different countries, in order to optimize and standardize the integration of all payrolls into our financial accounts. This will also require a reasonable understanding of the specifics by country in which we operate. As General Accountant, you will have to organize your tasks in a proactive manner, ensuring that collaboration with other departments is fully mobilized and meeting the deadlines. You will be part of a team working for other countries, and have to be able to support and be the backup for. You will report the GL Manager and ensure anticipation of topics are covered, plus proposing actions to improve processes which will need to be prioritized. You will work closely with the Field Finance, FP&A and Fin Corporate teams, with whom you will ensure a good working relationship. You will make sure that requests, pre-qualified by the front desk are delivered in a pre-defined deadline in conjunction with the front desk. You will also make sure that your monthly analysis respects the need for presenting data to our stakeholders. The job evolves in a SOX compliant environment. You will ensure the delivery of your SOX controls in a timely manner and with the expected level of quality. **Your tasks will include**: - ** Daily**: - Control of payroll proposals addressed by People department - Control of payroll performed by our external provider, integration in SAP as well as holiday pay - Sanity check on payroll and associated items - Collaboration to the cash landing and cash forecast processes - ** Month end closing**: - Review and recording of all payroll journals - Recording of all accounting entries relating to bonus and vacation pay accruals - Full reconciliation and documentation of both Balance Sheet and P&L positions related to payroll - Analysis of movements in all payroll related balance sheet accounts - Preparation of SOX controls - Analysis and understanding of all major variances in social charge ratios - Follow up on prior month points raised to People Department - ** Scalability**: - Propose ideas to harmonize & standardize the payroll accounting for all Criteo entities - Integrate new countries or acquisitions into standard Criteo processes. - ** Relationship with audit**: - Collaboration to all PBC payroll related requests and their appropriate analysis on a quarterly and yearly basis. - ** Other ad-hoc projects / tasks** - As appropriate **Your Profile**: - Minimum Five Years practical accounting experience including specialization in payroll accounting for both French and foreign entities - Accounting Qualification (Business School / DSCG) - Experience of working in a SOX Environment - Good working knowledge of SAP - Experience of working in a fast moving, complex international environment - Fluent English - any other languages a plus - Results driven - Highly organized and autonomous - Excellent communication skills - Dynamic and Flexible approach to work - A team player - Strong excel skills At Criteo, we believe the future is wide open when it includes everyone. We are committed to creating an environment where all Criteos feel a sense of belonging. We nourish our diversity by listening to all cultures within Criteo - and there are many. We are proud to be a global team and conscious that it takes people with different perspectives, thoughts and cultures to succeed. We want you to come as you are so we can succeed together. **_ Criteo collects your personal data for the purposes of managing Criteo's recruitment related activities. Consequently, Criteo may use your personal data in relation to the evaluation and selection of applicants. Your information will be accessible to the different Criteo entities across the world. By clicking the "Apply" button you expressly give your consent._**: