Accounting and Administrative Assistant

Sony CSL is a leading-edge organization that works to create new research areas and paradigms, as well as new technologies and businesses for the common social good.

Sony CSL Paris aims at acting as a hub for a vast network of realities ranging from the academic field to the corporate one, from the public to the private sector and with a myriad of activities that could have an impact on the most diverse fields of society.

Our lab in Paris features the following four main research areas (Music, Language, Creativity and Sustainability), where every single project is both the expression of a unique research work and, at the same time, a joint walk-in diverse research topic where cross skills, approaches and interests did converge in a unique scenario.

Now, we need to strengthen our team with a new supporting figure for the Laboratory activities and management, with a 12-month temporary contract. Working in an international team, you will manage the invoicing, create new vendors, assist in the preparation of the financial reports, and contribute to the organization's efficiency and effectiveness. This position requires excellent organizational, communication, and analytical skills, along with an understanding of accounting principles and practices.

You will:

- Manage purchases, invoicing (SAP, SRM, etc.) and contracts (consultants, grants, research agreements, etc.)
- Manage vendors’ data in the accounting system and follow the registration process;
- Support the management team in budgeting and forecasting activities.
- Assist in preparing financial reports by gathering financial data and pay slips.
- Manage the premises (office supplies, daily management, etc.) and interact with the corporate Property & Facility team;
- Assist and support during visits and events, and welcoming guests and visitors;
- Interact daily with national and international Sony and external stakeholders.

You have:

- Proven experience in Accounting, Financial, Secretarial, and office management activities;
- High school diploma or higher education;
- Flexibility, passion, precision and quickness to adapt and act;
- Experience of work in dynamic and rapidly changing environments;
- Fluency in English (written and spoken) and French (written and spoken);
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills as well as communication and organization ones;

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Life at Sony

We ensure competitive salaries and benefits by using established benchmarking. We encourage healthy work-life balance supported by hybrid and flexible working policies. We are a positive community that dreams big together, respects each other, and enjoys a collaborative culture.

We like to celebrate our colleagues who make a real difference using our recognition platform. We also provide access to numerous services and platforms for all aspects of well-being. We listen to our people through conversations and surveys, respect their suggestions, and then act on them. We also provide allowances for volunteering days so that our staff can support the causes they are most passionate about.

You can build your career around you with our fantastic range of learning & personal development programs to enhance your skills. We also encourage our staff to try exciting new roles, in a wide range of countries, with a supportive mobility team to support you if you take that leap

Bring your uniqueness to Sony

We are passionate about creating a culture that promotes equity and cultivates inclusion, diversity, and belonging. We want employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives that will stimulate innovation and have a direct impact on our creation of social value to fulfil Sony’s purpose - ‘to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology’. We want you to bring your unique self to work and help shape our culture.

We are Sony Europe.

Our people collaborate in an environment of respect, integrity, and open-mindedness. Diverse teams from all over Europe are the driving force for our business, and we embrace the differences that make each of us original and unique.

With offices in 28 European countries, Sony Europe caters to consumer, professional, semiconductor and healthcare markets with innovative electronics products and solutions. Our European laboratories research and develop new technologies and capabilities that contributes to the Sony Group and important issues on a planetary scale.

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