Responsibilities

Management of Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable

• Review the aged accounts receivable and payable
• Ensure team follow up on collection of monthly past due balances
• Ensure timely deposits of all remittances at the bank
• Ensure team investigate and apply miscellaneous cash receipts
• Ensure all new accounts are credit checked and credit worthiness reviewed annually
• Ensure Vouch and manage processing of suppliers' invoices after appropriate control in a PO system
• Ensure timely cut off and processing of payment run and transfers
• Follow up purchases from group suppliers for inter-company reconciliation purposes and for identifying stocks in transit (stock invoiced but not yet received)
• Complete supplier enquiry or analysis

Local responsibility of various software packages which interface with accounting system

• Various software packages, including: SAP / Coupa / CEGID / VIM / Refinitiv / Magnitude / Kyriba / Geo Efficiency / H-Tax
• Assist and train staff when required in using the systems
• Process end-of-month/year system close
• Ensure periodic and systematic system backups are taken
• Work with Group to ensure accuracy and integrity of systems

Payroll

• Follow up the information relative to employee benefits (product allocation/pensions)
• Ensure that social contributions are paid on time
• Prepare and manage payroll-related bookings with payroll provider
• Reconcile monthly actual salary costs to original budget and to general ledger

Treasury management

• Control and validate the daily process of cash collection
• Ensure a proper reconciliation between retail cash + credit card + customer credit with daily sales
• Control the daily processing and deposit of trade accounts, receivables and other miscellaneous payments
• Manage the different bank accounts
• Check and review bank reconciliation
• To ensure all treasury reporting to Group is completed in a timely and accurate manner

Monthly Close

• Develop recurring journal entries (accruals, prepaid expenses, allocation of expenses by cost center)
• Supervise bank reconciliation and prepare corresponding journal entries
• Maintain fixed asset register
• Coordinate with the Finance Manager for the collection of sales, margin and stock information
• Intercompany reconciliations
• Balance sheet reconciliations

Reporting Internal / Group

• With Finance Manager, prepare the quarterly reporting, financial and HR, for group consolidation for trading and holding company
• Make sure that the management information and the accounts information are in line

Audit/Procedures

• Ensure that both the Group and local procedures are respected
• With Internal Control Manager, develop, implement, document and communicate new or revised procedures to improve internal control
• Be a dynamic member of the group accounting community, participating actively into the deployment process of new tools related to finance and accounting
• Develop the financial and accounting policies, workflows and methods

External Audit, Tax and duties

• Ensure that the statutory accounts are produced according to local accounting rules and filed on a timely manner
• Provide appropriate information required by the external auditors and tax consultants
• Ensure that all the compulsory tax returns (employee benefits, company tax, VAT, customs) are completed and filed in a timely manner
• Comply with and respond to any new tax requirements
• Submit National Statistics and Intrastat returns
• Ensure accurate and timely customs declarations in partnership with third party agents

Competencies

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field. CA or CPA certification would be advantaged.
• At least 10 years' experience in the accounting field, with a minimum 3 years in a similar capacity
• Ability to work independently, good time management and well-organized
• Strong analytical skills and communication skills
• Proficiency in accounting software (e.g., SAP) and Microsoft Excel.
• Detail-oriented with a high level of accuracy in work.
• Good command in English
• Have knowledge of Tax law and Accounting
• Stakeholder management (internal and external) and service oriented
• Hands on computer knowledge of MS Office and Financial software (SAP) and reporting tools.

"A creator, artisan and seller of high-quality objects since 1837, Hermès is an independent, family-owned French house that employs nearly 23 200 people worldwide. Driven by its permanent entrepreneurial spirit and consistently high standards, Hermès cultivates the freedom and autonomy of each individual through responsible management. The company perpetuates the transmission of exceptional know-how through strong territorial anchoring that respects people and resources. Sixteen artisanal métiers feed the creativity of the house, whose collections are presented in nearly 300 stores around the world"