Post-Payroll Operational HR Clerck with French

About a role: 

As a post-payroll Clerck in the payroll Team of the France HR service center, which provides services for the Group's 27 companies located in France, your main missions will be to support the financial teams of all entities of AM Group based in France during the accounting closures period, manage internal and external audits for the entities, and provide technical support on the different accounting tools.

Responsibilities: 

• Managing the accounting closures for the 27 entities within the France perimeter:
  • Controlling payroll-related accounting (evolution of provisions, counters, new payroll items, etc.) before the end-of-month closure to anticipate, control, and correct any anomalies.
  • Reconciling amounts paid from OneHris France with those to be integrated via accounting batches.
  • Generating, controlling, and validating final payroll batches before integration into client accounting.
  • Analyzing personnel expenses by reconciling received amounts with those accounted for in the ArcelorMittal France, AM Méditerranée, and AM Gandrange perimeters.
• Controls and Audits:
  • Performing monthly SOX controls, archiving, and making SOX evidence available for the 7 Group entities in France according to the CSRH SOX matrix during monthly accounting closures.
  • For URSSAF controls and audits by Auditors: annually reconciling and archiving payroll items and accounting accounts for the 27 Group companies in France.
  • Transmitting documents, presenting, and responding directly to questions from various auditors (URSSAF, CAC, internal audit).
• Support to the financial teams of the entities:
  • Transmitting, presenting, and discussing monthly payroll and its impact on accounting with the entity teams.
  • Transmitting, presenting, and discussing with the BCOE, accountants, and management controllers about variations in provisions, accounting entries, and cost variations.
  • On request, researching, analyzing, and responding to ad-hoc requests (outside the usual process) from management controllers on all subjects.
  • Alerting and resolving anomalies on accounting interfaces, account assignments: acting as a liaison between accounting contacts and the IT team.
• Continuous Improvement and Projects:
  • Researching, analyzing, and proposing improvements/optimizations/automations (writing specifications, testing, production implementation).
  • Acting as the key accounting user in various accounting change projects for entities related to payroll transposition, accounting standard evolution, or client needs: writing specifications, testing, and production implementation independently in connection with the sites.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Payroll or a related field
• Experience in French accounting and payroll rules
• Experience in SOX controls management and audits, internal and from the French Administration
• Experience in management of accounting tool evolution
• Knowledge of SAP HR
• Basic SOX knowledge
• Basic knowledge of French payroll and payroll regulations 
• Ability to express oneself fluently with auditors 
• Knowledge of accounting batch generation tools
• Organized and meticulous approach to work
• Reactive attitude and ability to respond efficiently
• Autonomous and discreet, with a strong focus on confidentiality
• Strong teamwork aptitude
• Customer service-oriented mindset
• Fluent French mandatory: native and/or bilingual