Finance Reporting Manager

Role Summary

• The main missions of the Finance Reporting Manager are:
• Supervision of accounting and tax matters within its scope (process guarantor);
• Supervision of the Portuguese SSC teams which manage its perimeter
• Organize and guarantee the fluidity of exchanges between SSC accountants and operational sites
• Be the preferred point of contact on complex subjects for operational staff;
• Participate in the continuous improvement of accounting processes executed by the SSC

Quality monitoring

Quality control of the audit file (according to the frequency of account justification recorded in the COP);

Review of account lettering 4.

• Establishment of social accounts / and legal audit
• Review of the annual revision file;
• Review and validation of brochures before sending to the CACs;
• Review of tax packages as they arise (as soon as the audit is finalized) no later than April 20 of each year
• Privileged contact for the CACs to capture the completeness of any audit points and respond to them responsively;
• SSC control and support for the audit of the annual accounts to ensure the finalization of this audit by 04/30 of each year without a qualified opinion;
• Current tax obligation
• Guarantor of compliance with current tax obligations (calendar & calculations); for this purpose (non-exhaustive):
• Control of monthly VAT files before declaration;
• Control of CVAE provisions calculated on 12/31 of each year including review of payment of installments and the 1329 DEF declaration;

Control of the following declarations: CFE (including deposit payment), Rent, 1330 CFE, IFU, DADS, DES / DEB, IS Declaration (Validation of deposit payments if excluding tax integration).

C – Complex projects & subjects

Participation and execution of complex cross-functional processes in France and Legacy/Clinical such as Provisions for retirement benefits, FNP Coupa (GRINA), TNS, etc.

Member of the project team for any analytical changes;

IFRS 16

• Check of consistency between Accounting and our tool on the amount of rent;
• Ensure that fixtures are depreciated over the duration of the lease defined by the IED (ifrs/reporting);
• Regular SSC training either for new accountants or on specific themes;

Participation in discussions on continuous improvement with support services in France and Portugal (Guarantor of accounting processes).

• D - Communication
• Supervision of monthly or bimonthly meetings with DG and Management Controllers;
• Active participation and strength of proposal in debrief / continuous improvement meetings

Responsibilities

Supervision of general accounting produced at SSC Braga

Monthly reporting (D-6 to D+4)

Responsible for the smooth running of monthly Closings (i.e. compliance with Group Corporate Agenda deadlines) and absence of significant errors); for this purpose: accounting review before sending the reporting package to the Group of the main accounting cycles:

• Sales cycle: Guarantor of revenue recognition rules
• Purchasing cycle: Review of provisions via coupa (GRINA) and associated entries + manual provisions
• Social cycle: review of the salary framework and the quality of lettering of balance sheet accounts;
• Fixed assets cycle: review of key controls (age of undepreciated fixed assets, quality of commissioning reports, determination of the external CAPEX flow, entries linked to IFRS 16);
• Fiscal cycle: provisions linked to tax obligations & accounting of associated accounts;
• Feedback of reporting packages (IFRS/reporting framework) to the group –
• Reliability of the most complex forms: FL06 - Tax Proof (quarterly), FL09 - Monitoring of the clearance of variable bonuses N-1 (bi-annual), FL14 Retirement compensation provision (annual),
• Lifting of accounting quality controls included in group scoring;
• Reliability of flows used to translate operations;
• Quarterly reporting: OOCC supervision, Capex consistency control

Requirements

• Training or experience
• Initial training: BAC+3 to Bac+5: Accounting training (DCG, DSCG), CCA audit master
• Additional training: Team management
• Experience required: 5 to 10 years of professional experience in a similar function, in an accounting firm or in Audit

Specific skills

Management: Yes

Personal qualities: sense of service, optimism, easy interpersonal skills, team spirit, spirit of analysis and synthesis, rigor, curiosity, responsiveness, proactivity, dynamism

Languages / Level: English (read, written)

IT (required): office tools (Excel in particular) + accounting software

Benefits

• An international and dynamic environment
• High-impact strategic projects
• A culture oriented towards innovation and CSR
• Teleworking possible 2 days/week
• Location: 1 avenue Emilie du Châtelet, 44300 NANTES
• Contract: CDI
• Status: Executive
• Salary: According to profile + Restaurant vouchers + Mutual insurance (100%)
• Start date: February 2026
• Eurofins/Nantes Métropole/Naolib mobility pack: encouragement for soft mobility

Price advantage for new Naolib subscribers.

• Encouragement of cycling with equipment adapted for cyclists
• Advantage of the Bicloo subscription
• Advantage for renting an VAE Nantes Métropole
• Encouragement of carpooling with dedicated parking spaces

About the Company

With an annual turnover of almost 7 billion euros, a workforce of more than 63,000 employees in more than 60 countries, Eurofins Scientific is one of the world leaders in the field of analytical services and expertise to private companies and public organizations in the pharmaceutical, food and environment sectors. Eurofins Scientific joined the CAC40 in 2021.

You want to develop professionally in a varied, international, diverse and enriching environment, join us!

Within the Nantes Shared Services Center bringing together legal, accounting, tax, treasury, purchasing, payroll & personnel administration services for the 250 Eurofins entities and more than 800 sites in France, the Financial Department is looking for a Manager to supervise the accounting of our laboratories.