Groupe Clarins is hiring an Accounts Receivable Accountant for a maternity leave cover position. You will join a team committed to our dual CSR mission of ‘Caring for people, caring for the planet’ and be responsible for client accounting for DTC domestic, travel retail, and export Europe, including credit management support for local and group entities.
What You'll Do
- Record payments and perform account reconciliation in CHF and foreign currencies, including QR codes.
- Issue invoices for various services, such as rentals, personnel expenses, vouchers sold in institutes, and miscellaneous items.
- Manage client netting and Ecom accounts.
- Monitor and manage accounts, perform regular reconciliation, and communicate aged balances internally.
- Send account statements and follow up with clients, managing collections.
- Monitor the generic client accounting email inbox.
- Provide documents to auditors and reconcile subsidiary and general ledger balances.
- Serve as back-up for managing blocked orders, insurance decisions, and client database creation/modifications.
- Consolidate aged balances and DSO reports from subsidiaries.
- Handle various other accounting tasks as needed.
What We're Looking For
- Formal accounting training or education.
- Proven experience in a client accounting department within an international company.
- Proficiency in the Office Suite, with at least intermediate-level Excel skills.
- Proactivity, rigor, teamwork, respect for deadlines and procedures, strong interpersonal skills, and comfort navigating between IT tools and files.
- Fluency in the French language.
Nice to Have
- Experience with Workday and M3 software.
- Knowledge of the English language.
- Knowledge of the German language.
Technical Stack
- Office Suite, particularly Excel
- Workday (preferred)
- M3 (preferred)
We are an equal opportunity employer. Inclusion and diversity are firmly grounded in our core values. We welcome applications from all backgrounds.
