Corporate Consolidation Senior

About Nexans

Nexans is a global player in energy transition. Our purpose: ELECTRIFY THE FUTURE. For over a century, Nexans has played a crucial role in the electrification of the planet. With around 25,000 people in 42 countries, the Group is leading the charge to the new world of electrification: safer, sustainable, renewable, decarbonized and accessible to everyone. In 2021, Nexans generated 6.1 billion euros in standard sales.

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WELCOMING YOU TO THE TEAM

Join Nexans as a Corporate Consolidation Senior in La Défense and become a key-member of the team! 

The Consolidation department is composed of two members and is responsible for: 

• Preparing the Group’s quarterly IFRS consolidated financial statements, which are disclosed to the Group top management and published to the financial markets every six months.
• Setting and enforcing the Group’s IFRS accounting principles, of implementing the application of new standards, of analyzing / determining the impacts of operations (scope, financing….) from an accounting point of view
• Supporting and training entities worldwide on the accounting and reporting aspects.
• Designing and implementing projects aiming at improving the efficiency of the finance community of the Group
• Integrating the newly acquired subsidiaries from a reporting point of view.
• Taking part on a regular basis in transverse projects involving other functional Departments / Entities of the Group.
• Coordinating the group auditor’s review of the consolidated financial statements and is their key interlocutor
• Closely working with the controlling team on various analyses and through a common pool of resources

GETTING A FLYING START

As Corporate Consolidation Senior your main responsibilities and tasks will include: 

• Ensuring the correct proceedings of quarterly consolidations per year, which includes assisting the entities
• Participating to or leading projects of optimization and transformation, which involves frequent communications with other departments (financial communication, merger & acquisition, tax department, investor relations…), and thus enables having a more complete view of the Group
• Preparing the consolidated financial statements for publication and review of year-end and quarterly consolidated financial statements before their publication (AMF documents)
• Participating to controlling analyses and projects
• Ensuring that the entities comply with the accounting rules of the Group, which derives from the IFRSs
• Applying new standards (analysis of the issues, optimization of the reporting system, subsidiaries training and preparation of the dedicated notes in the Group financial statements) and new regulations
• Anticipating and preparing ad hoc analyzes at management request in order to determine potential accounting impacts of non-recurring operations (financing, scope, …)

HOW YOU MAKE AN IMPACT

• Ability to handle multiple objectives at the same time and to be polyvalent in the team (because the team is small)
• Communication ability, especially in English for regular exchanges with entities
• Nimbleness with information systems and willingness to continuously improve the Group’s reporting tool
• Intellectual curiosity and will to progress
• Team spirit

YOUR STARTING POINTS WHEN YOU JOIN

• Master’s degree from a Business School or Master in Finance / Audit / Accounting
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Finance / Audit / Consolidation
• A previous experience in consolidation and/or external audit will be highly valuated
• Good knowledge (training & experience) in accounting (IFRS) and finance
• Analytical skills
• Ability to adapt to a changing financial and accounting environment
• French and English required

At Nexans, we recognize the differences that make each employee valuable and unique. The diversity of experiences, origins, personalities, gender and disability are considered key to our global ambition to lead the world in energy transition towards a sustainable planet. This is why we encourage diversity in our recruitment - Bring yours to Nexans, it is welcome!