Job Description

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

ArcelorMittal is the world's leading steel and mining company, with a presence in 60 countries and primary steelmaking facilities in 15 countries. Our material is part of the fabric of life. What we produce makes a difference – to individuals, communities, businesses and society. At ArcelorMittal, the safety, health, and wellbeing of our employees are our top priorities. We believe that every accident is avoidable, and it is essential for every employee, from the shop floor to the management committee, to hold this belief.

Our purpose is to produce ever smarter steels that have a positive benefit for people and planet. Steels made using innovative processes which use less energy, emit significantly less carbon and reduce costs. Steels that are cleaner, stronger and reusable. Steels for electric vehicles and renewable energy infrastructure that will support societies as they transform through this century. With steel at our core, our inventive people and an entrepreneurial culture at heart, we will support the world in making that change. This is what we believe it takes to be the steel company of the future.