Senior Accountant - France (French Speaking)

This is a pioneer role. You will be GoGlobal’s first dedicated French accounting hire — the person who both delivers French accounting for our clients and decides how we do it.
You will own full-cycle accounting for a portfolio of French entities, and build the operating model behind it: choosing the local tools, writing the processes, documenting the controls, and aligning all of it to our global standards. As our local expert, you are the bridge between French statutory requirements and a global delivery business.
France is growing for us, and this role shapes how we scale it. If you would rather build something properly than inherit it, this is that job.
Roles & Responsibilities
Delivery & Client Ownership
• Own full-cycle accounting for a portfolio of French entities — bookkeeping, month-end close, reconciliations, management reporting, and supporting schedules.
• Deliver to each client’s reporting calendar and template, including tight statutory and client close deadlines.
• Run the payment cycle for your entities, with sound controls around it.
• Prepare VAT (CA3) returns and the schedules supporting CVAE, DAS2, CFE, the liasse fiscale, and the annual accounts.
• Own e-invoicing set-up and compliance under the French mandate.
• Act as the day-to-day contact for the clients in your portfolio, and represent GoGlobal with clients, auditors, and the French authorities, in French.
• Explain French requirements in terms a non-French finance team can act on.
Client Onboarding & Transitions
• Lead the onboarding of new French clients — data migration, opening balances, chart of accounts, and system set-up, through to their first close with us.
• Agree scope, timelines, and deliverables with the account team, and own the plan.
• Design each engagement so it can scale as our French portfolio grows.
Technical Authority for France
• Act as GoGlobal’s authority on French accounting — the plan comptable général, FEC, and statutory reporting.
• Advise our global and regional product teams on French accounting, compliance, and operational requirements.
• Track regulatory change, work out what it means for our clients and our processes, and tell the business what needs to change.
• Evaluate, recommend, and implement the local accounting, compliance, and reporting tools French delivery needs.
Building the France Model
• Document and standardise French processes, controls, and working papers in line with our global standards.
• Build and maintain our France knowledgebase, and share what you know with colleagues across the business.
• Support the growth of regional delivery capability for France as the portfolio expands.
Requirements
• 5+ years in French accounting, gained in practice, at an outsourced provider, or in a shared-services environment.
• Hands-on experience preparing full sets of accounts under French GAAP and the plan comptable général.
• Working knowledge of French VAT and the statutory reporting cycle — FEC, liasse fiscale, CVAE, DAS2, and CFE.
• Fluent French and business-level English.
• Experience building processes, controls, or ways of working from scratch — in a new market, a new service line, or a start-up environment.
• Proficiency in at least one French accounting platform (Sage, Cegid, Pennylane, or similar), and comfort working inside a client’s own system.
• Experience managing your own client portfolio.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; DCG / DSCG, CPA, ACCA, CA, or equivalent professional qualification preferred. Expert-comptable membership is not required.
• Comfort with AI-assisted tools, and an interest in using them well.
Nice to have
• Experience moving a client’s accounting from one provider to another.
• Experience selecting or implementing accounting, compliance, or reporting tools.
• French e-invoicing / PDP readiness experience.
ABOUT US
GoGlobal is the leading professional services company to guide, establish and manage global operations with compliance and confidence. We bring the human touch to entering new markets and consolidating vendors through a single point of management. With a presence in over 140 countries on six continents and growing, we make running a global business easy.
Business & Corporate Services provided:

• Entity Solutions: Entity establishment, Corporate secretarial & directorship services, Domicile services, Dormancy/Liquidation

• HR Solutions: Global recruitment, Employer of Record (EOR), Agent of Record (AOR), Global benefits, Global payroll, International HR Consulting

• Finance Solutions: Accounting & Tax

For more information, please visit GoGlobal.com
OVERVIEW
We Measure Success by Results, Not Hours Worked
At GoGlobal, we give you the autonomy to make decisions that create real impact. We prioritize results over hours worked, focusing on quality of outcomes rather than tracking time.
As a privately owned company, we are free from the pressures of venture capital or private equity investors demanding exponential growth in unreasonable time frames.
Sometimes, things just take time to do well. In our business, delivering great results is a process - and we're committed to doing it right.
We are not for sale. We believe that financial success is a natural outcome of our work, not the primary goal. Unlike many investors who view money as a goal, our focus is on long-term growth and sustainable success.
We are a global team, built for those who want to go further. Here's what your career at GoGlobal looks like:

• A company small enough for your voice to be heard meaningfully, yet large enough to make a global impact

• Collaborating with a diverse, global and supportive team

• Built for the long-haul - no VC or PE pressure, just a focus on sustainable growth

WHY WE ARE DIFFERENT
We Make Growing Your Career Possible
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We operate with the benefits of a partnership without the complexities of a partnership. Our hybrid partnership-corporate model offers all employees the opportunity to become a partner, while maintaining a streamlined corporate structure so that decisions are made quickly
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We do not offer equity plans. As we are not for sale and are not chasing an exit, "stock options" hold little value in our business model. Instead, we provide opportunities for outstanding employees to make partner and share in the profits. We believe it's better to build lasting value than to chase a one-time payout
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We prioritize organic and sustainable growth. Expanding operations quickly by way of mergers and acquisitions might seem appealing, but the reality is integrating diverse cultures can be challenging. We're proud of our own culture and prefer to grow it our way
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We're global. We offer career opportunities across the world-whether it's new job roles or international locations
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English is our official language, but for many, it's our second language. We embrace this and find it rewarding communicating with colleagues from all over the world
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We are not a family. We operate more like a high-performing sports team where each individual's contribution is crucial to our collective success
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We keep things simple and collaborative. Our structure makes it easy for teams to work together across borders so we can serve our clients with global needs more effectively. Unlike big, siloed companies, we work seamlessly to handle international deals without the headaches of territorial ownership
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We believe in transparency and trust. Every month, we share our financials with the team so everyone knows where we stand and what's coming next. It's all about open communication, building trust and empowering every individual to be part of our journey. We don't tell you what to think - we provide the information you need to make your own informed decisions
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We believe flexibility drives success. Our company is built on trust, and that's why we embrace fully remote work, and hybrid options in some countries. Forget rigid office routines - it's old school! This flexibility fuels productivity, strengthens our workforce, and ensures we remain agile in a fast-changing world.
Ready to take the next step in your career with us? Apply now!
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