Head of Accounting Operations

Job ID: r20618

What You'll Do:

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Head of of Accounting Operations to lead our global accounting functions at Criteo. This pivotal role will oversee key accounting areas including payroll, intercompany transactions, and long-term assets, ensuring seamless operations and compliance with accounting standards. Additionally, the role will play a crucial part in shaping and driving the implementation of our future ERP system, and lead initiatives to simplify and streamline the accounting processes.

The ideal candidate is an operational leader and self-starter, bringing a strong technical accounting background and a proven ability to execute strategic projects. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the evolution of a fast-paced, technology-driven organization.

Key Responsibilities

Ensure timely and accurate accounting closing process:

• Lead and manage global accounting operations, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and compliance with US GAAP (knowledge of IFRS is a plus).
• Drive timely closing in the ERP, ensuring strong collaboration and coordination with the Consolidation team and with FP&A.
• Ensure robust internal controls and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Oversee and optimize accounting processes including payroll, intercompany transactions, and fixed assets.
• Intercompany: Partner with Corporate Tax to ensure the transfer pricing policy is applied accurately and drive governance and automation.
• Partner with cross-functional teams, including Finance, IT, and Operations, to enhance financial reporting and controls.
• Own the global Chart of Accounts, partnering with the Transformation team to design and maintain a scalable data model, and collaborating closely with the Consolidation and Reporting team to ensure alignment with ledger-based reporting requirements.

Digitalize accounting operations:

• Define and drive the ERP implementation strategy, aligning systems, processes, and data structures to enable scalability and operational efficiency. Design clear ‘to-be’ processes that are ready for implementation
• Partner with other stakeholders to ensure timely deployment of the new ERP.
• Champion automation, technology and process improvements to minimize manual effort and increase the speed and accuracy of all accounting processes.
• Proactively partner with the upstream functions (e.g., business procurement, R&D teams, …) where finance data often originates and is managed to facilitate consistent data practices.

Provide visionary and supportive financial leadership and team management:

• Develop and mentor a high-performing accounting team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence.
• Foster a culture of technology acceptance to drive greater use of automation and accounting software.
• Inspire team to increase financial accuracy and transparency via clear definitions and good standards of operations.
• Oversee talent management plans to develop high-performing finance, accounting, and digital talent that meet organizational and personal goals.
• Continuously evaluate and evolve the accounting operating model, working to streamline processes, enhance consistency across teams, and strengthen collaboration within the global accounting function.

Who You Are:

• 15+ years of accounting experience, preferably in the technology sector including a minimum of 5 years leading teams in a senior role
• Bachelor degree in accounting, finance or related field and deep expertise in US GAAP (IFRS knowledge is a strong plus).
• Professional Certification such as Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Management Accountant (CMA) is highly desirable.
• Proven track record of running an efficient accounting operation, business processes, and financial management controls environment
• Proven track record in accounting transformations and ERP implementation, including significant expertise with Oracle Fusion or Sap S/4 Hana and process redesign and optimization.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence and drive change in a complex environment.
• Excellent problem-solving and project management abilities, with a hands-on approach to execution.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Fluent English is a must; French is a strong plus.

We acknowledge that many candidates may not meet every single role requirement listed above. If your experience looks a little different from our requirements but you believe that you can still bring value to the role, we’d love to see your application!​

Who We Are:

We’re Criteo, the Commerce Intelligence Platform. Criteo helps businesses turn shopper signals into commerce outcomes while delivering more relevant experiences for shoppers. We use proprietary commerce intelligence and AI decisioning to drive relevance for shoppers and performance for businesses.

At Criteo, our culture is as unique as it is diverse. From our offices across the globe or from the comfort of home, our 3,600 Criteos collaborate together to build an open, impactful, and forward-thinking environment.

We foster a workplace where everyone is valued, and employment decisions are based solely on skills, qualifications, and business needs—never on non-job-related factors or legally protected characteristics.

What We Offer: