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Flowserve is a world-leading manufacturer and aftermarket service provider of comprehensive flow control systems. Join a company whose people are committed to building a more sustainable future to make the world better for everyone. With 16,000+ employees in 50+ countries, we combine our global reach with local presence. Our team challenges themselves to approach each situation with ingenuity and creativity to help provide our customers with the most innovative flow control products and services. We support 10,000+ customers worldwide, creating products to meet the needs of our customers who are supplying energy, fresh water, pharmaceuticals and other essentials to consumers, businesses and governments globally. We invite you to put your talents and career in motion at Flowserve.

Company Overview:

If a culture of excellence, innovation and ownership is what you’re searching for, consider putting your experience in motion at Flowserve. As an individual contributor, or as a leader of people, your enterprise mindset will ensure Flowserve’s position as the global standard in comprehensive flow control solutions. Here, your opportunity for professional development and industry leading rewards will be supported by our foundational commitments to the values of people first, integrity and safety. Thinking beyond opportunity and reward, at Flowserve, we are inspired by working together to create extraordinary flow control solutions to make the world better for everyone!

Flowserve is a world-leading manufacturer and aftermarket service provider of comprehensive flow control systems. Driven by our Purpose, we are committed to building a more sustainable future to make the world better for everyone. With more than 16,000 employees in more than 50 countries, we combine our global reach with local presence. We support more than 10,000 customers worldwide, creating products to meet the needs of our customers who are supplying energy, fresh water, pharmaceuticals and other essentials to consumers, businesses and governments globally.

Join a company where the people challenge themselves to approach each situation with ingenuity and creativity to help provide our customers with the most innovative flow control products and services. You will be part of a team known for its industry-leading talent, unparalleled portfolio, and unmatched commitment to customer success. Flowserve’s culture promotes recognition and rewards creativity, hard work, and commitment. We invite you to put your talents and career in motion at Flowserve.

We are looking for a Cost Accounting team member for France, reporting to the Regional Accounting Manager based in Austria (as the other cost accounting team members in France). The position holder will be based in Arnage (close to Le Mans). This position is not only about cost accounting and dealing with numbers but beyond, in terms of understanding contracts and accounting with a certain complexity. In combination with backup planning it offers diverse activities.

Requirements:

• Revenue, Cost, Inventory accounting in SAP and analytics for one legal entity/two reporting units (our Seal Quick Response Centers):1- Perform monthly and quarterly US GAAP closes (the statutory close is performed annually and by a different team)2- Analyze inventory movements, including Goods in Transit and Goods Received Not Invoiced, as input for Cost of Sales for sales transactions and revenue recognition, including cost accruals3- Validate actual results against the forecast with the Finance Business Partner 4- Prepare documentation, which is the basis for journal entries to be prepared, and reconcile accounts

• Bookings (order intake) & Backlog reporting for most French reporting units: validate bookings on completeness and compliance with corporate policy

• Agent commission administration for the largest reporting unit

• Backup in emergency cases for for two reporting units (one in Oracle and the other in SAP)

• Submit all tasks in the periodic (monthly or quarterly) checklist to be prepared complete and timely to the reviewer in a system (Blackline)

• Comply with all corporate and local accounting policies, and ensure that all financial data is accurate, complete, and submitted in accordance with Flowserve’s reporting calendar

Requirements:

• A bachelors degree in a related field

• Have the capability to speak and write in English (every day) and French

• Have had at least 2 years of work experience as an accountant

• Excel skills to ensure (s)he can edit large download files by filtering, rearranging data, running pivots, etc.

• Good communication skills to ensure collaboration with other departments, including Operations and the Finance Business Partners in France, other accounting team members in the “accounting region”, and the Shared Service Center in Hungary

• Be disciplined, well organized, and deliver accurate work and reports

• Be a logical and structured person able to reflect and think through problems or challenges (although help and guidance will be available – “re-inventing the wheel” is not desired, but continuous improvement is always “possible”)

• Like working with a lot of detail and many numbers

• Be able to read and understand contracts and terms and conditions and their meaning (after having been trained) (be a little more than a pure accountant)

• Be willing to learn (a lot) and be flexible (your performance and success will be rewarded in the long run with career opportunities)

• Accept our corporate procedures and work in our systems and with our tools as expected and meet tight deadlines

Req ID : R-9124

Job Family Group : Finance & Accounting

Job Family : FA Cost Accounting

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