Regional Accounting Manager - Indian Ocean Operations (IOO)

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Regional Accounting Manager - Indian Ocean Operations (IOO)

Become a Regional Accounting Manager for the Indian Ocean Operations at Orange Business.

Orange Business is a network and digital integrator that understands the entire value chain of the digital world, freeing our customers to focus on the strategic initiatives that shape their business. Every day, you will collaborate with a team dedicated to providing consistent, sustainable global solutions, no matter where our customers operate. With over 30,000 employees across Asia, the Americas, Africa, and Europe, we offer a dynamic environment to develop and perfect your skills in a field filled with exciting challenges and opportunities.

About The Role

Orange Business International (OB Int’l) Regional Accounting Manager (RAM) for Indian Ocean Operations (IOO) is responsible for all accounting and finance matters of the entities assigned to him/her, including any holding company in scope of the assignment. Working with direct reports and the outsourced accounting team, RAM ensures quality, completeness, and accuracy of entity balance sheets on a day‑to‑day basis, statutory reporting, delivery of monthly payroll and all internal and external reporting. RAM works closely with internal OB teams – Tax, Legal, HR, Sourcing, Controlling – and supervises accounting teams in bookkeeping for management and statutory books. The role involves reviewing accounting schemes, approving month‑end journals, reviewing reconciliations, payroll activity, invoices, VAT accounts and statutory reports, and preparing financial statements. RAM also manages accounting and payroll projects such as recapitalisation, entity transfers, mergers and specific reporting requests.

Responsibilities

1. Accounting

Supervise, guide and develop the outsourced accounting team working on management and statutory books.
Ensure overall control of all financial transactions and accountancy matters, including review of monthly reconciliations and Traffic Light Report for IOO entities.
Review month‑end accounting journals.
Support the CAO team in month‑end actions and provide detailed analysis on key figures and movements.
Review bank and other monthly account reconciliations for IOO entities, finalize and sign‑off the monthly Traffic Light Reports with an action plan to resolve issues.
Prepare, review and finalise annual statutory financial statements and annual financial statement analysis for review and approval by the Board of Directors.
Lead the annual audit process; discuss key audit topics with auditors and internal stakeholders and agree mutually.
Ensure that all necessary business policies, accounting practices and accounting controls are fully implemented.
Review and finalise bi‑annual P/L analysis for the parent company.

2. Finance Management

Coordinate and input on supplier matters, including approval of manual payments for the region.
Handle bank payments in the region.
Serve as OB Int’l IOO point of contact with bankers.
Update Bank Account Management (BAM) tool.
Provide support to local teams on projects such as outsourcing and software migrations.
Create cash forecasts for the region up to one year.
Approve payments on Citidirect, SCB and Cash Pooler.

3. Taxation and Compliance

Work with external tax firms and the OB tax manager to ensure compliance with regulations.
Review tax pack for annual statutory accounts and CIT returns and approve the final CIT return prepared by external advisors.
Calculate annual tax provision for management accounts.
Review VAT accounts, VAT returns and statistical returns prepared by the GL manager/Finance Manager.
Ensure timeliness and accuracy of all statutory filings such as statistical returns, VAT, CIT in accordance with the statutory reporting calendar maintained by the Finance Managers.
Support legal, regulatory and treasury matters such as licence renewals, KYC exercises, recapitalisations, transfer of shares, dividend payments, inter‑company agreement renewals, netting agreements and provide back‑up data for entity valuation and business plans.
Provide Finance and Legal update on the TP Local file prepared by PwC India and prepare and submit local TP forms for statutory audit.
Fully support the OB Tax team on any tax regular audit by collating reports and providing reconciliations.
Run continuous controls to ensure entities are compliant with local law, support SOX testing, approve according to CGM policy and all group policies.

4. Payroll

Supervise timely and accurate delivery of monthly payroll.
Manage relationship with payroll service provider.
Act as main point of contact with local tax authorities and HR in payroll matters, reviewing and finalising answers to queries.
Ensure all statutory payroll submissions are completed.
Update Payroll Account Management (PAM) tool.

5. Team Management

Daily line management of local Field Finance Managers and Finance Assistant in the designated countries.
Develop and motivate team members.

Internal Working Relationships

Senior management and directors of the companies in scope.
Other Group Finance departments (CAO, Treasury, Finance Solutions, etc.).
Finance controllers.
Tax and Facilities team.
Legal team & HR team.
Internal Audit.

External Working Relationships

Suppliers.
Payroll service provider.
External auditors.
External tax advisors.

About You

Core Competencies

Ability to work within a complex environment with finance systems (Oracle Financials, Oracle Fusion in the future) and colleagues across the world and multiple legal entities.
Ability to handle high levels of pressure and critical decision making.
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to prioritise, negotiate and work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
Technical accounting expertise of IFRS.
Knowledge of CIT and VAT.
Language skills: fluent in English, intermediate French.
Good team player, with the ability to act as an individual practitioner.

Qualifications

Professional qualification (certified/qualified accountant, ACCA or similar).
10 years’ work experience, of which minimum five years of accounting and finance operations in a complex multi‑national environment under IFRS.
Experience in team management (internal or external teams) is a must.
Excellent Microsoft Office skills.
Experience working with Oracle or similar ERP systems.

What We Offer

Global opportunities: work in multi‑national teams with the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues and customers from all over the world.
Flexible work environment: flexible working hours and the possibility to combine work from office and home (hybrid).
Professional development: training programmes and up‑skilling/re‑skilling opportunities.
Career growth: internal growth and mobility opportunities within Orange.
Caring and daring culture: health and well‑being programmes and benefits, diversity & inclusion initiatives, CSR and employee connect events.
Reward programmes: Employee Referral Programme, Change Maker Awards.

Only Your Skills Matter. Regardless of your age, gender identity, race, ethnic origin, religion/belief, sexual orientation, marital status, neuroatypia, disability, veteran status or appearance, we encourage diversity within our teams because it is a strength for the collective and a vector of innovation. Orange Group is a disabled‑friendly company and equal‑opportunity employer: don’t hesitate to tell us about your specific needs.