Chief accountant F/H

Who are we ?

Founded in 2013, Cailabs designs, manufactures, and develops innovative photonic solutions for the space, industry, telecommunications, and defense sectors. A global specialist in laser shaping, the company has accelerated its growth in the space field with turnkey optical ground stations that integrate atmospheric turbulence compensation technology. This makes it one of the first companies to harness very high data rates enabled by optics in a commercial ground station.

Cailabs currently has 150 employees, including 35 PhDs. With 29 patent families filed, the company is one of the most innovative companies in France. It is headquartered in Rennes, with offices in Paris and Washington (USA).

Job description

Are you passionate about numbers and accounting?
Would you like to develop your skills in a dynamic and fast-growing environment, while strengthening your managerial and leadership abilities?

Join the Finance Department at Cailabs!

Reporting to the Administrative and Financial Director, your role will be to handle general and cost accounting, manage the company's tax affairs, and optimize related processes.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Participating in team management and leadership, supporting employees in developing their skills and ensuring that daily activities run smoothly.
• Performing all of the company's accounting operations (accounts receivable, accounts payable, fixed assets, day-to-day cash management, monitoring bank accounts, etc.).  
• Working with the accounting team, ensure that accounting documents are recorded and checked, and check bank reconciliations.
• Oversee monthly accounting closings and maintain the closing operations calendar. 
• Organize the annual closing in direct collaboration with the external accounting firm
  Monitor tax matters and be responsible for filing and ensuring the accuracy of periodic returns: corporate income tax (CIT), R&D tax credit (CIR) returns, VAT returns, other taxes and duties
• Lead continuous improvement projects (updating procedures, optimizing the accounting system and its information system, etc.) 

Essential skills

With a master's degree in accounting/DSCG, you have at least 5 years' experience in a similar position.

• You have team management and leadership skills;
• You have advanced Excel skills;
• Previous experience in an industrial environment would be a plus;
• Knowledge of solutions such as CEGID XRP Flex or Microsoft Business Central would also be a plus;
• Your main assets for carrying out these tasks will be your organizational skills, adaptability, responsiveness, and curiosity;
• You have good analytical and communication skills. 

By joining Cailabs, you will find: 

The opportunity to participate in an incredible human adventure by working with colleagues who share a strong team identity based on challenge, intellectual emulation, and responsiveness. 
The possibility of joining a dynamic structure that combines agility and resources commensurate with its ambitions. 
A company at the cutting edge of technology, from prototype development to industrialization phases. 

And also: 
Opportunities for sharing and socialising (annual seminars, meals, group games, sports activities, etc.), 
100% coverage of mutual insurance costs, 
A bonus system that rewards collective and individual performance. 

Finally, joining Cailabs is the assurance that everything will be done to help you perform, improve and take on new challenges. 

www.cailabs.com

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