Global Accounting Director

<p><strong>ANINE BING</strong> is looking for an<strong> Global Accounting Director </strong>to join our Finance team based in Paris.</p> <p>This role is an opportunity to help shape the next chapter of ANINE BING. As a key contributor within our Paris HQ team, the Accounting & Tax Director brings both strategic insight and hands-on execution to their work — supporting our global growth while staying grounded in the brand's DNA: refined, fast-moving, and always evolving.</p> <p>We're looking for a senior, hands-on finance leader who thrives in a creative yet performance-driven environment. The ideal candidate combines deep technical accounting and tax expertise with a clear sense of the bigger picture, a strong project management mindset, and a genuine sensitivity to Finance × IT topics (ERP, automation, cross-functional initiatives). They are structured, business-minded, and energized by building scalable internal foundations across a multi-entity, international footprint.</p> <p>Reporting directly to the CFO, the Accounting & Tax Director leads global accounting and tax operations across our directly-managed entities — France, the United Kingdom, the United States and other EU markets — and oversees the partnership with our external advisor in China. A key part of the mission is to build, lead and develop a strong internal accounting team and bring core finance processes in-house as the company scales. The role is expected to operate as a true business partner to all operational departments, not as a back-office function.</p> <p>This is a hybrid position based at our Paris HQ, with one remote day per week. The role reports to the CFO.</p> <h4>Responsibilities Include:</h4> <ul> <li>Own the global accounting close (monthly, quarterly, annual) across France, the UK, the US and other EU entities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and compliance with local GAAP and applicable international standards.</li> <li>Define and maintain the Group's accounting policies, internal controls and chart of accounts; lead consolidation, intercompany reconciliations and harmonization across entities.</li> <li>Oversee all corporate tax matters — corporate income tax, VAT, transfer pricing, withholding tax and international tax structuring — in close coordination with external counsel on cross-border topics.</li> <li>Manage statutory audits and annual filings across all jurisdictions; serve as the main interface with external auditors, local tax authorities and our China-based advisor.</li> <li>Build and lead a high-performing internal accounting team (Accounting Manager, Credit Manager, accountants) and drive the gradual in-housing of accounting and tax processes currently handled by external providers.</li> <li>Lead Finance × IT initiatives end-to-end: AP automation, ERP struc