Interim Accounting Director

Interim Accounting Director

Interim management is an effective managerial solution for companies of all sizes to deal with an unprecedented situation, a managerial emergency or to accelerate their transformation.

MANAGERIM, expert in interim management, provides you with interim managers specialized in accounting everywhere in France and internationally.

Our community of interim managers in the accounting function includes interim managers who are familiar with:

• accounting techniques
• regulations (LSF Financial Security Act, SEPA Single Payment Area, LSO Sarbanes-Oxley Act, European Accounting Directive, etc.)
• accounting standards (PCG General Accounting Plan, IFRS/IAS international standards, UK-US GAAP, etc.)
• taxation, both national and European
• basic IT tools and accounting specialists

Our interim managers are men and women selected after a rigorous and demanding process, as much for their expertise as for their interpersonal skills.

The missions of an interim accounting manager

The interim accounting manager is an experienced executive who is temporarily entrusted by our client with the supervision of all accounting and financial aspects of a company, a Business Unit or a site.

He/she is responsible for ensuring the reliability of the statutory and consolidated accounts and their compliance with the accounting principles, rules and standards in force.

Depending on the company, the missions may include many responsibilities:

• Managing the teams under his/her responsibility and providing constant active support to the various departments in order to guarantee the reliability of the accounting data
• Producing reporting and monthly closing of accounts
• Closely follow up the cash situation
• Financial controlling (cost analysis, inventory monitoring, forecasting calculations, etc.)
• Continuous optimization of the relationship with the different departments of the company
• Support for internal improvement projects in terms of organization, procedures/processes and use of information systems to strengthen and make the performance of the accounting department more reliable

Why mobilize an interim manager accounting executive from the interim management firm MANAGERIM?

Our interim managers, experts in the accounting function, have solid background (chartered accountants, DSCG...) and previous successful experience in high-stakes situations (downsizing, hypergrowth, transformation, turnaround, restructuring, etc.), which allows them to adapt rapidly to new contexts and to be immediately operational.

Our interim accounting managers carry out high value-added assignments in a variety of situations:

• Temporarily replacing at short notice an Accounting Director or Manager (Accounting Manager, Accounting Services Manager, Accounting and Finance Manager, Consolidation Director, Accounting Department Manager, Shared Services Center Manager, etc.)
• Determining and implementing the structure of the accounting activity (by business line, department, division, legal entity, subsidiary, etc.) and procedures
• Managing the closing of corporate accounts for legal entities, data collection and consolidation of financial statements
• Monitoring the regulatory and normative compliance of accounting reports, tax forms, consolidation forms, etc.
• Managing the activities of a shared services center (accounting SSC)
• Managing specific cross-functional projects (reorganization, transformation, merger, recapitalization, dividend distribution, etc.) in interaction with other departments

Throughout their assignments, our interim managers are supported by one of our partners, who guarantees the quality of the assignment and the methodology developed by MANAGERIM.