Head of Accounting, Tax and Consolidation

GitGuardian

Finance and Legal Accounting Manager responsible for accounting, tax, and compliance at GitGuardian. Lead group consolidation and enhance financial processes for global scale.

Posted 6/13/2026full-timeParis • 🇫🇷 FranceLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Group Consolidation: Design and run the group consolidation process between our French parent company and our US subsidiary.
Tax & International Structure: Own all tax matters end-to-end: French corporate income tax, VAT, US sales tax, intercompany flows and transfer pricing between our French and US entities.
Accounting & Technical Accounting: Deliver fast, accurate and predictable month-end and year-end closes.
Audit & Internal Controls: Lead the annual statutory audit for the French entity and build the foundation for a group consolidated audit.
Process Transformation & Automation: Make our finance function a benchmark for efficiency.
Team Leadership & Strategic Partnership: Manage and grow the accounting team.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Master's degree in accounting or finance (DSCG/DEC is a strong plus)
Fluency in English, ideally also in French
7+ years of progressive experience in accounting, including a senior in-house role at a scale-up and/or a Big 4 audit or consolidation practice
Demonstrated experience building or running group consolidation with a French parent company and a foreign subsidiary, ideally a US sub
Solid working knowledge of both French GAAP and US GAAP, with the ability to navigate the differences pragmatically
Tax expertise: French corporate tax and VAT, US sales tax, and transfer pricing between French and US entities
Having led external audits, including building documentation and defending technical positions
Experience having improved a close cycle (faster, cleaner, more predictable) without breaking the team
Business orientation, you translate accounting and tax into operational decisions and partner naturally with non-finance stakeholders
Hands-on people manager with a coaching approach

Benefits

Comp & perks

Package that includes BSPCE
Lunch voucher
Sponsored Wellpass (gymlib)
Non-charged health insurance for children (Sidecare / Generali)
Up to €300 to improve your home office set-up
Yearly holiday allowance
Referral bonus of 4000€ for any new Guardian we might hire thanks to you
Team building: monthly budget dedicated to each employee that you can spend as you wish, with colleagues

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Hard Skills & Tools

group consolidationFrench corporate income taxVATUS sales taxintercompany flowstransfer pricingFrench GAAPUS GAAPauditfinancial close

Soft Skills

team leadershipstrategic partnershipbusiness orientationcoaching approachcommunicationprocess transformationefficiencyproblem-solvingcollaborationadaptability

Certifications

Master's degree in accountingMaster's degree in financeDSCGDEC