
Support, Operations and Accounting Specialist
Pennylane
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: France
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About the role
- As a Support, Operations and Accounting Specialist, you will be the primary point of contact for our customer base that has chosen Pennylane as the central platform for their accounting and financial management.
- You will engage daily with users and seek to understand the issues they encounter.
- After investigating, your goal is to provide an answer or solution to the user, or to escalate the issue when necessary.
- You will also help company accountants and accounting firms import their data into Pennylane to facilitate their migration.
- During the first months, you will join the Pennylane Academy and receive training on the product and the team’s processes.
- You will begin handling accounting-related requests and progressively take on increasingly complex customer inquiries.
Requirements
- Accounting qualification (e.g. BTS CGO, DCG, BTS in SME Management, Master’s in Accounting, Control and Audit (CCA) or Bachelor in Administrative and Accounting Management).
- At least 5 years’ experience as an accountant within the finance department of an SME and/or at least 3 years in an accounting firm (ideally having completed at least three fiscal periods).
- Direct work with company leadership is a plus (internal advisory, for example).
- Interest in innovative tools and new technologies.
- Ability to work independently, to solve problems on your own and to find solutions.
- Familiarity with the Pennylane platform is a plus.
- Professional working proficiency in English.
- Strong written communication skills and an ability to teach and explain clearly and professionally to users.
- Ability to understand and respond to client needs, deliver excellent service and maintain strong client relationships.
- Capacity to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Flexibility to adapt to the rapid evolution of the product.
- Willingness to learn and stay up to date with product developments.
Benefits
- One of the market’s best health plans (Alan Blue and Alan Mind)
- Meal vouchers (Swile card)
- Between 6 and 12 additional RTT days on top of 5 weeks of paid vacation
- Opportunity to improve your English through Busuu
- Monthly stipend for all Pennylaners to support working from home or in a coworking space
- Easy access to our offices, located a few minutes from Saint-Lazare in the heart of Paris
- BSPCE equity allocation (stock options)
- Access to 8,000 gyms across France and more than 300 wellness activities via our partner Gymlib
- A Mac laptop
- Numerous team sports and regular company events such as Tech Days and the annual company seminar
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Hard Skills & Tools
accounting qualificationBTS CGODCGBTS in SME ManagementMaster’s in AccountingControl and Audit (CCA)Bachelor in Administrative and Accounting Managementexperience as an accountantfiscal periodsproblem-solving
Soft Skills
strong written communication skillsability to teachclient relationship managementindependenceflexibilitywillingness to learnability to understand client needsteam collaborationadaptabilityservice orientation