Role Summary
We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive General Accountant to establish and maintain our accounting systems, manage treasury, and ensure compliance with accounting standards and tax regulations. This role is critical in shaping our financial processes and driving our company's growth.
Key Responsibilities
As our first internal General Accountant, you'll report directly to our Head of Finance. You will collaborate with other departments, such as sales, marketing, and operations, to support business decisions.
Your scope will be global (we currently have offices in France, the UK, and the US) and will be divided as follows:
1/ Accounts Payable and Receivable
- Manage the accounts payable process
- Oversee accounts receivable, including invoicing customers and collecting payments
- Ensure payroll compliance with tax and labor laws
2/ Treasury Management
- Manage cash flow and liquidity
- Oversee banking relationships and investment activities
- Implement and maintain internal controls to safeguard assets and ensure accurate financial reporting
- Conduct internal audits and reviews to identify and address potential risks
3/ Compliance and Regulatory Reporting
- Prepare and file tax returns, including sales tax, property tax, and income tax for entities in France, the UK, and the US
- Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal tax regulations
- Ensure compliance with financial regulations and reporting requirements
- Prepare and submitting regulatory filings as needed
This position will most likely lead to a management / leadership position.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting (French DCG or DSCG), Finance, or a related field
- A total 8-10 years of experience in accounting roles
- Proven experience in a similar role, ideally in a startup or tech environment
- Strong knowledge of GAAP and tax regulations
- Proficiency in accounting software, including SAP
- Experience with international accounting standards (IFRS)
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Bilingualism (French and English)
Benefits
- Ability to shape the exciting journey of AI and be part of the very early days of one of the hottest startup in AI
- A fun, dynamic, multicultural team and collaborative work environment
- Competitive salary and bonus structure
- Opportunities for professional growth and development
About Mistral
- At Mistral AI, our mission is to make AI ubiquitous and open. We are passionate about bridging the gap between technology and businesses of all sizes.
- We are a leading innovator in the field of open-source large language models. Our advanced LLM solutions can be seamlessly deployed on any cloud, allowing for optimized integration and robust performance. Developers are using our API via la Plateforme to build incredible AI-first applications powered by our models that can understand and generate natural language text and code.
- We are multilingual at our core. We released le Chat, as a demonstrator of our models.
- We are a tight-knit, nimble team dedicated to bringing our cutting-edge AI technology to the world. Our teams are distributed between France, UK and USA
- We are creative, low-ego, team-spirited, and have been passionate about AI for years. We hire people who thrive in competitive environments, because they find them more fun to work in. We hire passionate women and men from all over the world.