Agency
Havas Finances Services
Havas is one of the largest communications groups in the world, with more than 23,000 employees in more than 100 countries, sharing one mission: "make a meaningful difference" for brands (Alpine, UEFA, KFC, Unilever…), companies, and society as a whole.
Based in Puteaux, Havas Finances Services (HFS) is the shared service center that drives the financial heart of all HAVAS group subsidiaries, including HAVAS PARIS, HAVAS PLAY, BETC, HAVAS MEDIA… This year, we proudly celebrate our 22nd anniversary!
With a team of 110 passionate employees, we are at the center of the Havas Village, managing general accounting, clients, suppliers and treasury for all agencies. At HFS, we are much more than simple financial support – we are the engine that propels our agencies to success!
As Deputy to the Accounts Payable Manager, you will join the Media Accounts Payable department, where you will play a key role.
Reporting to the Manager, you will be their true right hand and will contribute to managing the activity, leading teams, and transforming the department. You will put your business expertise, managerial leadership and digital culture to work for the quality, performance and efficiency of operations.
Your missions will be varied and enriching:
Transformation, digitalization and continuous improvement
•Identify and implement opportunities for simplifying, optimizing and automating processes.
•Leverage digital tools, automation and artificial intelligence as levers for productivity and reliability, while respecting internal control, security and data confidentiality requirements.
•Identify concrete AI use cases applicable to accounts payable activities.
•Quickly become autonomous with new tools and support teams in their adoption.
•Adopt an end-to-end vision of processes and measure the impact of changes across the entire supplier chain, from upstream data to payment.
•Translate business issues into concrete and operational solutions, and challenge existing practices when relevant.
Activity management
•Assist the Accounts Payable Manager in supervising the activity and ensure compliance with deadlines, procedures and internal control rules.
•Monitor the quality and compliance of operations, as well as performance indicators.
•Propose and follow up on the implementation of corrective actions.
•Identify malfunctions, anticipate risks and contribute to prioritizing activity.
Team management and support
•Act as a true managerial relay to the Accounts Payable Manager.
•Support the team in daily organization and priority management.
•Develop employees' autonomy, accountability and skills.
•Act as a stand-in for the Manager in their absence.
Relations with stakeholders
•Be the go-to contact for complex issues related to suppliers and internal clients.
•Collaborate with the Purchasing, Treasury, Management Control, Finance, IT teams and operational staff.
•Participate in dispute resolution and improving service quality.
Your profile
•Minimum 2-year post-secondary degree (Bac +2) in accounting, finance or management.
•Significant experience in accounts payable, ideally in a complex, high-volume environment.
•Proven managerial experience, with a genuine ability to support and develop a team.
•Experience in process transformation, digitalization or automation is a significant asset.
•Very good command of accounts payable processes.
•Excellent command of Excel and strong ease with ERPs, dematerialization tools and digital solutions.
•Strong interest and hands-on experience with artificial intelligence and automation tools.
•Ability to quickly learn new tools and understand their impact on end-to-end processes.
•Ability to analyze an issue, propose concrete and pragmatic solutions and manage the associated risks.
•Professional English, written and spoken.
Your qualities
•Leadership and ability to unite people.
•Strong solutions and results orientation.
•Agility, curiosity and ease with tools.
•Proactivity and initiative.
•Organization, rigor and sense of priorities.
•Analytical and synthesis skills.
•Excellent interpersonal skills.
•Ability to support change.
About Havas
Within the Havas group, you will join a vast network that brings together talents from around the world to best meet our clients' needs. Each Havas Village brings together talents in creation, media, digital, design and activation under one roof, allowing us to provide an agile, consistent and integrated service to our clients in each market, while relying on the talent and support of other Havas Villages around the world.
•📍 Located at the heart of Havas Village France: 29/30 Quai de Dion Bouton, Puteaux, with a stunning view of Paris!
•📄 Contract: Permanent (CDI), with quality health insurance and welfare coverage.
•🏡 Up to 2 days of remote work per week, and (genuinely) comfortable and modern offices when in the office.
•☕ Company restaurant - Roots, and cafeteria with Starbucks offers.
•🥳 Numerous benefits through the Havas group (parties, employee works council (CSE), promotional offers on leisure and travel, among others, concierge service, inspiring conferences, in-house gym & sports activities, very advantageous sustainable mobility policy, Havas afterwork events, movie previews, etc.).
Contract Type: Permanent
