Group Financial Reporting and Consolidation Manager

EX NIHILO is a Parisian Haute Perfumery House founded in 2013. Inspired by an avant‑garde spirit, it collaborates with the finest creative talents. Combining innovation, craftsmanship, and exceptional raw materials, it offers a unique and exclusive olfactory experience.

Its collections and immersive experience are showcased at its flagships in Paris and Los Angeles, as well as at the most prestigious retailers worldwide (London, New York, Dubai, across Asia, etc).

We are recruiting!

With the recent entry of L Catterton, the leading global consumer focused investment fund, EX NIHILO is now entering a new phase of global acceleration and structuring for scale.

We are creating a new high impact, transformation‑oriented position in the Finance team, supporting the CFO in the Group’s financial steering: we are recruiting a Group Reporting & Consolidation manager .

The mission is to lead the production of the group’s financial information and ensure its reliability, while driving the continuous improvement of financial processes. This is a key, hands‑on role within the Finance team, requiring a high level of rigor and ownership of the Group’s monthly financial reporting.

The role oversees accounting activities managed by top‑tier external firms across our French, UK and US subsidiaries, leads the consolidation process (with the support of an external provider), and ensures full consistency between statutory accounts, consolidated financial statements, and management reporting.

As a recognised technical expert, you will be the primary point of contact for Statutory Auditors and external advisors.

Location: Group Headquarters, Paris 16

What does the role involve?

Your main responsibilities will include:

Group accounting oversight

• Oversee accounting activities and coordinate external accounting teams (holdings and subsidiaries)
• Ensure compliance with the Group accounting standards and Group policies
• Organise and secure monthly, quarterly, and annual closing processes
• Ensure proper accounting treatment of complex transactions in full transparency with our external auditors
• Act as the primary point of contact for the Group’s Auditors (France, UK, US, Consolidation)

Group statutory consolidation – semi‑annual

• Lead the preparation of the Group’s statutory consolidated financial statements (outsourced process), in line with the Group’s closing calendar
• Review key consolidation ajustements (intercompany eliminations, consolidation entries, scope changes)
• Approve consolidated financial statements, ensuring reliability and compliance with applicable standards (French GAAP, with a transition toward IFRS)
• Support the preparation of the consolidated financial report issued semi‑annually to our bank partners in the context of our LBO covenants

Monthly management reporting

• Own and deliver the Group’s monthly consolidated management accounts and financial reports for the CFO and Executive Management, in line with the Group’s closing calendar
• Ensure consistency between management accounts, statutory accounts, and consolidated financial statements
• Analyse financial performance and explain key variances vs prior year and forecast
• Strengthen and streamline monthly closing processes to ensure timely and reliable reporting in a fast‑scaling environment

Tax

• Coordinate tax matters with external tax advisors and statutory auditors
• Supervise key tax filings (corporate income tax, VAT, CVAE, CFE) in each subsidiary

Organization & Contribution to key projects

• Structure and formalise Group accounting and reporting procedures
• Contribute to the enhancement of financial tools with a mindset of continuous improvement
• Support the rationalisation the group’s legal structure (merger, simplification)
• Participate in the design and roll‑out of Transfer Pricing policies

What profile are we looking for?

• Proven expertise in Group consolidation in a multi‑entity and international environment, ideally with hands‑on use of a consolidation tool
• Solid knowledge of French GAAP and IFRS
• Strong accounting background with the ability to animate, challenge and align local practices
• Familiarity with tax consolidation and tax compliance
• Advanced proficiency in Excel
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact with auditors, external accounting partners and senior leadership.
• Strong attention to details and solid understanding of margin drivers, inventory impacts, and working capital

Mindset

• Comfortable working in an environment with high expectations on performance and visibility (investors, shareholders, banks)
• Entrepreneurial mindset: adaptable, solution‑oriented, and comfortable with change
• Motivated to contribute to Group transformation projects (tools, reporting, governance)

Profile

• Higher education in accounting, finance, or management (Chartered Accountant qualification, DSCG, master’s degree in accounting/finance, business school, or equivalent)
• 8–10 years of combined experience in Audit, Accounting and Group consolidation roles in an international environment, ideally in retail, luxury or consumer goods
• Proven experience leading a multi‑entity, multi‑currency consolidation process (France, UK, US scope). Hands‑on experience with a consolidation reporting tool
• Good affinity for systems, automation tools, and process improvement
• Fluent in English and French (both are mandatory).

Join an entrepreneurial luxury House with a strong international footprint and ambitious growth plans, operating in a dynamic and fast‑evolving niche fragrance environment. This is a high‑impact, highly visible role at the heart of Finance, offering direct exposure to top management and the opportunity to shape and elevate the Group’s financial reporting.