finance
Posted Jun 3Financial Controller
at Mistral AI
Paris, FranceOn-site
Responsibilities
- Implement and enforce financial control frameworks, including segregation of duties, approval workflows, and reconciliation processes.
- Oversee the preparation of audit-ready financial statements for all Group entities, including consolidated and statutory reporting.
- Collaborate with our Tax team to ensure compliance with tax and regulatory obligations (VAT, corporate tax, payroll taxes, etc.) Review and approve balance sheet reconciliations, P&L analyses, and flux analyses to guarantee the integrity of financial data.
- Support the design and monitoring of key controls to prevent errors, fraud, or misstatements in financial reporting.
- Review management reporting packages, including variance analyses, flux explanations, and ad-hoc financial analyses for senior leadership.
- Ensure financial data is accurate, consistent, and transparent to support decision-making.
Requirements
- About Mistral At Mistral AI, we believe in the power of AI to simplify tasks, save time, and enhance learning and creativity.
- We democratize AI through high-performance, optimized, open-source and cutting-edge models, products and solutions.
- Our comprehensive AI platform is designed to meet enterprise as well as personal needs.
- Our offerings include Le Chat, AI Studio, Mistral Code and Mistral Compute — a suite that brings frontier intelligence to end-users.
- We are a dynamic, collaborative team passionate about AI and its potential to transform society.
- Join us to be part of a pioneering company shaping the future of AI.
- See more about our culture onhttps://mistral.ai/careers.
- Role Summary As Mistral AI’s Financial Controller, you will ensure the accuracy, completeness, and compliance of all accounting records and financial statements.
- Tech start-up/scale-up experience, with hands-on expertise in high-growth environments (preferably in AI, software, or deep tech).
- Strong proficiency in SAP S4 and advanced Excel for financial analysis and reporting.
Experience
- Who you are: 12+ years of experience, including Big4 audit experience, with a strong background in statutory audits, financial due diligence, and accounting reviews.
Additional details
- Our technology is designed to integrate seamlessly into daily working life.
- Our diverse workforce thrives in competitive environments and is committed to driving innovation.
- Our teams are distributed between France, USA, UK, Germany and Singapore.
- This role is purely accounting-focused, with a mission to oversee the review of accounting entries, collaborate with auditors, and enforce rigorous financial controls.
- You will work closely with the Internal Control department to mitigate risks and uphold the highest standards of financial reporting.
- What you will do Conduct detailed reviews of accounting entries (journal entries, accruals, provisions, intercompany transactions, etc.) to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with IFRS and French GAAP.
- Serve as the primary liaison with external auditors (Big 4 firms) during statutory audits, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of audit requests, explanations, and supporting documentation.
- Deep expertise in IFRS, with a focus on financial reporting, consolidation, and compliance.