Accounting Specialist

Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader

We pioneer technology for mobility experience that matter to people.

Your mission, roles and responsibilities

The GL Specialist is responsible for ensuring the integrity, consistency, and reliability of the company’s accounting records through high-level technical execution and analysis. Working closely with the GL Coordinator, this role ensures full compliance with IFRS, local statutory requirements, and FCPs during monthly and annual closing processes.

The position requires solid technical expertise and hands‑on experience in IFRS 15 and IFRS 16, including the execution of recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosure for revenues, contracts, and lease arrangements. In addition, the role demands proven experience in the accounting treatment and control of intangible assets, including tooling and engineering cost recognition, ensuring proper capitalization, amortization, and disclosure within the financial statements.

Key Responsibilities and Technical Focus

• Execute and analyze monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities, preparing journal entries, adjustments, and high-quality account reconciliations in line with IFRS, local GAAP, and internal deadlines.
• Apply technical knowledge to complex accounting matters, ensuring precise documentation and compliance.
• Prepare and perform deep-dive reviews of balance sheet reconciliations, proactively identifying variances, aging items, or risks, and driving timely resolutions.
• Upload, reconcile, and validate financial data in Group consolidation systems (METIS), ensuring absolute alignment between local accounting records and Group-level reporting.
• Execute day-to-day accounting activities in strict adherence to internal controls (FCPs), identifying operational risks and proposing corrective actions.
• Act as a key operational contact for internal and external auditors, preparing required schedules, gathering deliverables, and providing clear technical explanations for accounting treatments.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements, standardization, and automation within the General Ledger function, leveraging system capabilities to increase efficiency.
• Provide technical guidance and support to junior accountants or analysts, fostering a culture of accountability and a strong control-oriented mindset.

Your profile and competencies to succeed

Minimum Education Level

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting required.

Professional Experience

• Minimum of 1 to 2 years of professional experience in accounting roles, preferably within complex, manufacturing, or multinational environments.

Skills and Competencies

• Strong hands-on knowledge of SAP FI modules
• Experience with METIS, Magritte, SmartView, and Tagetik (or similar Group reporting tools).
• Robust and practical understanding of IFRS (specifically IFRS 15, IFRS 16, and IAS 38) and local GAAP.
• Advanced English proficiency.
• Strong analytical skills, results orientation, attention to detail, collaboration, effective communication, problem-solving, and accountability.

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What we can do for you

• At Forvia, you will find an engaging and dynamic environment where you can contribute to the development of sustainable mobility leading technologies.
• We are the seventh-largest global automotive supplier, employing more than 157,000 people in more than 40 countries which makes a lot of opportunity for career development.
• We welcome energetic and agile people who can thrive in a fast-changing environment. People who share our strong values. Team players with a collaborative mindset and a passion to deliver high standards for our clients. Lifelong learners. High performers. Globally minded people who aspire to work in a transforming industry, where excellence, speed, and quality count.
• We cultivate a learning environment, dedicating tools and resources to ensure we remain at the forefront of mobility. Our people enjoy an average of more than 22 hours of online and in-person training within FORVIA University (five campuses around the world)
• We offer a multicultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration. We believe that diversity is a strength. To create an inclusive culture where all forms of diversity create real value for the company, we have adopted gender diversity targets and inclusion action plans.
• Achieving CO2 Net Zero as a pioneer of the automotive industry is a priority: In June 2022, Forvia became the first global automotive group to be certified with the new SBTI Net-Zero Standard (the most ambitious standard of SBTi), aligned with the ambition of the 2015 Paris Agreement of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. Three principles guide our action: use less, use better and use longer, with a focus on recyclability and circular economy.

Why join us

FORVIA, a global automotive technology supplier, comprises the complementary technology and industrial strengths of Faurecia and HELLA.

With over 137 500 people, including more than 12,000 R&D engineers across 40+ countries, FORVIA provides a unique and comprehensive approach to the automotive challenges of today and tomorrow. Composed of 6 business groups and a strong IP portfolio of over 12,400 patents, FORVIA is focused on becoming the preferred innovation and integration partner for OEMs worldwide.

In 2025, the Group achieved a consolidated revenue of 26.2 billion euros prior to IFRS 5. FORVIA SE is listed on the Euronext Paris market under the FRVIA mnemonic code and is a component of the SBF 120 index.

FORVIA aims to be a change maker committed to foreseeing and making the mobility transformation happen.