Ifrs Specialist

Mistral AI Mistral AI · AI Frontier · Paris, France · Finance

This role is for an IFRS Specialist at Mistral AI, focusing on the company's transition to IFRS standards. The specialist will be responsible for assessing and documenting accounting treatments for complex transactions, developing IFRS policies, ensuring quarterly compliance and reporting, identifying and escalating IFRS-related risks, providing IFRS guidance on deals and contracts, preparing accounting adjustments, compiling IFRS-compliant financial reporting, and contributing to process improvement and automation within the finance workflows. The ideal candidate has a strong technical IFRS background, is a problem solver and process builder, a collaborative business partner, tech-savvy, and proactive.

What you'd actually do

  1. IFRS Transition & Policy Development: Proactively assess and document accounting treatments for complex transactions, ensuring alignment with IFRS standards and Mistral AI’s transition from French GAAP. Develop and maintain up-to-date IFRS policies (Accounting Manual) to guide global entities.
  2. Quarterly Compliance & Reporting: Review and validate the accounting treatment of closed transactions at each quarter-end, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and consistency across all entities. Prepare supporting documentation for auditors and internal stakeholders.
  3. Issue Identification & Escalation: Identify and escalate IFRS-related risks or gaps in financial processes or transactions, reporting findings to the IFRS Lead and cross-functional teams (Finance, Legal, FP&A) with actionable recommendations.
  4. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Sales, Legal, and Finance teams to provide IFRS guidance on high-stakes deals, contracts, or structural changes, ensuring optimal outcomes while adhering to regulatory requirements.
  5. Adjustment & Correction Requests: Prepare and submit accounting adjustment requests (journal entries, reclassifications) to align financial records with IFRS, coordinating closely with the Accounting team.

Skills

Required

  • Strong background in IFRS
  • Experience in audit/advisory firms (Big 4, mid-tier)
  • In-house finance roles (tech, SaaS, or high-growth environments preferred)
  • Interpreting complex accounting standards
  • Drafting position papers
  • Ensuring compliance in fast-paced settings
  • Analytical and detail-oriented
  • Clear communicator
  • Proficient with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, NetSuite)
  • Proficient with financial tools
  • French GAAP to IFRS transitions
  • Complex transactions
  • Financial reporting
  • Proactive
  • Ownership of projects
  • Rigor

Nice to have

  • Process Builder
  • Collaborative Business Partner
  • Tech-Savvy
  • Growth-Minded
  • Low-ego, team-spirited mindset

What the JD emphasized

  • IFRS standards
  • IFRS policies
  • IFRS-related risks
  • IFRS guidance
  • IFRS-compliant reporting
  • IFRS Expert
  • IFRS challenges
  • IFRS concepts