Local Finance & Admin Officer - Regional Office

Calsina Carré Group is in an expansion phase of its operations in Tunisia. The entity currently operates a warehousing (logistics) activity and, in the medium term, plans to launch a transport line with driver-collective management (per diems, documentation, specific social compliance).

With the SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud rollout in Tunisia (activation planned for September), the Group's financial structure evolves toward a model where the core accounting (posting, closing, reporting) is absorbed by the Shared Service Center at HQ and unified under Group accounting principles and calendar.

Within this new framework, a local profile in Tunisia is required to act as single point of contact for the aspects that, by regulatory, physical or cultural nature, cannot be centralized: documentary input and review, local fiscal and social compliance, proximity treasury, coordination of payroll with an external provider, and interaction with authorities. The position is a new creation, as accounting processes have been externalized until now.

Role Mission

To be the local reference in Tunisia for the entity's administrative, fiscal, social and payroll processes, ensuring the quality of the input to the SSC at HQ, compliance with local regulations, and smooth operations with authorities, banks and suppliers.

The role combines technical execution (documentary identification and preparation, calculations, reviews) with external coordination (authorities, tax and legal advisors, payroll provider, banks), without team leadership responsibilities.

Functional scope and Responsabilities

Local accounting (input to the SSC): Manage and prepare local accounting documentation, ensuring accurate classification, proper archiving, effective coordination with the SSC, and compliance with the Group's closing schedule.3.2 Local taxation

Local Taxation: Coordinate local tax compliance, audits, regulatory reporting, and liaison with tax authorities, while supporting transfer pricing and ensuring compliance with Tunisian fiscal regulations.

Payroll and administrative HR coordination: Coordinate payroll and HR administration, ensuring accurate payroll processing, social compliance, employment documentation, and administrative support for employees and transport operations.

Local treasury and banking: Manage local treasury operations, ensuring efficient bank account administration, payment processing, cash management, banking relationships, and coordination with the SSC on cash flow activities.

Social and administrative compliance: Ensure compliance with local legal and administrative obligations by coordinating regulatory documentation, third-party contracts, and external tax and legal advisors.

Institutional interaction: Act as the local administrative liaison with authorities and external stakeholders, supporting the General Manager and SSC in regulatory and operational matters.

Education

• University degree in accounting, finance, business administration or equivalent
• Specific training in Tunisian taxation highly valued

• Minimum 5-7 years in an accounting/administrative role in Tunisia, ideally in a multinational environment or in an advisory firm with an international client portfolio
• Proven practical knowledge of Tunisian taxation (TVA, IS, withholdings, social obligations)
• Experience in payroll coordination either in-house or with an external provider
• Familiarity with external audit environments (Big 4 or leading local firms)
• Valued: previous experience in logistics or transport entities and familiarity with driver collective management
• Valued: experience in ERP implementation or migration (SAP, Oracle or similar)

Technical competencies

• Operational knowledge of SAP desirable; specific training on SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud will be provided during the rollout
• Advanced Excel proficiency (formulas, pivot tables, data filtering and structuring)
• Knowledge of best practices in documentary digitalization and archiving
• Familiarity with cloud environments and collaboration tools (Office 365, Teams, SharePoint)

Languages

• French advanced professional level (mandatory: administrative and commercial language in Tunisia)
• Arabic native or professional level (recommended: interaction with local authorities)
• English professional level (required: operational communication with HQ and the SSC)
• Spanish basic or intermediate level (plus, not required)

Personal competencies

• Autonomy ability to manage the function independently in an environment where the incumbent is the sole local finance resource
• Rigor and attention to detail the quality of the input is critical to the SSC's proper functioning
• Process orientation ability to sustain repetitive monthly cycles with consistency and punctuality
• Cross-cultural communication ability to interact effectively with a culturally different European HQ
• Reliability and integrity the role handles payments, sensitive data and institutional relationships
• Adaptability the entity will evolve (extension to transport) and the role will progressively expand
• Proactivity in incident communication anticipate problems rather than manage them reactively