Deputy Accounting Director (freelance/contractor)

About Mirakl: Founded in 2012, Mirakl has been at the forefront of marketplace innovation, empowering every business to compete in the platform economy. Today, Mirakl's operating system combines an enterprise marketplace solution (Mirakl Platform) that enables retailers and B2B organizations to launch, scale, and operate marketplaces and dropship, AI-powered multichannel selling (Mirakl Connect), retail media (Mirakl Ads) and an agentic commerce infrastructure (Mirakl Nexus). With dual headquarters in Boston and Paris, Mirakl helps a global ecosystem of 450+ marketplaces (B2C and B2B) and a network of over 100k third-party marketplace sellers. Brands like Macy's, Decathlon, Carrefour, Asos, and Airbus Helicopters use Mirakl to grow their businesses in new and remarkable ways. For more information, visit www.mirakl.com . Mirakl in Numbers: • 🗓️ Founded in 2012 | Member of French Tech Next40 • 👥 750+ employees in 9 offices worldwide: Paris, Barcelona, Bordeaux, Boston, London, Munich, New York, Sydney, Tokyo Our Values: Working at Mirakl means accelerating your career alongside ambitious, passionate, and supportive colleagues. We're proud of the diversity of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences that make our teams unique. Our 5 values guide how we collaborate: • 💡 Work Hard Together: Teamwork and collaboration are the foundation of our success • 🏆 Get Things Done: We prioritize action and efficiency for impactful results • 🚀 Go Above & Beyond: We tackle challenges proactively and always aim for excellence • 🎓 Succeed Through Expertise: Knowledge sharing and continuous learning are core to our culture • 🤝 Satisfy & Empower Clients: We're committed to our clients' success About the role Mirakl is looking for a senior contractor to join its Finance team and provide operational leadership in an international, multi-entity environment. Reporting to the Accounting & Tax Director, you will secure the continuity and quality of day-to-day accounting operations while supporting the monthly and annual close. The role also offers the opportunity to contribute to the transformation of the Finance function, particularly through the identification, testing and adoption of relevant automation and AI use cases. The successful candidate will combine strong accounting expertise with a pragmatic, hands-on approach to process improvement and change management. Contractor 6 months Start: ASAP Location: Paris or Bordeaux (aller-retour à prévoir à Bordeaux 1 fois par mois) Key responsibilities Accounts Payable and Procure-to-Pay • Own and coordinate the end-to-end Procure-to-Pay process, from supplier creation and invoice receipt through to validation, booking and payment. • Coordinate the Accounts Payable team and ensure timely processing of invoices across Mirakl's entities. • Monitor invoice workflows, approvals, purchase orders, blocked invoices and outstanding supplier balances. • Review invoice coding, supporting documentation and accounting treatment, and act as an escalation point for complex supplier issues. • Coordinate payment runs and ensure that payment files are prepared accurately and in line with internal approval procedures. • Maintain robust controls over vendor master data, bank details, payment approvals and segregation of duties. Accounting operations and close support • Support the Accounting & Tax Director in the coordination of the monthly and annual close process. • Review AP-related cut-off and other accounting entries. • Monitor the reconciliation and clean-up of relevant balance sheet accounts and support the review of intercompany transactions. • Coordinate with local accounting firms and external service providers across Mirakl's international perimeter. • Contribute to audit p