Senior Accountant II, Controllership, Europe

Job Description

Contract: Permanent.

Location: Guildford or Lyon.

Work Model: Hybrid.

We are EA, a global leader in the interactive digital entertainment market. We produce games, content, and online services for connected consoles, PCs, mobile phones, and tablets.

Our famous franchises include EA SPORTS FCTM, BattlefieldTM, Apex LegendsTM, The SimsTM, EA SPORTSTM Madden NFL, Need for SpeedTM, TitanfallTM, Plants vs. ZombiesTM, and EA SPORTS F1®.

EA's CFO organisation comprises a broad group of finance disciplines. Our common goal is partnership with business teams delivering strategies and providing our players with amazing experiences. All of our finance teams assist the business in achieving profitable creativity by providing financial insight, reporting and guidance.

We use progressive tools to analyse and visualise data, telling the story of financial drivers, performance, risks and opportunities. We value attributes like collaboration and learning. We celebrate diversity and inclusion by creating a place where you can come to work and be yourself.

Summary

As Senior Accountant II within the European Controllership Team you will have a broad scope, which covers European consolidation and reporting, technical accounting, and finance partnering.

You will be hybrid, based in the Guildford or Lyon office, and report to the Controllership Manager II based in Guildford, UK.

Responsibilities

European close, consolidation, and reporting.

• Main contact for the European teams for monitoring the progress of the close and escalating issues
• Prepare European Balance Sheet reporting on a monthly basis for the Corporate Controllership team based in North America
• Help prepare European disclosures for 10-Q and 10-K reporting
• Identify process improvements to refine month-end close and reporting

Technical accounting

• Support the Technical Accounting team with complex accounting matters. You will:
• Draft memorandums on accounting treatment,
• Implement processes to accommodate accounting standard updates,
• Review cross-jurisdictional, intercompany, capital transactions, including dividends, liquidations, M&A
• Member of the European finance training council, responsible for organising monthly finance-themed training sessions
• Coordinate the contract review process on behalf of Controllership to ensure accurate accounting assessments and approvals

Finance partnering

• Partner with FP&A and Business teams to manage monthly activities and provide accounting guidance
• Help close the books of the EA Switzerland entity by ensuring period costs are complete and accurate
• Host quarterly business updates

Project management and other

• Participate in projects related to systems upgrades, process alignment, and building more robust reporting and analysis
• Back-up for assigned peer activities

Qualifications

• Technical skills
• Working knowledge of US GAAP accounting and reporting
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft suite including Power BI
• Experience with Oracle R12 and Hyperion Financial Management or other similar systems
• Soft skills
• Fluency in English with excellent written and oral communication skills
• Passionate, enthusiastic team player
• Other qualifications
• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of relevant financial accounting experience
• Qualified ACA/ACCA or equivalent preferable

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