Job Title: Manager, Accounting Operations
About King
At King, we're Making the World Playful. Heard of Candy Crush? We're the creators behind it. With game studios in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona and Berlin, and offices in Dublin, San Francisco, New York, and Malta, we have a 20-year history of delivering some of the world's most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry and are on a mission to level-up the little moments for our more than 200 million active monthly users.
We strive to provide end-to-end experiences for our customers with built-in compliance and intelligent insights.
Core Job Responsibilities
* Governance and Compliance
1. Conduct governance of vendor teams performing Accounting Operations activities, including preparation and review of financial close journal entries, balance sheet account reconciliations, analytical reviews and other financial reporting in compliance with King accounting policies and guidelines.
2. Monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Service Level Agreement (SLA) metrics for accuracy and compliance.
3. Research, review, and document accounting standards, guidelines, and policies. Field complex questions from business partners in alignment with accounting policies.
4. Conduct P&L and BS analysis and respond to inquiries from business and finance partners regarding actuals.
* Issue Resolution and Support
1. Investigate and resolve business partner inquiries, accounting deviations, and other anomalies.
2. Serve as an escalation point of contact to resolve complex issues when governing vendors in a shared services environment. Facilitate issue resolution with leadership, business partners, team members, and vendor leadership.
3. Provide escalated support and troubleshooting to users. Investigate and resolve business partner inquiries, accounting deviations, and other data anomalies.
* Compliance and Reporting
1. Ensure statutory financial statements and relevant tax filings are completed, filed timely, and in compliance with local laws and regulations across a range of legal entities and countries.
2. Support Global King's local statutory reporting and compliance process.
3. Provide detailed financial analysis to support local tax filings and tax planning initiatives in collaboration with local tax team and external advisors.
4. Preparation and review of tax provisions, including current and deferred tax calculations.
5. Act as one of the primary points of contact for external auditors, managing the audit process from planning to completion.
* Process Improvement and Optimization
1. Implement and execute standard, global processes for key business activities.
2. Manage continuous process improvement and identify process optimization and/or automation opportunities by evaluating and leveraging technology to enhance internal processes.
Skills & Experience
* Qualified accountant with 3+ years post qualification work experience in accounting or finance
* Accounting close/financial reporting experience
* Knowledge of IFRS accounting standards, tax regulations
* Influence without authority and drive accountability
* Strong collaboration and business partnership
* Strong verbal and written communication
* Extensive experience and proven ability to work with international teams
* Problem solving skills and root cause analysis with resolution
* Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
* Experience in Oracle, Answers OBIEE and/or Smartview is a plus
* Working proficiency in Spanish is a plus
What We Offer
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, as well as the opportunity to work with a talented and passionate team of professionals.
Our hybrid working model empowers teams across King to decide how they want to work together, with a mix of in-office and home working. This allows us to connect, collaborate, celebrate and work effectively in our teams.
King strives to be a place where everyone can be their most authentic self. We recognize that diversity, equity and inclusion is a vital and continuous conversation, and that change only happens when we all come together. It's our mission to build a diverse and inclusive Kingdom for our people, players, and community.