GL Accountant (6 month Contract)

Requisition Number: 163811

Position Title: Contingent

External Description:

We're EA—the world's largest video game publisher. You're probably familiar with many of our titles—Madden, FIFA, The Sims, Need for Speed, Battlefield and Star Wars, to name a few. But maybe you don't know how we're committed to creating games for every platform—from social to mobile to console—to give our consumers that anytime, anywhere access they demand. What does that mean for you? It means more opportunities to unleash your creative genius, be inspired by those around you and ignite your path in any direction you choose.

Purpose of the Role: This project role is twofold: 1) manage the General Ledger and associated transactions to ensure they are and recorded following local and US GAAP and 2) review and recommend solutions to the existing control system and Finance related processes. The function includes interactions across in EA China and many EA Corporate departments, allowing widespread exposure to both territory and Asia-wide finance issues. You will be also responsible for local statutory compliance in collaboration with partners. Process Management:

• Review and further develop GL procedure documents and close schedules;
• Procedural reviews – work with manager and important local partners to improve processes, and comply with EA corporate requirements;
• Participate in Finance projects; this is to include but not be limited to system changes (e.g. ERP upgrade, business process changes affecting finance)

Financial Reporting:

• Strong control and review of financial processes, with specific attention to US GAAP and data reconciliation;
• Oversee rigorously planning and controlling GL tasks to achieve demanding internal US-lead reporting deadlines;
• Responsibility for local statutory and tax reporting
• Review and submission of monthly post-close reporting schedules to Asia Finance team (balance sheet reconciliation and variance analysis)
• Improve the quality of financial reporting both internal and external;
• Daily responsibility for the resolution of GL issues and queries, including managing the interface between GL and other finance teams / EA all departments;
• Regular daily contact point for both external and internal audit teams.

Financial Control:

• GL responsibility for assigned country and associated contracts review;
• Review monthly SG&A (expenses) expenditure with FP&A and budget holders to ensure all commitments made by EA's our teams are captured in the financial statements;
• Analysis and review AP, payroll and treasury disbursements.
• Preparation and management of a high quality month-end close process
• Collaboration to the Regional Controller.
• Responsibility for the identification and resolution of financial control issues.
• Oversee core financial systems reconciliation, including oversight on the reconciliation between Oracle and local GAAP system.
• Manage the processing of intercompany transactions throughout all relevant ledgers;
• Work with Shared Services, Fixed Assets, Payroll, AP and AR departments in ensuring appropriate reconciliations and sub-ledger close accuracy
• Involvement with other departments within the business (Development, Marketing, Operations, IT, etc) to ensure accurate posting of transactions, understanding of month-end budgeting and expenditure.
• Understanding of, and involvement in, monthly working capital assessments together with Asia Controller, Tax and Treasury department and responsible for cash flow planning and management

You will require the following experience: Fluent in Mandarin and English are important

• Solid technical accounting skills (accounting degree) with a minimum 5 years of qualified experience in China
• Technical accounting issues to less qualified staff or non-finance staff
• Strong working knowledge of local FRS, US GAAP or IFRS is beneficial
• Impeccable personal integrity; confidence in representing the Finance team with EA;
• Identifying problems and solutions; tenacity and attention to detail valuable attributes.
• Assertive in resolving issues, but positive and constructive at all times;
• Ability to manage change positively – comfortable with multiple daily responsibilities and with managing change where required.
• Systematic and control-focused approach to quality of own work and that of others;
• Team player, and able to represent regional GL finance team across EA and externally;
• Strong systems awareness and interest (Oracle or comparable ERP solution useful, but must have an experience with developing system solutions).

 

Please note that the nature of our business may require that certain aspects of this job description may be subject to modification and change during the individual's period of employment.

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Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc. 是全球领先的互动娱乐软件公司。 EA 提供适用于联网主机、个人电脑、手机和平板电脑的游戏、内容和在线服务。

EEOText: 关于 EA 在 Electronic Arts，我们的宗旨是“激励世界，同享乐游”。我们让兼具创意、创新和激情的人才共聚一堂，为世界各地的亿万名玩家创造非凡的全新游戏体验。我们知道我们的长处在于员工的多样性。我们保证员工处于包容的文化之中，为其提供学习和领导的机会，让其从事职业生涯中最有影响力、最有价值的工作。 我们把我们的员工放在首位。我们为员工提供全面的、着重于健康和福祉的福利保障，以满足您的需求，并帮助您平衡您的职业生涯和个人生活。我们提供充满活力和共同协作的工作环境，您可通过我们的员工资源小组进行联系和贡献，享受带薪休假、产假和育儿假来平衡工作与生活，另外还有免费的电子游戏等更多福利！ Electronic Arts 是一个机会平等的雇主。所有招聘决定均不考虑种族、肤色、国籍、血统、生理性别、社会性别、性别认同或表达、性向、年龄、遗传信息、宗教信仰、残障状况、医疗状况、怀孕状况、婚姻状况、家庭状况、退伍军人身份或其他任何受法律保护的特征等因素的影响。EA 还会遵照相关法律，为符合条件的残障个体改善工作环境。

Days Open: 53

Can this position be remote?:

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA 是一个奉行机会均等的雇主。 所有招聘决定均不考虑种族、肤色、国籍、血统、生理性别、社会性别、性别认同或表达、性向、年龄、遗传信息、宗教信仰、残障状况、医疗状况、怀孕状况、婚姻状况、家庭状况或退伍军人身份等因素的影响。 EA 还会遵照相关法律，为符合条件的残障个体改善工作环境。