Senior Accountant II

Contract: Permanent.

Location: Lyon (or Guildford).

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 FC™, Battlefield™, Apex Legends™, The Sims™, EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL, Need for Speed™, Titanfall™, Plants vs. Zombies™, and EA SPORTS F1®.

EA’s CFO organization 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 support the reporting under U.S. GAAP of EA Swiss, EA’s international headquarter, and Electronic Arts Geneva, holding company, as well as leading several aspects of the statutory and local compliance of these two Swiss entities.

You will be hybrid, based in the Lyon (or Guildford) office, and report to the Controllership Manager II based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Responsibilities

Monthly close activities

• Review and preparation of journal entries including complex and high-profile transactions;
• Review and preparation of balance sheet reconciliations;
• Delegate and review work carried out by offshore accounting support teams
• Prepare and report on close schedules to the European Finance leadership team including presenting key aspects of the Swiss entities Balance Sheet
• Review the VAT reconciliations and analyze VAT balances
• Review the ICO reconciliations and participate to the monthly ICO settlement program

Local Compliance

• Perform controls related to financial reporting, including SOX and Swiss ICS
• Test the design and implementation of the Swiss ICS
• Prepare the financial statements and the tax returns of Electronic Arts Geneva and be the single point of contacts of the auditors
• Review and file Swiss statistical declarations

Finance partnering

• Partner with FP&A and Business teams to manage monthly activities and provide accounting guidance
• Partner with global partners in Tax and Treasury
• Host quarterly business updates
• Review and provide accounting assessment of the contracts

Project management and other

• Participate in projects related to process simplification and automation by notably leveraging data analytics and reporting tool
• 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
  • Swiss Expert qualification is a plus
• 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