Senior Accounting Manager
Position Summary
Work alongside the EMEA Finance Director; help with the EMEA day to day accounting and GL activities related to AP, Purchasing, Payroll and related accrual/expenses. Ensure EMEA month end is closed in line with corporate deadlines; monthly, quarterly & annually. Work with the EMEA Accountants & other process owners to share & adopt best practice, seek continuous improvements to processes & contribute to the overall efficiency & effectiveness of the department.
Coordination of the close, Commissions, Funding, Fixed Assets & others as defined. Ensure a high level of Compliance with GAAP, SOX and local laws. Ongoing assessment of Internal Control procedures and implementing new systems and also system enhancements needed to support the business needs across the functional areas.
Responsibilities:
- Reporting to the EMEA Finance Director
- Co-ordinate activities and deliverables of outsource accountants across EMEA.
- Prerpare the monthly, quarterly and annual financial close and consolidation process for the allocated EMEA Subsidiaries and finalisation of each close and overall EMEA consolidation process to the standards and timelines set. This includes maintaining a close calendar, assigning close responsibilities and performing a review and analysis of the trial balances, income statements and balance sheets to ensure all material activity has been captured and recorded accurately and on time.
- Providing comprehensive financial review commentary and analysis on a monthly basis. Quarterly enhanced reporting to US Finance department.
- Coordinate update the of the monthly interco matrix with the EMEA Accountants, ensure that all balances net to zero in USD;s. Follow up those that don’t & ensure resolved prior to the accounts being closed.
- Back up contact for EMEA property leases & Financial review; complete checklist for all leases entered in the EMEA Region (Rent free adj, ARO, capital vs operating analysis) All leases are maintained in LeaseQuery, responsible for ensuring that this is accurate and up to date working closely with the US team
- EMEA point of contact for commission accruals; receive file from the US monthly, validate & distribute to EMEA Accountants for recording in their respective countries. Review commission accruals and payments and investigate significant fluctuations in line with revenue results.
- Management of the Open PR process & accrual; obtain monthly extracts from the purchase requisition system and ensure accurate accruals are calculated and recorded each month. Work closely with AP and other areas of the business to ensure accuracy and close old PR’s if not required.
- Responsibility for ensuring adequate completion and detailed review of all balance sheet reconciliations in ARCS (Account Reconciliation Cloud Services) to SOX 404 and Internal Audit standards.
- Provide technical expertise and guidance where needed and such items as Lease’s, capitalistion of assets, FRS20, dilapidations provisions.
- Responsible for setting and maintaining a strong Internal Control environment across EMEA. This involves ongoing testing, documentation assessment and implementing improvement of accounting processes and policies required across each EMEA entity.
- Proactive interaction with PWC Internal Audit team to assess, agree and implement value added Internal Control recommendations, and tracking of relevant GAP analysis to achieve completion of all pending actions.
- Supporting corporate functions, including treasury, tax, internal audit, etc.;
- Liaising with US and EMEA auditors, Statutory advisors and outsource accounting to ensure the compliance with statutory requirements and company polices;
- Work closely with and support business functions and produce reporting to analyse against budgets and ensure that accurate costs are reported on a monthly basis
- Review processes and procedures frequently to ensure that best practices are implemented, increasing efficiencies and ultimately reducing month end reporting times whilst maintaining quality and accurate reporting
-Other duties as required.
Qualifications:
- Qualified accountant with minimum 5 years post qualification
-Six-years of experience in full spectrum of accounting function, preferably with a US multinational company in an EMEA wide role;
-Good in communications with different levels of staff;
-Hands on experience in MS Office and computerized accounting systems, ideally Oracle
-Able to work independently and within tight timelines;
-High level of integrity and positive attitude;
-A team player.
Fortinet London, England Office
52-54 Lime St, London, United Kingdom, EC3M 7AG
