Senior Accountant Projects Process Improvement
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Job Location:
Amsterdam - Netherlands
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Your role
Lead the monthly quarterly & annual reporting under US GAAP and local GAAP for a portfolio of entities & property set of books. You support the accountants who have ownership of the entities within the region ensuring full financial controllership of the P&L and Balance Sheet for each ledger
Supervise a virtual R2R team of accountants & assistant accountants with responsibilities across a geographic portfolio of countries in EMEA
Working in a matrix model your R2R move has direct & indirect responsibility for various finance processing areas which feed into the ledgers including Fixed Assets Intercompany AR Bank & Cash AP VAT etc. as well as other functional teams posting transactions in your ledgers such as Construction Accounting Treasury and Tax
Oversee and approve the reviewing & processing of all transactions for the various ledgers. Review & approve balance sheet accounts as part of month end close controls including pro-active follow-up to remove reconciling items
Oversee and critically review the reconciliations uploaded in Blackline across EMEA and suggest improvements if necessary
Together with the R2R team you will have full responsibility & ownership for the preparation of statutory financial statements and local statutory audits for a number of entities across Europe engaging the auditors to plan manage & complete audits according to the annual EMEA timetable
Identify and implement process enhancements within statutory month end reporting and accounting processes
Involved as a project manager in integration and other finance projects
Actively seek out ad-hoc & non-routine tasks / projects to dynamically progress your career at Digital Realty
Important contribution to the accounting and internal control systems and be proactive in leading improvements focused on finance operational excellence
Be a trusted colleague to internal teams such as asset management sales FP&A SOX Compliance/Internal Control and site operations; as well as manage third-party service providers supporting local compliance & tax filings
Develop a deep understanding of Digital Realtys business to be able to input into standardisation of processes across the P2P O2C and R2R functions working with colleagues in Europe Asia and the US.
What youll need
Qualified accountant from a top accountancy firm
6 years experience in similar roles in a multi-national environment
Solid experience of Local GAAP & US GAAP
Real estate accounting experience & knowledge of lease accounting concepts advantageous
Understanding & working knowledge of internal control over financial reporting in order to be in control as a company and to be compliant in a SOX environment
Strong systems knowledge and intermediate/advanced Excel skills are required
Experience at manager level in a multi-national environment is an advantage
Experience of developing and coaching others on a one-to-one basi
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Project Management Methodology
- Shipping & Receiving
- Six Sigma
- Lean Six Sigma
- Process Improvement
- SAFe
- Business Analysis
- Visio
- Business Process Modeling
- Process Mapping
- Joint Operations
- Kaizen
About Company
With Digital Realty, you can leverage our full interconnection capabilities across our global ecosystem including data centers, connectivity and cloud services.
