Senior Accountant I

Electronic Arts is seeking a Senior Accountant I to join their Finance team in Hyderabad, India. The successful candidate will be responsible for various general ledger activities, including dealing with finance system-related projects, lease accounting, inter-company accounting, fixed assets accounting, and preparation of bank reconciliations.

Key responsibilities include:

• Strong understanding of accounting and finance concepts, with hands-on experience as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Record to Report (R2R) on finance systems, preferably Oracle and Cadency Reconciliation.
• Experience in finance system implementation, such as Oracle, leases, and reconciliations.
• Advanced to expert knowledge in preparation and documentation of accrual and prepaid journal entries, in compliance with journal entry policy.
• Dealing with balance sheet reconciliations, including cash, fixed assets, inter-company, current assets, and current liabilities.
• Experience in lease accounting, with implementation of ASC 842 being an added advantage.
• Knowledge of prepayments and periodical amortization of prepayments.
• Knowledge of fixed assets accounting cycle, including capitalization, depreciation accounting, disposals, and retirement.
• Analyzing the movement in GL balances and assisting in balance sheet commentaries.
• Thorough knowledge of balance sheet items and income statement line items.
• Adherence to internal controls and support for the review of key controls and SOX compliance.
• Assisting with preparation and coordination of the audit process.
• Willingness to continuously evaluate, recommend, and implement changes to all processes impacting the GL to simplify while improving transparency.
• Demonstrating a technology-enabled mindset with the ability to identify opportunities for process standardization, automation, and continuous improvement.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Qualified CA/CMA with a minimum of 3+ years of working experience in relevant business experience.
• Semi-qualified Chartered Accountant/Bachelor/Master degree in Commerce with a minimum of 6 to 8 years of relevant business experience.
• Advanced accounting and financial skills required, with hunger to apply accounting principles and practices.
• Experience in USGAAP concepts is a must, with IFRS knowledge being a plus.
• Hands-on experience on Oracle R12 and Cadency Certification, HFM tool will be an added advantage.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to be adaptable and flexible, meet deadlines, and work well in a team.