Job Title:
Senior Manager
– Accounting Process
Requisition ID:
R002674
Job Description:
Job Title: Senior Manager
– Accounting Process
Reporting To: Senior Director
– Global Consolidation & Accounting
Department: Accounting / Finance
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Your Platform
Activision Blizzard plays a centralized role in the creation of epic entertainment by supporting our interactive gaming brands and studios with a diverse range of career opportunities across corporate functions such as Marketing, Communications, Legal, Human Resources, Finance and Supply Chain.
Located in our global headquarters in Santa Monica, we encompass equal parts agility, creativity and rigor to enhance the employee and player experience.
To learn more, check us out at www.activisionblizzard.com or on Twitter at @ATVI_AB.
Your Mission
The Senior Manager
– Accounting Process will have a leadership role in analyzing current business practices, identifying inefficiencies, and developing improved business and accounting practices with a focus on standardizations and process improvements.
This position requires working at a global level and cross functions with corporate and local accounting teams, business unit finance, and other departments to eliminate inefficiencies in business and accounting transactional processing while strengthening internal controls.
This person will be challenged to apply critical thinking and analytical skills along with disciplined project management experience to meet tight deadlines and evolving business needs.
This opportunity will appeal to someone who thrives in a fast paced, growing company.
The ability to multi-task and think outside the box is a must for this position.
The candidate must be able to work well independently as well as in a highly collaborative team environment.
Responsibilities include (but are not limited to the following):
Create and maintain documentation of global accounting policies and procedures related to general accounting transactions (i.e.
prepaid, fixed assets, manual journal entries, accounts reconciliations etc.)
Understand and document current accounting processes to identify variability across regions / business units and inefficiencies
Develop best practices and recommend future state global processes with a focus on standardization
Maintain an effective global repository of accounting policies, procedures and/or process maps
Determine and document the accounting process impact of new initiatives or change to business processes.
Assist stakeholders to define their “from/to” change impacts and develop adoption action plans.
Assist with documenting and prioritizing Record-to-Report process enhancement requests across business units
Regularly report and update on progress, timelines, and challenges.
Develop performance metrics to measure the impact of implemented process changes successes
Perform audits to ensure compliance with established accounting policies and procedures and ensure audit findings are responded to and necessary corrective actions are completed timely.
Ad Hoc reporting and financial support as needed
Other duties and special projects as assigned
Player Profile
Minimum Requirements:
Bachelor’s Degree Required
– Accounting, Finance, and/or Information Technology
7+ years of experience in accounting, finance, internal controls and/or consultancy
Financial acumen to include knowledge and understanding of internal controls, US GAAP, and financial shared services processes and procedures
Roll-up-the-sleeves and self-motivated from proactively identifying areas of improvements, analyzing data, gathering supports, proposing and documenting solutions
Practical experience designing and documenting business processes and sub-processes.
Strong process knowledge with the ability to identify root causes and champion solutions
Acute attention to detail
Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and handle multiple projects simultaneously
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills that could drive alignment of processes and methods across different teams and levels of the organization
Proficient in Microsoft Office, with emphasis on robust Excel skills
Extra Points:
Experience with Oracle and/or other ERP systems, Hyperion Essbase, OBIEE Answers, etc.
(preferred)
Our World
Activision Blizzard, Inc.
(NASDAQ: ATVI), is one of the world’s largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment.
We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, Candy Crush and Bubble Witch.
Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!
Our ability to build immersive and innovate worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment.
We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment.
We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’
– we’ve got our employees covered!
The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve.
As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.
Activision is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.