Sr Accountant (Contract)
- Compensation
- $67–$100 / hr
- Location
- United States, San Mateo, CA
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Finance
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Ø Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent. CPA/CA or similar preferred
- Ø Minimum of 5–7 years of progressive accounting experience, preferably within a multinational organization.
- Ø Strong understanding of general ledger accounting, financial close processes, and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Ø Experience with Fixed Assets, Lease Accounting, and Intangible Assets accounting. Working knowledge of IFRS, including IAS 16, IAS 38, IFRS 16, and IAS 36.
- Ø Recent SAP/S4 HANA experience strongly preferred.
- Ø Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with business stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
- Ø Experience identifying, implementing, and driving accounting process improvements.
- Ø Advances excel skills
- Ø Ability to work in a fast-paced environment within very tight deadlines.
- Ø Excellent analytical skills with ability to research independently and efficiently.
- At SIE, working with our partners, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location. Please note
- Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process p
Full description
Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?
Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.
Sr Accountant (Contract)6-month contractSan Mateo, CA (Collab)Role Summary:
We are seeking an experienced and proactive Senior Accountant (Contractor) to support our accounting team, with a primary focus on business partnering, process improvements, and accounting oversight across Fixed Assets, Leases, and Intangible Assets.
The ideal candidate will have strong technical accounting knowledge, excellent communication skills, detail oriented and demonstrated experience managing multiple priorities, meet tight deadlines and collaborate effectively across teams
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Fixed Assets, Leases & Intangible Assets Accounting
Ø Provide accounting oversight for Fixed Assets, Construction in Progress (CIP), Leases, and Intangible Assets.
Ø Review capitalization assessments to ensure compliance with company accounting policies and applicable IFRS requirements.
Ø Coordinate with Facilities and relevant stakeholders to identify lease additions, modifications, terminations, impairments, and sublease arrangements.
Ø Support month-end and quarter-end close activities, including reconciliations, journal entry preparation and reviews, and variance analysis.
- Business Partnering & Stakeholder Management
Ø Act as a primary accounting contact for business partners across Facilities, IT, Corporate Planning, Procurement, AP and other functional teams to understand upcoming projects, capital expenditures, lease changes, and technology implementations that may have accounting implications.
Ø Provide guidance to business stakeholders on capitalization policies, expense recognition, asset useful lives, and other accounting requirements.
Ø Proactively communicate accounting requirements, deadlines, and process changes to business partners.
Ø Collaborate with Technical Accounting on complex transactions requiring additional analysis or interpretation.