Job Description
Job Title : Sr. Manager, Technical Accounting and Management Reporting
Reporting To : Senior Director, Accounting Services
Department : Financial Reporting
Location : Santa Monica, California
Your Platform
We’re headquartered in Santa Monica, California, housing multiple teams across many fields of Marketing, PR, Sales, Supply Chain and other corporate functions such as HR, IT, Legal, Facilities and Finance. Santa Monica is the nerve center of our company, where the best ideas combine with unrivaled rigor to create the biggest and best entertainment experiences in the world.
Your Mission
As a Technical Accounting Senior Manager, you will play a critical role in the Gaming controllership team and the worldwide Finance Team. We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Manager to support our Technical Accounting function.
Overall, the responsibility of this role is to (1) ensure that we have complied with all accounting requirements under US GAAP, with a special focus on revenue recognition, and the application of new accounting standards to support our new business models (2) partner with business units to understand new arrangements, upcoming product launches and complex transactions to perform contract reviews, document, and communicate accounting treatment to key stakeholders (3) help establish, develop, and ensure that we have aligned with all accounting requirements under US GAAP and global accounting policies as it relates to areas of responsibility, and (4) stay up to date on new accounting pronouncements that can impact gaming and support accounting teams with technical accounting research and analysis.
You will work closely to partner with the business units across the company to ensure a deep understanding of our business activities associated with games in development, and address accounting and finance-related issues. You will have interaction and insights into Business Unit finance teams.
What you bring to the table
* Lead technical accounting research and documentation for complex transactions including revenue recognition unusual and non-recurring transactions
* Partner with FP&A, Legal, and Business Units to evaluate new products, contracts, and initiatives for accounting implications and provide guidance to ensure such transactions are forecasted properly.
* Consider implication of new accounting pronouncements on our current policy and standards and provide support on the adoption of such standards
* Provide training to accounting, finance, and business teams on new and existing accounting standards, as needed
* Support quarterly and annual close processes, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting
* Work closely with the revenue and general ledger accounting teams to ensure accurate application of accounting policies
* Participate in strategic projects including system implementations, process improvements, and M&A due diligence, as relevant
Extra Points
* Experience with reporting tools such as Looker and Hyperion
* Experience with revenue recognition in the gaming industry
Key Attributes
* Ability to work within tight deadlines
* Self-motivated and eager to learn
* Ability to problem solve and collaborate
Knowledge & Skills
* Strong analytical skills and critical thinking with the ability to analyze financial results and relationships between accounts and data
* Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
* Great teammate with experience collaborating with multiple stakeholders
* Strong communication
Minimum Requirements
* Experience
* CPA required
* B.A. / B.S. in Accounting
* Minimum of 8-10 years of progressive experience in technical accounting, including public accounting and industry roles.
* Strong Microsoft Excel Skills
* Deep knowledge of US GAAP, particularly with revenue recognition, SEC reporting, and SOX compliance.
* Experience in managing and analyzing large data sets
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 ®,, ®, ®, ™ and ™. 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!
Rewards
We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including :
* Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
* 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
* Paid holidaysand vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
* Mental health& wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
* If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.
Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company.
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.
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