Accountant

Epic Games; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a General Ledger Accountant in London, focusing on intercompany accounting. You'll manage financial reporting, support projects, and drive process improvements. The role offers a collaborative environment with a diverse team and competitive benefits.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

Daily Meal Vouchers

Commuter Benefits

Qualifications

• 1-5 years of relevant financial accounting work experience.
• Strong knowledge of intercompany processes and consolidation accounting.

Responsibilities

• Manage intercompany processes for the International Finance team.
• Prepare and record intercompany transactions across group entities.
• Reconcile intercompany balances between US GAAP and IFRS.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

Chartered accounting qualification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

ACCOUNTING & FINANCE

What We Do

Our Finance and Accounting teams build the financial infrastructure to scale our growing company. We combine analytical and strategic thinking to develop a sound financial future for our global brand. We work closely with teams across the company, international subsidiaries, as well as with external partners to ensure a world-class finance organization. Our team contains experts from fields like tax, treasury, purchasing, FP&A, and more.

What You'll Do

We are looking for a finance professional to join our growing International Finance team as a General Ledger Accountant with a focus on intercompany accounting. You will work alongside existing team members to deliver high-quality financial reporting and support ad hoc finance-related projects. The role will take responsibility for intercompany processes to ensure efficient and accurate consolidation reporting. This role will be based in London.

In this role, you will

• Play a lead role in managing intercompany processes for the International Finance team
• Prepare and record intercompany transactions across group entities
• Raise intercompany invoices as required to meet local statutory requirements
• Analyse cash flow requirements and work with treasury to process intercompany settlement runs
• Reconcile and investigate variances in intercompany balances working closely with the US and International Finance Teams
• Establish an intercompany controls framework to ensure transactions are prepared and reported accurately
• Drive process improvements in intercompany postings and reconciliations, with a focus on automation where feasible
• Assist in the preparation of financial statements supplementary notes for UK subsidiaries
• Provide commentary on quarterly flux analysis on material intercompany movements on both Income Statement and Balance Sheet accounts
• Reconcile intercompany balances between US GAAP, statutory reporting and IFRS
• Assist with external audit requests for intercompany balances including annual counterparty confirmations
• Support transfer pricing arrangements, intercompany royalty and licensing agreements and intercompany loan agreements

What we're looking for

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Accounting, or related field
• Chartered accounting qualification or equivalent (preferred but not required)
• 1-5 years of relevant financial accounting work experience
• Strong knowledge of intercompany processes and consolidation accounting.
• Experience within an international matrixed organisation preferred but not essential
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to multitask and meet deadlines in a timely manner
• Experience of foreign currency transactions
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Experience in a fast-paced environment

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees (EEs) and dependents (deps). Our current benefits package includes coverage for medical, dental, and life insurance. We also offer supplemental benefits including daily meal vouchers, and commuter benefits for onsite employees.

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.