EMEA Senior Accounting Lead - Close & Controls

Fortinet; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortinet in London is seeking a Senior Accounting Manager to support the EMEA region with day-to-day accounting and GL activities across AP, purchasing, payroll and related accruals. You will oversee month-end closing, ensure timely financial consolidation, and drive process improvements in collaboration with US and EMEA teams.

The role requires a qualified accountant with extensive experience in full-spectrum accounting, strong communication skills, and proficiency in MS Office and Oracle.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with minimum 5 years post qualification.
• Six-years of experience in full spectrum of accounting function, preferably with a US multinational company in an EMEA wide role.
• Good in communications with different levels of staff.
• Hands on experience in MS Office and computerized accounting systems, ideally Oracle

Responsibilities

• Reporting to the EMEA Finance Director.
• Coordinate activities and deliverables of outsource accountants across EMEA.
• Prerpare the monthly, quarterly and annual financial close and consolidation process for the allocated EMEA Subsidiaries and finalisation of each close and overall EMEA consolidation process to the standards and timelines set.
• Providing comprehensive financial review commentary and analysis on a monthly basis. Quarterly enhanced reporting to US Finance department.
• Coordinate update the of the monthly interco matrix with the EMEA Accountants, ensure that all balances net to zero in USD;s.
• Back up contact for EMEA property leases & Financial review; complete checklist for all leases entered in the EMEA Region (Rent free adj, ARO, capital vs operating analysis) All leases are maintained in LeaseQuery, responsible for ensuring that this is accurate and up to date working closely with the US team
• EMEA point of contact for commission accruals; receive file from the US monthly, validate & distribute to EMEA Accountants for recording in their respective countries.
• Management of the Open PR process & accrual; obtain monthly extracts from the purchase requisition system and ensure accurate accruals are calculated and recorded each month.
• Responsibility for ensuring adequate completion and detailed review of all balance sheet reconciliations in ARCS (Account Reconciliation Cloud Services) to SOX 404 and Internal Audit standards.
• Provide technical expertise and guidance where needed and such items as Lease's, capitalistion of assets, FRS20, dilapidations provisions.
• Responsible for setting and maintaining a strong Internal Control environment across EMEA. This involves ongoing testing, documentation assessment and implementing improvement of accounting processes and policies required across each EMEA entity.
• Proactive interaction with PWC Internal Audit team to assess, agree and implement value added Internal Control recommendations, and tracking of relevant GAP analysis to achieve completion of all pending actions.
• Supporting corporate functions, including treasury, tax, internal audit, etc;
• Liaising with US and EMEA auditors, Statutory advisors and outsource accounting to ensure the compliance with statutory requirements and company polices;
• Work closely with and support business functions and produce reporting to analyse against budgets and ensure that accurate costs are reported on a monthly basis
• Review processes and procedures frequently to ensure that best practices are implemented, increasing efficiencies and ultimately reducing month end reporting times whilst maintaining quality and accurate reporting
• Other duties as required.

Skills

Communication

Independence

Team player

Time management

Education

Chartered Accountant / CPA

Tools

MS Office

Oracle

Job description

Fortinet in London is seeking a Senior Accounting Manager to support the EMEA region with day-to-day accounting and GL activities across AP, purchasing, payroll and related accruals. You will oversee month-end closing, ensure timely financial consolidation, and drive process improvements in collaboration with US and EMEA teams.

The role requires a qualified accountant with extensive experience in full-spectrum accounting, strong communication skills, and proficiency in MS Office and Oracle.