Join our ambitious team at Sony Europe BV in Weybridge as a Revenue CI and Inventory VSGA Expert! In this role, you will provide world class accounting expertise, ensuring flawless financial reporting and promoting operational excellence. This is an outstanding opportunity to work in a collaborative environment where your contributions will directly impact our success.
The role ensures accurate, complete and timely financial reporting in accordance with IFRS and company policies, supports the financial close and reporting processes, and drives process improvement and operational excellence.
Working closely with outsourced finance operations, the Expert provides technical guidance and oversight to ensure activities are completed accurately and effectively, while acting as a key technical point of contact for business stakeholders and finance teams.
You will:
Provide subject matter expertise across Revenue, Commercial Investment (CI), Inventory and Variable SGA accounting and reporting.
Support the monthly close, including performing and review of complex accounting transactions, reconciliations, analytical reviews and reporting.
Monitor and review offshore deliverables to ensure accounting activities are complete, accurate, timely and compliant with company requirements. Provide operational direction on technical matters.
Investigate and resolve complex accounting issues and support timely financial reporting and variance analysis.
Ensure compliance with IFRS, company accounting policies and internal control requirements.
Maintain strong accounting and balance sheet controls, including journal and reconciliation governance.
Ensure revenue recognition complies with IFRS 15 and corporate accounting policies, including review of sales return provisions and complex revenue matters.
Provide accounting expertise for customer rebates, marketing funds, promotional support, pricing incentives and other Commercial Investment activities.
Provide technical expertise for inventory accounting, valuation, reserves, provisions, write-downs and devaluation.
Review inventory balance sheet accounts and analyse stock ageing, obsolescence, inventory performance, provisions and working-capital impacts.
Provide accounting expertise for variable selling, logistics, service, warranty, advertising and promotional expenses.
Identify and implement opportunities for automation, standardisation, process simplification and improved controls.
Act as a key technical point of contact for finance and non-finance stakeholders, promoting best practice and knowledge sharing across the organisation.
You will bring:
A professional accounting qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent.
A minimum of 3 years of relevant accounting experience, preferably within a complex, multinational organisation.
Strong technical accounting experience in sales-related income, business asset investment, stock management, and variable selling. Also skilled in general and administrative expense accounting. Has a sound understanding of IFRS and financial reporting principles.
Strong experience of financial close, balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, provisions, financial controls and management of complex accounting matters.
Experience with financial reporting and analytical tools (Excel, Power BI).
Experience working effectively with Shared Service Centres and/or BPO providers, including reviewing outputs, resolving issues and ensuring the quality and timeliness of deliverables.
Good understanding of internal controls, governance and internal/external audit requirements.
Proven experience of process improvement, standardisation, automation or finance transformation.
Desirable:
Experience working with SAP S/4HANA or a comparable ERP.
Based at the Weybridge office, you will enjoy a vibrant and friendly working environment. We have an onsite canteen with a wide range of options available, and a barista-style coffee shop. There is a well-provisioned onsite gym run by our…