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Job Description

We are looking for a General Ledger Accountant with experience of dealing with a multinational group to join King on an interim basis for a 3 month fixed term contract.

Your role within our Kingdom

Reporting to the General Ledger Manager you will be responsible for overseeing and monitoring King´s general ledgers. This is a global role with global responsibility spanning King’s operations in UK, Malta, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Germany and the US.

The General Ledger Accountant is responsible for performing a variety of accounting duties within King’s Shared Service Centre in Barcelona. You will be responsible for the maintenance of assigned general ledgers and accountable for the timely preparation of monthly journal entries and the reconciliation of the accounts and related schedules.

Responsibilities Include

  • You will be in charge of various accounting areas, including: fixed assets, review & input journal entries (monthly, adjusting and recurring), bank and balance sheet reconciliations
  • Liaising closely with our Financial Reporting and Forecasting teams, Payroll and Internal Audit
  • Support of VAT and Tax compliance with local advisors
  • Ensure compliance to SOX and other audit and accounting principles
  • Assist with the audit reviews (both internal and external)
  • Preparation of GL monthly commentaries to submit to group consolidation team
  • Be involved with improvement projects

Skills to create thrills

  • Accountant with 3- 5 years full time working experience
  • Completed or studying towards a recognized accounting or finance qualification.
  • Excellent communications skills in English
  • Can present confidently and concisely to management
  • Experience of process enhancements and maintenance of a strong control environment
  • Must be forward thinking with ability to bring ideas for improvements to the organization
  • Possesses good management skills and be an active participant in driving change in the team
  • Experience in working in an International company in multiple locations
  • Excellent skills with Microsoft Excel and other MS packages
  • Prior experience working with Oracle R12 and Hyperion advantageous.

We’re Seriously Playful

Officially, we’re a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world. Unofficially, we’re a serious business that’s not afraid to have fun. Every day at King, we mix intuition with logic, art with science and magic with mathematics to create the games the world loves to play. Together with our parent company Activision Blizzard, our mission is to bring moments of magic to everyday life. If you think this is something you can help us achieve, let’s talk.

A great saga needs all sorts of heroes

Making games is fun. Especially when you do it with people who share the same idea of what makes a good workplace, great. We design games for everyone, no matter where they are or who they are, and we employ all sorts of people from all kinds of backgrounds to bring them to life. Truth is, we simply can’t expect diversity in our players and originality in our games without first nurturing it in our people. A great saga needs all sorts of heroes. And that’s it.

Apply now!