Who We Are
NCSOFT is a premiere digital entertainment company and global publisher with worldwide locations and more than 4,000 employees focused on bringing extraordinary games to life for millions of fans around the world. Established in 1997 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, we quickly became a key leader in online games. Best known for critically acclaimed franchises including Lineage, Aion, Guild Wars, and Blade & Soul, NCSOFT is also one of the world's top mobile developers with Lineage 2M occupying the #1 grossing revenue slot on Google Play. Our core goal is making people in this world happier by delivering games that entertain a globally connected audience has remained the same. Our culture is innovative, creative, collaborative and impactful, and we are passionate about creating the best gaming experiences for our players.
WHY JOIN THE FINANCE TEAM?
Make a difference. As Finance Business partner you will work with a wide variety of teams in not only Development and Technology but also with Publishing, Operations and Corporate teams. Collaborating with these teams you'll position yourself to help drive business decisions that will have an impact.
Get creative. Build and develop models that help analyze, influence and drive product decisions. It takes a little creativity developing models that your business partners and other team members use. Your creativity will influence and help drive decision making.
Work independently. While you are part of the Finance team and an integral part of NCSOFT, as the key Finance Business partner in our Bellevue, WA studio you'll work independently with little supervision. You'll partner with local teams and work as if you ran the business. Our team is spread across Southern CA, Northern CA, Washington and UK.
Who You Are
We're seeking a Senior Accountant to join our team! The primary duties are related to closing activities, especially general ledger accounts, operating expenses, and costs of sales. Those activities relate to balance sheet reconciliations and analytical review of the operating expenses and costs of sales.
This position is also responsible for treasury functions, inter-company accounts, and financial reporting and analysis for various subsidiaries.
What You'll Do
- Preparation of timely and accurate monthly reconciliations of balance sheet accounts, including cash, advances, prepaid expenses, deposits, fixed assets, deferred costs and deferred liabilities, accrued expenses, and other accounts as needed.
- Review and detailed variance analysis of operating expenses and costs of sales monthly and with in-depth knowledge of vendors and projects.
- Participation with other team members in monthly and quarterly fluctuation analysis for balance sheet accounts and operating expenses at the subsidiary and consolidates level
- Participation in the annual audit and quarterly review for the assigned areas of responsibility.
- Calculation and estimation of accrued operating expenses for subsidiaries based on POs, requisitions, contracts, and inquiry.
- Maintenance of recurring vendor listings, for lag analysis.
- Monthly income statement forecasts with high degree of accuracy (vs final closed financials).
- Ownership of fixed asset subledger and related accounting and reporting activities,
- Ownership of all intercompany accounts of several companies. Reconciliations of intercompany balances and results of operations monthly. Calculation of intercompany cross-charges and maintaining close communication on any intercompany discrepancies with various international and domestic locations.
- Performing treasury-related functions, including weekly reconciliation and cash balance reporting, ensuring cash coverage for payrolls and checks runs.
- Maintain a complete listing of pre-paid assets and record monthly amortization.
- Support quarterly and annual financial reporting requirements, as needed, including preparation of support for footnotes
Other general accounting responsibilities:
- The position may be assigned additional permanent and temporary responsibilities and ad-hoc projects related to the functions of the accounting department
- Need to continuously evaluate existing processes and practices and propose realistic initiatives for streamlining and improving quality of assigned tasks.
- In addition to regular tasks, this position will be expected to participate in the projects undertaken by the accounting management to improve accounting functionality, monthly closing process and timeliness and accuracy of accounting for operating expenses.
What You'll Need To Be Successful
- BS in Accounting, advanced degree preferred
- CPA license required
- Prior work experience as an auditor in a CPA firm strongly preferred
- 3 to 5 years of experience as a professional accountant (staff or senior)
- Prior experience with preparation of estimated accruals is required or related audit experience (experience with subsequent disbursements audit testing)
- GAAP knowledge and understanding of IFRS differences to GAAP
- Proficient technical knowledge of excel (including pivot tables) is required
- Good time management, strict adherence to deadlines, organization skills, efficiency
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Great communication skills and ability to work in a team
