Senior Accountant - Projects Process Improvement

Your Role

• Lead the monthly, quarterly & annual reporting under US GAAP and local GAAP for a portfolio of entities & property set of books. You support the accountants who have ownership of the entities within the region, ensuring full financial controllership of the P&L and Balance Sheet for each ledger
• Supervise a virtual R2R team of accountants & assistant accountants with responsibilities across a geographic portfolio of countries in EMEA
• Working in a matrix model, your R2R move has direct & indirect responsibility for various finance processing areas which feed into the ledgers, including Fixed Assets, Intercompany, AR, Bank & Cash, AP, VAT, etc., as well as other functional teams posting transactions in your ledgers, such as Construction Accounting, Treasury and Tax
• Oversee and approve the reviewing & processing of all transactions for the various ledgers. Review & approve balance sheet accounts as part of month end close controls, including pro-active follow-up to remove reconciling items
• Oversee and critically review the reconciliations uploaded in Blackline across EMEA and suggest improvements if necessary
• Together with the R2R team you will have full responsibility & ownership for the preparation of statutory financial statements and local statutory audits for a number of entities across Europe, engaging the auditors to plan, manage & complete audits according to the annual EMEA timetable
• Identify and implement process enhancements within statutory, month end reporting and accounting processes
• Involved as a project manager in integration and other finance projects
• Actively seek out ad-hoc & non-routine tasks / projects to dynamically progress your career at Digital Realty
• Important contribution to the accounting and internal control systems, and be proactive in leading improvements focused on finance operational excellence
• Be a trusted colleague to internal teams such as asset management, sales, FP&A, SOX Compliance/Internal Control and site operations; as well as manage third-party service providers supporting local compliance & tax filings 
• Develop a deep understanding of Digital Realty’s business to be able to input into standardisation of processes across the P2P, O2C and R2R functions, working with colleagues in Europe, Asia and the US.

What You’Ll Need

• Qualified accountant, from a top accountancy firm
• 6 + years’ experience in similar roles, in a multi-national environment
• Solid experience of Local GAAP & US GAAP
• Real estate accounting experience & knowledge of lease accounting concepts advantageous
• Understanding & working knowledge of internal control over financial reporting, in order to be in control as a company and to be compliant in a SOX – environment
• Strong systems knowledge and intermediate/advanced Excel skills are required
• Experience at manager level, in a multi-national environment is an advantage
• Experience of developing and coaching others on a one-to-one basi