Senior Accountant

Your role

• Lead the monthly, quarterly & annual reporting under US GAAP and local GAAP for a portfolio of entities & property set of books. Your team has ownership of ensuring full financial controllership of the P&L and Balance Sheet for each ledger

• Supervise and manage a R2R team of accountants & assistant accountants 

• Working in a matrix model, the team 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, Tax, SOX Compliance/ Internal Control 

• Oversee and approve the reviewing & processing of all transactions for your ledgers. Review & approve all balance sheet accounts as part of month end close process, including pro-active follow-up to remove reconciling items

• You will have responsibility & ownership for the preparation of statutory financial statements and local statutory audits for multiple entities, engaging the auditors to plan, manage & complete audits according to the annual EMEA timetable

• 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.

• Important contribution to the accounting and internal control systems, and be proactive in leading improvements focused on finance operational excellence

• Lead and manage the implementation of Blackline 

• Identify and implement process enhancements within statutory, month end reporting and VAT reporting

• Actively seek out ad-hoc & non-routine tasks / projects to dynamically progress your career at Digital Realty

What you’ll need

• Qualified accountant

• 4 + years’ managerial 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 is a pre

• 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