GL Accountant

Corporate:
Light & Wonder’s corporate team is comprised of incredible talent that works across the enterprise, defying boundaries to provide essential services in an extraordinary manner to ensure the success of the organization and the well-being of employees.

Position Summary

Company Profile

Light & Wonder creates technology-based products and content for land-based casino gaming, social and digital organizations worldwide. We are the global leader in cross-platform games and entertainment. 

Through our amazing game content, technology platforms and Systems applications, we delight our players with what they want, wherever and whenever - be it online, mobile, or at their favourite land-based casino.  We are excited to go all in on creating great games and a seamless player experience across all platforms.

At Light & Wonder, all our team members are known as Creators. We empower our creators to innovate, create, and bring fun to the workspace. The core principles that unite our team, guide our actions, and drive our growth are

• Dare to be bold - We always bring courage to work to reach for the unbelievable
• Celebrate perspectives - We combine diverse talent to look at the familiar in unfamiliar ways
• Never settle - We relentlessly push forward to create the extraordinary in every detail
• Uphold integrity - We promote accountability and respect to raise the bar for ourselves and the industry  
• Win as a team - We bring out the best in each other to share collective success

We have 7000 creators working across various regions globally. In India, we are a team of 2000-plus creators sharing the passion to excite our players and customers by creating the world's best game experiences. We strive to walk the walk and show that we are inspiring wonder and building magical worlds with endless possibilities.

Light & Wonder is committed to offer very competitive benefits that are aligned with our values and inspires employees to drive innovation and contribute to the organization’s performance. Employees are the most valued resources, and we always look to improve their well-being with a wide range of benefits befitting every individual. Not limited to monetary benefits, we have robust learning and development opportunities that help them to grow professionally.

The role

We are looking for a GL Accountant with a professional and dedicated can-do attitude to be part of our team.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure all financial and accounting processes are performed in a timely and efficient manner to comply with timetables
• Prepare month-end journals in accordance with the EOM checklist and within the timetable
• Preparation of balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring all reconciling items are resolved in a timely manner.
• Perform month to month review and correctly identify and explain variances for the month.
• Maintaining the depreciation and capitalization accounting process, ensuring that assets are properly and accurately added and removed from the fixed asset register and that depreciation is recorded accurately in accordance with policy
• Prepare corporate reporting packages that are timely and accurate.
• Manage Capex and follow up on approval
• Prepare GST, FBT, and Withholding Tax for filing and submission
• Contribute to the development and implementation of financial systems changes and process improvement/betterment of the business
• Ensure accurate documentation of all processes for SOX Compliance
• Handle ad hoc and audit requests as assigned
• Performs other assignments as required
• Liaise and assist with internal and external auditors for quarterly review procedures and quarterly/year-end financial & SOX compliance audit

Key Qualities

• Prior experience of 5-7 years of experience in accounting
• Sound Financial accounting experience, including, but not limited to, Audit and Statutory Reporting
• Part-qualified or pursuing a CPA/CA will be good to have
• Possess initiative and ability to define necessary requirements and prioritize activities to achieve deliverables in a timely and accurate manner
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Exposure to SOX Compliance
• Financial accounting skills - sound understanding of basic accounting concepts
• Strong analytical, problem-solving skills, critical thinking, self-starter with a go-getter attitude
• Possess good Excel knowledge, experience in Microsoft Dynamics ERP will be an added advantage

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