Staff 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

The person in this position is primarily responsible for performing monthly, quarterly, and yearly general and revenue related accounting functions for the Revenue Accounting Team. This includes but is not limited to preparing journal entries and maintaining and reconciling assigned accounts in accordance with the framework and guidance of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). 

Essential Job Functions:

• Maintains and prepares Balance Sheet account reconciliations to support documentation for a timely and accurate closing of account balances.

• Prepares journal entries and various adjusting entries to meet GAAP guidelines.

• Assist in the setup of processes and procedures that properly capture, track and report revenue, including deferred revenue, in accordance with the company revenue recognition policy.

• Generate revenue reports for internal and/or external use.

• May be involved in reviewing, tracking, and maintaining billing information in the financial systems, ensuring accuracy and compliance with U.S. GAAP and other accounting regulations.

• Provides all information and supporting detail to Management for review and approval.

• Performs responsibilities in accordance with Sarbanes-Oxley controls.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

Required Experience:     

• Minimum one to three years of staff accountant experience with multi-division company account reconciliation experience of balance sheet and income statement

• Sarbanes Oxley experience desirable, but not required

• Oracle experience is desirable, but not required

• A basic understanding of ASC 606 and related literature preferred

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Ability to communicate effectively – written or orally

• Must be proficient in Microsoft Products

• Must have strong computer skills

• Must have the ability to learn and adapt to change

• Must have analytical skills and professional skepticism

• Must be detail oriented and well organized

• Must have multi-tasking experience and abilities

• Must be flexible on work schedule to meet defined goals within peak periods

• Must be a team player

Work Conditions:

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, use hands, operate a computer, and have specific vision abilities to include close and distance vision, and ability to adjust focus working with computer and business equipment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Light & Wonder and its affiliates (collectively, “L&W”) are engaged in highly regulated gaming and lottery businesses. As a result, certain L&W employees may, among other things, be required to obtain a gaming or other license(s), undergo background investigations or security checks, or meet certain standards dictated by law, regulation, or contracts. In order to ensure L&W complies with its regulatory and contractual commitments, as a condition to hiring and continuing to employ its employees, L&W requires all its employees to meet those requirements that are necessary to fulfill their individual roles.  As a prerequisite to employment with L&W (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to L&W conducting a due diligence/background investigation on you.

This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive; it is intended to identify major responsibilities and requirements of the job. The employee in this position may be requested to perform other job-related tasks and responsibilities than those stated above.

Descripción del Puesto: Contador(a) General (Staff Accountant)

La persona en esta posición será principalmente responsable de realizar funciones contables mensuales, trimestrales y anuales relacionadas con contabilidad general y de ingresos para el equipo de Contabilidad de Ingresos. Esto incluye, entre otras tareas, la preparación de asientos contables y el mantenimiento y conciliación de las cuentas asignadas, de conformidad con el marco y las directrices de los Principios de Contabilidad Generalmente Aceptados (GAAP).

Funciones Esenciales del Puesto:

• Mantener y preparar conciliaciones de cuentas del Balance General para respaldar la documentación necesaria para un cierre oportuno y preciso de los saldos contables.

• Preparar asientos contables y diversos ajustes para cumplir con los lineamientos de GAAP.

• Apoyar en el establecimiento de procesos y procedimientos que capturen, registren y reporten adecuadamente los ingresos, incluidos los ingresos diferidos, de acuerdo con la política de reconocimiento de ingresos de la compañía.

• Generar reportes de ingresos para uso interno y/o externo.

• Participar en la revisión, seguimiento y mantenimiento de información de facturación en los sistemas financieros, asegurando exactitud y cumplimiento con GAAP de EE. UU. y otras regulaciones contables.

• Proporcionar a la gerencia toda la información y documentación de soporte para su revisión y aprobación.

• Desempeñar sus responsabilidades de acuerdo con los controles de la Ley Sarbanes‑Oxley (SOX).

Descripción Adicional del Puesto

Educación:

• Licenciatura en Contabilidad o Finanzas.

Experiencia Requerida:

• De uno a tres años de experiencia como contador(a) general, con experiencia en conciliaciones de Balance General y Estado de Resultados en empresas con múltiples divisiones.

• Experiencia en Sarbanes‑Oxley es deseable, pero no obligatoria.

• Experiencia con Oracle es deseable, pero no obligatoria.

• Se prefiere un conocimiento básico de ASC 606 y literatura relacionada.

Conocimientos, Habilidades y Competencias:

• Capacidad para comunicarse eficazmente, tanto de forma escrita como verbal.

• Dominio de productos de Microsoft.

• Sólidas habilidades informáticas.

• Capacidad para aprender y adaptarse al cambio.

• Habilidades analíticas y escepticismo profesional.

• Alto nivel de atención al detalle y buena organización.

• Capacidad para realizar múltiples tareas de manera efectiva.

• Flexibilidad de horario para cumplir con los objetivos durante periodos de alta carga de trabajo.

• Capacidad para trabajar en equipo.

Requisitos Físicos:

• Entorno de oficina.

Condiciones de Trabajo:

• Puede requerir ocasionalmente trabajar en fines de semana o en horarios nocturnos.