Job Description

Requisition Number: 175495

Position Title: Manager I, Accounting

External Description:

You will report to a Senior Tax Manager and perform the below responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities

You will lead a team of two direct reports, and perform the following:

• Financial Statement preparation and reporting, including global profit and loss, balance sheet & cash flow statements
• Accounting partnership with multiple teams including Marketing, People Experience and Studios
• Support the Investor Relations, SEC and FP&A teams through quarterly earnings cycle
• Subject matter expert for Controllership on reporting tools and environments

Reporting

• Monthly review, analysis and preparation of financial statements and supplementary schedules (revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, balance sheet including supplementals & cash flow) versus forecast & prior period actuals
• Present financial statements & related schedules to Chief Accounting Officer and finance leadership team at global close meetings
• Guide the monthly/quarterly review meetings for gross profit/operating expense with relevant teams (e.g., Studios, Marketing, Corporate functions, etc.)
• Ownership of quarterly earnings/audit cycle for Controllership team, which includes:

• Preparation and management of the externally published downloadable model, press tables, applicable Investor Relations slides, and review of the earnings script
• Preparation and management of the KPMG analytics for profit and loss and operating expenses
• Organize and support the annual 401K audit
• Controllership Subject Matter Expert (SME) on reporting environments (HFM, Snowflake) and tools (Power BI)

Accounting

• Cultivate and maintain partnerships with FP&A and the business (including Marketing, People Experience, Information Technology and Studios)
• Manage contract reviews for agreements exceeding $1M
• Perform reviews on all other relevant, material contractual agreements to determine proper accounting recognition and guidance on future amounts in the plan/forecast
• Manage accounting for accruals, reclasses and prepaids for items that meet policy or have a material impact to actuals
• Oversee accounting for all ongoing internally generated intangibles projects
• Design and implement processes for new and ad hoc transactions as they arise
• Prepare, maintain, and review reconciliations in cadency tool for the balance sheet accounts
• Train/onboard new FP&A partners in accounting treatment of the recognition and classification of transactions specifically expense and assets/liabilities
• Accounting ownership of bonus (US), severance (WW/US), 401K (US), relocation (WW) and sabbatical (WW)

Technical skills and experience

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance or a related field (CPA Preferred)
• 5+ years of relevant accounting/financial & systems experience
• Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP accounting and reporting
• Knowledge of financial systems and dataflows between operations and finance
• Building relationships with key business partners and leaders, and external auditors
• Previous supervisory / team management experience
• Experience with HFM/Oracle/Power BI/Cadency or other relevant systems

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Community / Marketing Title: Manager I, Accounting & Reporting

Company Profile:

Electronic Arts is the leading interactive entertainment company, powered by innovative technology. We create incredible experiences for millions of players around the world. But what matters most is our people who inspire us, and the world, to play. As we bring new forms of entertainment to people around the world, we need creative, collaborative, diverse and adaptable people to keep making Electronic Arts better.

EEOText: About EA We exist to inspire the world to play. Through innovative technology and immersive storytelling, we deliver new ways of experiencing worlds of interactive entertainment for our millions of players worldwide. Our strength lies in the diversity of our people, combining creativity, innovation and passion. We fully champion inclusive culture, and provide opportunities for growing, learning, and leading that allows for the most impactful and rewarding work of our teams' careers. We put our people first, and we make sure they're taken care of both in and out of the office. As we reflect on our learnings and successes from remote work, we aim to provide dynamic, collaborative and flexible work environments for our teams. Our employees connect through our Employee Resource Groups, which are actively involved in driving business decisions every step of the way. But our support doesn't end at the workplace--we also encourage a balanced lifestyle with paid time off and new parent leave, free video games, fitness reimbursement and more. Our goal is to provide a safe, respectful and inspiring workplace for all of our employees. Through our diversity, equity, inclusion and social responsibility programs, we're doing the work to give everyone the space to be their full selves while giving back to our community. We're looking for problem-solvers, game-changers, innovators, dreamers, doers--people that are ready to move the needle and build on our success. As our industry accelerates, we aren't just keeping up--we're staying ahead of the game. Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Electronic Arts also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

Date Opened: 2022-08-31 14:20:31.973

EEO Employer Verbiage:

About EA

We exist to inspire the world to play. Through innovative technology and immersive storytelling, we deliver new ways of experiencing worlds of interactive entertainment for our millions of players worldwide. Our strength lies in the diversity of our people, combining creativity, innovation and passion. We fully champion inclusive culture, and provide opportunities for growing, learning, and leading that allows for the most impactful and rewarding work of our teams' careers.

We put our people first, and we make sure they're taken care of both in and out of the office. As we reflect on our learnings and successes from remote work, we aim to provide dynamic, collaborative and flexible work environments for our teams. Our employees connect through our Employee Resource Groups, which are actively involved in driving business decisions every step of the way. But our support doesn't end at the workplace--we also encourage a balanced lifestyle with paid time off and new parent leave, free video games, fitness reimbursement and more.

Our goal is to provide a safe, respectful and inspiring workplace for all of our employees. Through our diversity, equity, inclusion and social responsibility programs, we're doing the work to give everyone the space to be their full selves while giving back to our community. We're looking for problem-solvers, game-changers, innovators, dreamers, doers--people that are ready to move the needle and build on our success. As our industry accelerates, we aren't just keeping up--we're staying ahead of the game.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Electronic Arts also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.