Management Accountant

Job Title: Management Accountant

Department: Finance

Location: SEGA HQ Brentford

Working Model: Hybrid

External: No Recruitment Agencies

Why Us:

SEGA employees are passionate about entertaining the world with creative, innovative experiences while being part of a vibrant gaming community. We are a global company with the resources to match, coupled with a place where everyone knows each other on a first-name basis, working together to create innovative experiences, one community at a time.

In your role as Management Accountant, you will support our Senior Management Accountant and the wider Finance team with our monthly revenue reporting process across Packaged, Digital, and Mobile game sales for some of the industry’s biggest games franchises including Football Manager and many more! You will be responsible for tracking the various revenue streams, interrogating financial sales data, and reporting the monthly sales and accounting for deferred revenue. An essential part of your role will also entail building relationships with stakeholders wider European and Global business to share and communicate key insights.

We believe that delivering the best games relies on having the best people, so we are constantly investing in our people through our benefits package, flexible working, and our community-focused, people-centric culture. Our industry-leading compensation and benefits include competitive salary and bonus schemes, private medical insurance, private dental insurance, health screening, electric car scheme, home technology scheme, and much more!

Why You:

You are a part-qualified accountant with considerable experience working in an in-house finance department, with experience handling revenue reporting for multiple revenue streams and currencies. Essentially you thrive working as part of a team and are able to utilise your communication skills to build excellent relationships with stakeholders and effectively communicate data and insights.

Responsibilities:

• Ownership of multiple revenue streams, including reviewing legal contracts with SEGA partners ensuring revenues are recognised on a timely basis and are appropriately accounted for in relation to IFRS 15: Revenue recognition.
• Close involvement in month-end close, including accounting for packaged goods (Revenue, Provisions, COGS, and Inventory), posting into Oracle of revenue accruals, deferred income, and preparation of balance sheet reconciliations.
• Upload monthly ‘Electronic Sales Distributor’ (“ESD”) revenue data files from all ESD Partners into Oracle and generate the invoices for accounts receivable.
• Manage monthly data upload of Sony PSN revenue data into Oracle and generate the invoice for accounts receivable and accrue/ defer revenues at month end.
• Review data uploads and identify/ map any new product ID codes in the uploads to an internal SKU.
• Upload monthly Mobile revenue into Oracle and generate intercompany invoices for submission.
• Create monthly revenue royalty reports for submission to head office (SOJ).
• Raise various monthly/quarterly intercompany invoices.
• Preparation of quarterly royalty reports including Bundesliga and FIFPRO.
• Other ad hoc duties as required.

Required Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Demonstrable post-qualification experience in a financial/management accounting role.
• Expert in Microsoft Excel and ability to process large volumes of sales data.
• Prior experience with Oracle or similar ERP systems.
• Qualified or part qualified (minimum 75%) ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent.

Interview Process:

1. 30-minute MS Teams Interview – Recruiter (SEGA Europe)
2. 60-minute MS Teams Interview – Senior Management Accountant (SEGA Europe), Group Reporting Manager (SEGA Europe)
3. 30-minute MS Teams Interview – Director, Accounting (SEGA Europe)

Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging:

At SEGA, we celebrate diversity and believe in a diverse, inclusive, and equitable world in which everyone feels valued and respected regardless of what they look like or where they come from. Whether you’re a prospective employee or a full-time member of staff, we want you to feel involved and supported in all aspects of our work and to have amazing opportunities during your time with us regardless of your background. We welcome people regardless of age, race, ethnicity, disability, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, neurotype, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave.

SEGA is a place where staff have a voice which is integral to our success as a business. Our inclusive, passionate people are empowered to educate, inform, and build awareness through our inclusion and wellbeing staff-led values groups which include DEN (Disability Employee Network), RISE ​(Reinforcing Inclusion through Solidarity and​ Equality), Women at SEGA, PRIDE, SEGA Minds (group supporting mental health), Momiji (group that celebrates our Japanese heritage, language, and culture) and VIBE (our social and engagement committee).

If you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply or to participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at talentacquisition@sega.co.uk.