Salary
💰 £44,290 - £55,110 per year
About the role
- Ensure accurate Revenue Recognition in line with customer contracts under Sony’s Corporate Accounting Policy as per IFRS 15.
- Support early warning and forecast accuracy for significant impacts expected from revenue recognition.
- Prepare monthly accrued & deferred revenue balance sheet reconciliations, supported by independent source and reported to SGFA and management.
- Drive automation and efficiencies in how we manage, model, and report on revenue, customer contracts, invoicing, and debtors.
- Partner with commercial leads, finance colleagues, and P&L owners on new deal modelling and setup; invoicing and debtor risk reporting, and forecasting and planning.
- Be the primary contact for statutory audit for all matters concerning revenue.
- Work with commercial leads to implement a contract management tool, capturing key sales contract financial information and documentation of separate performance obligations to support revenue and related cost recognition and provide improved financial reporting to senior management.
- Support the implementation of billing and contract management tools to enable improved and timely financial insight and drive customer invoice and revenue recognition automation.
- Report directly to the Finance and Accounting Manager and interact regularly with the wider Sony group (Corporate Planning, Tax, Treasury and BPO).
Requirements
- 3+ years of accounting experience. 5+ preferred.
- Fully or part-qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
- Strong understanding and demonstrated application of revenue recognition under IFRS 15.
- Managed services contracts revenue recognition experience.
- Strong commercial acumen and analytical skills, and solid business partnering experience.
- Experience with project accounting or managed service account tool and/or database.
- Microsoft Office Excel expertise.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Project management skills and ability to manage up.
- Preferred: Strong desire for continuous improvement.
- Preferred: Strong planning and organisational skills and attention to detail.
- Preferred: SAP S/4HANA experience desirable.
- Preferred: Driving & sustaining change in a lean accounting environment.
- Preferred: Experience with working with outsourced organisation partner.
- Preferred: Experience with different revenue models, including revenue share, subscription, and royalties.