Accountant

Your role

• Lead the monthly, quarterly & annual group reporting under US GAAP and local GAAP for a portfolio of entities & property set of books

• Ownership of numbers which feed into the set of books from various finance functional areas, including Fixed Assets, Inter company, AR, Bank & Cash, AP, VAT, etc.

• Work in a matrix team of finance colleagues with responsibilities across other functional areas, such as Construction Accounting, Treasury, Tax, SOX, etc.

• Review & process all transactions for your ledgers. Prepare & review all balance sheet accounts as part of month end close controls, including pro-active follow-up to remove reconciling items

• Take responsibility & ownership for local statutory audits for several entities across Europe

• Be a trusted colleague to internal teams such as asset management, sales, FP&A and site operations; as well as manage third-party service providers supporting local compliance & tax filings

• Develop a deep understanding of Digital’s business to be able to input into standardisation of processes across the P2P, O2C and R2R functions, working with colleagues in Europe, Asia and the US.

• Important contribution in the accounting and internal control systems, and be proactive in leading improvements focused on finance operational excellence

• Embrace opportunities to be involved in integration and other finance projects 

• Actively seek out ad-hoc & non-routine tasks / projects to dynamically progress your career at Digital Realty

What you’ll need

• Qualified or nearly qualified accountant, with experience in a multinational accounting environment

• Experience being fully responsible for several ledger entities or ledgers for monthly HQ reporting & local compliance, including leading audits, VAT reporting and supporting the Tax Dept

• Experience of IFRS, local GAAP and/or US GAAP beneficial

• Real estate accounting experience & knowledge of lease accounting concepts advantageous

• Understanding & working knowledge of Sarbanes Oxley 

• Strong systems knowledge and intermediate/advanced Excel skills are required