Sr Accountant

Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play - it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the Play Station brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world.

Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the Play Station brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.

We are seeking an experienced and proactive Senior Accountant (Contractor) to support our accounting team, with a primary focus on business partnering, process improvements, and accounting oversight across Fixed Assets, Leases, and Intangible Assets.

The ideal candidate will have strong technical accounting knowledge, excellent communication skills, detail oriented and demonstrated experience managing multiple priorities, meet tight deadlines and collaborate effectively across teams

• Provide accounting oversight for Fixed Assets, Construction in Progress (CIP), Leases, and Intangible Assets.
• Review capitalization assessments to ensure compliance with company accounting policies and applicable IFRS requirements.
• Coordinate with Facilities and relevant stakeholders to identify lease additions, modifications, terminations, impairments, and sublease arrangements.
• Support month-end and quarter-end close activities, including reconciliations, journal entry preparation and reviews, and variance analysis.

• Act as a primary accounting contact for business partners across Facilities, IT, Corporate Planning, Procurement, AP and other functional teams to understand upcoming projects, capital expenditures, lease changes, and technology implementations that may have accounting implications.
• Provide guidance to business stakeholders on capitalization policies, expense recognition, asset useful lives, and other accounting requirements.
• Proactively communicate accounting requirements, deadlines, and process changes to business partners.
• Collaborate with Technical Accounting on complex transactions requiring additional analysis or interpretation.

• Evaluate existing accounting processes for Fixed Assets, Leases, and Intangible Assets to identify inefficiencies, control gaps, and opportunities for automation.
• Lead process improvement initiatives to streamline workflows, reduce manual activities, and improve the accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting.
• Develop and maintain standardized procedures, process documentation, checklists, and internal controls.

• Provide day-to-day oversight and guidance to the outsourced accounting team responsible for Fixed Assets, Leases, and related accounting activities.
• Review deliverables prepared by the outsourced team to ensure completeness, accuracy, and adherence to established timelines.
• Serve as an escalation point for accounting questions, unresolved issues, and operational challenges.

• Support timely and accurate month-end, quarter-end, and year-end financial close activities.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS accounting standards, including IAS 16, IAS 38, IFRS 16, and applicable impairment guidance.
• Review balance sheet reconciliations and supporting schedules to…