Accounting Specialist

About Wildlife

 

Wildlife is one of the leading mobile game developers and publishers in the
world. We have released more than 60 titles, reaching billions of people around
the globe. Here, we create and maintain games that will excite, intrigue, and
engage our players for years to come!

 


ABOUT THE ROLE

We're looking for an Accounting Specialist to play a key role in our
Controllership team, owning the monthly financial close end-to-end for multiple
entities, contributing to the accuracy, reliability, and continuous improvement
of Wildlife's financial reporting.

As our operations continue to evolve, having strong and scalable accounting and
reporting processes is critical. In this role, you will coordinate the monthly
close process end-to-end: ensuring timelines are met, stakeholders are aligned,
and risks are flagged early. You will play a key role in ensuring that
accounting information accurately reflects the business and supports
decision-making at a group level.

You will work closely with Tax, FP&A, Treasury, and other Finance and Operations
teams to ensure proper accounting treatment of complex transactions, while also
understanding how local entries impact group consolidation. This role requires a
strong sense of ownership, sound judgment to navigate trade-offs between
accuracy, timelines, and business needs, and the ability to bring different
stakeholders to alignment when priorities compete.

You will also contribute to improving, automating and scaling our accounting
processes, reducing closing timelines, enhancing controls, and building a more
efficient and reliable reporting environment, while sharing context and
reasoning with the team along the way.


WHAT YOU'LL DO

* Own and coordinate the monthly financial close for multiple entities,
ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and quality. Anticipate blockers, raise risks
early, and balance competing timelines and shifting inputs without
overcomplicating the process.
* Oversee the preparation and review of balance sheet reconciliations,
investigating variances and unusual transactions, and connecting findings to
business impact. Support the Accounting & Reporting manager in preparing
status reports for CFO review. 
* Assist in drafting and maintaining accounting policies, technical memos, and
procedures (US GAAP/ IFRS), documenting decisions in a way that others
(including non-technical partners) can act on.
* Partner with Tax, FP&A, Treasury, and Business teams to ensure proper
accounting treatment of complex transactions. Listen to different
perspectives, bring discussions back to shared goals, and help reach
alignment when priorities or interpretations diverge.
* Identify and quickly implement process improvements and automation
opportunities in the closing cycle, drawing on market best practices and
emerging tools to scale our reporting environment.
* Analyze financial data using key metrics and dashboards to evaluate results,
validate hypotheses, and connect accounting outcomes to business impact.
* Understand and analyze the impact of local accounting entries on group
consolidation, including intercompany transactions, eliminations, FX effects,
and CTA.
* Communicate proactively: share progress, surface blockers early instead of
going quiet, and adjust tone and vocabulary to the audience (technical peers,
FP&A, leadership, auditors).


WHAT YOU NEED

* Bachelor's degree in Accounting;
* Solid experience in Accounting and Financial Reporting;
* Strong knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS;
* Proven experience owning timely monthly close processes end-to-end across
multiple entities;
* Solid understanding of consolidation concepts, including intercompany
eliminations, FX/CTA, and multi-entity structures;
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to break down
complex problems and use data to support decisions;
* Demonstrated ability to engage and coordinate cross-functional stakeholders
and drive alignment under tight deadlines.


NICE TO HAVE

* Experience with multi-entity/ international structures with different
functional currencies;
* Exposure to process automation or data tools
* MBA or specialization in Accounting/Finance;
* Fluent English.


MORE ABOUT YOU

* Strong sense of ownership and accountability: you own outcomes, not just
tasks, and follow up on blockers until they are resolved.
* Detail-oriented with ability to meet tight deadlines without compromising
quality.
* Clear and structured communication: you can present options and trade-offs to
non-technical partners, document decisions so others can act on them, and
adapt your message to different audiences.
* Sound judgment under competing priorities: you can navigate trade-offs
between accuracy, timelines, and business needs, and know when to escalate.
* Collaborative and calm under pressure: you stay constructive when scope
changes, help teammates when they fall behind, and bring stability rather
than intensifying issues.
* Candid and transparent: when errors occur, you are forthcoming and help
address issues quickly rather than trying to save face.
* Continuous improvement mindset: you actively look for ways to reduce closing
timelines, strengthen controls, and adopt better tools and practices from the
market.
* Curious by nature: you continuously experiment with emerging AI tools to work
faster and deliver better outcomes.
* Cross-functional mindset: comfortable working across Tax, FP&A, Treasury, and
Business teams in a fast-paced environment.

Equal Opportunity & Affirmative Action

Wildlife is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We
do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, gender, gender
identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability,
neurodiversity, age, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We
also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with
applicable federal, state, and local law.

We're committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with
disabilities in our recruiting process.