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Keywords Studios

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1998

🎮 Gaming

📱 Media

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Gaming • Media • Artificial Intelligence

Keywords Studios is the #1 global games services provider, offering an end-to-end platform supercharged by technology. They deliver technical and creative solutions to the global video games industry, with services including game development, art services, audio development, QA testing, localization, marketing services, and player engagement. Keywords Studios also works on accessibility services, content globalization, and advanced AI & technology solutions. Founded on decades of experience, they are committed to responsible business practices and provide industry-wide insights for unparalleled experiences to audiences around the world.

📋 Description

• The Financial Manager will lead and develop the financial control team for the Americas region and ensure delivery of the key activities below: • Regulatory reporting: Lead timely production of statutory financial statements for each entity in accordance with local Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (local GAAP), ensuring full accuracy and integrity. • Management reporting: Support Finance leadership for the Americas in preparing monthly, quarterly and annual actuals for regional management accounts. • GAAP conversion: Manage reconciliations and conversions between Group GAAP (IFRS) and local GAAP. • Financial integrity: Lead assurance activities over financial statement accuracy, including periodic control testing and rigorous balance sheet documentation. • SSC governance: Oversee reconciliations of balance sheets prepared by the Shared Services Center (SSC) and manage any required corrections. • Cash management: Lead cash-flow forecasting and manage working capital targets (days sales outstanding) in collaboration with divisional teams and the SSC to optimize cash conversion. • Technical expertise: Provide regional finance expertise to ensure compliance with global policies and established processes. • Tax and audit: Partner with the tax team to prepare VAT/sales tax and corporate tax filings (including Form 1099 and other regulatory filings), and manage relationships with internal and external auditors. • Performance analysis: Conduct ad hoc trend and variance analyses to provide Finance leadership with actionable insights to support decision-making. • Partnership with SSC team leads: Stabilize and optimize established Procure-to-Pay (P2P) and Order-to-Cash (O2C) processes. • Service optimization: Monitor SSC service delivery, resolve escalations, and identify opportunities for continuous process improvement. • Finance excellence: Contribute to regional growth and standardization projects, ensuring local/regulatory requirements are incorporated into new system and process designs. • Entity rationalization: Participate in strategic projects to simplify the regional legal entity structure and manage subsequent rationalization activities. • People leadership: Provide day-to-day supervision and mentorship to the team, reviewing deliverables to ensure accuracy and timely completion. • Best practices: Collaborate with the Americas team to share improvements and promote a finance excellence mindset. • Strategic alignment: Act as a trusted partner within the global Finance team to create value, manage risk, and support business growth.

🎯 Requirements

• Professional designation: CPA (Chartered Professional Accountant) or equivalent designation required. • Experience: Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in global finance roles, including proven experience managing and developing direct reports. • Technical knowledge: Strong understanding of financial control processes and internal controls, with the ability to work with both local GAAP and IFRS. • Audit and compliance expertise: Demonstrated experience preparing regulatory filings and meeting tax obligations (e.g., GST/HST, Form 1099), and managing positive relationships with external auditors and tax authorities. • Change leadership: Proven confidence to lead process and system transitions and to drive enthusiastic adoption of finance-excellence workflows across finance and cross-functional stakeholders. • Operational excellence: Proactive approach to managing SSC relationships and ability to troubleshoot issues and correct complex accounting problems at the source. • Analytical rigor: Strong financial analysis skills, including the ability to identify anomalies, detect trends, and translate data into actionable insights for finance leaders. • Collaborative mindset: Inclusive leadership style thriving in a fast-growing global team environment.