Staff Accountant
Light & WonderCorporate:
Light & Wonder’s corporate team is comprised of incredible talent that works across the enterprise, defying boundaries to provide essential services in an extraordinary manner to ensure the success of the organization and the well-being of employees.
Position Summary
The person in this position is primarily responsible for performing monthly, quarterly, and yearly general and revenue related accounting functions for the Revenue Accounting Team. This includes but is not limited to preparing journal entries and maintaining and reconciling assigned accounts in accordance with the framework and guidance of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
Essential Job Functions:
Maintains and prepares Balance Sheet account reconciliations to support documentation for a timely and accurate closing of account balances.
Prepares journal entries and various adjusting entries to meet GAAP guidelines.
Assist in the setup of processes and procedures that properly capture, track and report revenue, including deferred revenue, in accordance with the company revenue recognition policy.
Generate revenue reports for internal and/or external use.
May be involved in reviewing, tracking, and maintaining billing information in the financial systems, ensuring accuracy and compliance with U.S. GAAP and other accounting regulations.
Provides all information and supporting detail to Management for review and approval.
Performs responsibilities in accordance with Sarbanes-Oxley controls.
Qualifications
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
Required Experience:
Minimum one to three years of staff accountant experience with multi-division company account reconciliation experience of balance sheet and income statement
Sarbanes Oxley experience desirable, but not required
Oracle experience is desirable, but not required
A basic understanding of ASC 606 and related literature preferred
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
Ability to communicate effectively – written or orally
Must be proficient in Microsoft Products
Must have strong computer skills
Must have the ability to learn and adapt to change
Must have analytical skills and professional skepticism
Must be detail oriented and well organized
Must have multi-tasking experience and abilities
Must be flexible on work schedule to meet defined goals within peak periods
Must be a team player
Work Conditions:
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, use hands, operate a computer, and have specific vision abilities to include close and distance vision, and ability to adjust focus working with computer and business equipment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Light & Wonder and its affiliates (collectively, “L&W”) are engaged in highly regulated gaming and lottery businesses. As a result, certain L&W employees may, among other things, be required to obtain a gaming or other license(s), undergo background investigations or security checks, or meet certain standards dictated by law, regulation, or contracts. In order to ensure L&W complies with its regulatory and contractual commitments, as a condition to hiring and continuing to employ its employees, L&W requires all its employees to meet those requirements that are necessary to fulfill their individual roles. As a prerequisite to employment with L&W (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to L&W conducting a due diligence/background investigation on you.
This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive; it is intended to identify major responsibilities and requirements of the job. The employee in this position may be requested to perform other job-related tasks and responsibilities than those stated above.
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