Job Description

Your role

This role is an integral part of Digital Realty’s EMEA Finance Ops team and will play a pivotal role in achieving the EMEA Finance Ops team’s objectives and deliverables. The primary responsibility of the position is to manage a regional portfolio of R2R accountants dedicated to the financial controllership of the operating-property- and management company ledgers and legal entities across Europe under US GAAP and local statutory reporting.

• Lead the monthly, quarterly & annual reporting under US GAAP and local GAAP for a portfolio of entities & property set of books. Your team has ownership of all entities within the region, ensuring full financial controllership of the P&L and Balance Sheet for each ledger
• Supervise and manage a virtual R2R team of accountants & assistant accountants with responsibilities across a geographic portfolio of countries in EMEA
• Working in a matrix model, your R2R move has direct & indirect responsibility for various finance processing areas which feed into the ledgers, including Fixed Assets, Intercompany, AR, Bank & Cash, AP, VAT, etc., as well as other functional teams posting transactions in your ledgers, such as Construction Accounting, Treasury, Tax, SOX Compliance/ Internal Control , etc.
• Oversee and approve the reviewing & processing of all transactions for your ledgers. Review & approve all balance sheet accounts as part of month end close controls, including pro-active follow-up to remove reconciling items
• Together with your R2R team you will have full responsibility & ownership for the preparation of statutory financial statements and local statutory audits for a number of entities across Europe, engaging the auditors to plan, manage & complete audits according to the annual EMEA timetable
• Be a trusted colleague to internal teams such as asset management, sales, FP&A, SOX Compliance/Internal Control and site operations; as well as manage third-party service providers supporting local compliance & tax filings
• Develop a deep understanding of Digital Realty’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 to 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
  
  

What You’ll Need

• Qualified accountant, from a top accountancy firm
• 6 + years’ managerial experience in similar roles, in a multi-national environment
• Solid experience of Local GAAP & US GAAP
• Real estate accounting experience & knowledge of lease accounting concepts advantageous
• Understanding & working knowledge of internal control over financial reporting, in order to be in control as a company and to be compliant in a SOX – environment
• Strong systems knowledge and intermediate/advanced Excel skills are required
• Extensive experience at manager level, in a multi-national environment is an advantage
• Experience of developing and coaching others on a one to one basis
  
  

A Bit About Us

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company's global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx™) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents. To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

What We Can Offer You

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers. Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us. This is an exciting time to join our business so apply now and make your mark on our future.