Sr Accountant (Contract)

Location: San Mateo, California, United States; other listed location: San Diego, California. Six-month contract.

Base pay: $67–$100 USD per hour.

Company

hirify.global is the hirify.global brand of Sony Interactive Entertainment, a technology and entertainment company delivering hardware, network services, and interactive entertainment experiences.

What you will do

• Provide accounting oversight for fixed assets, construction in progress, leases, and intangible assets.
• Review capitalization assessments and coordinate lease additions, modifications, terminations, impairments, and sublease arrangements.
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close through reconciliations, journal entries, reviews, and variance analysis.
• Partner with Facilities, IT, Corporate Planning, Procurement, Accounts Payable, and other stakeholders on projects, capital expenditures, lease changes, and technology implementations.
• Lead process improvements, automation initiatives, standardized procedures, documentation, checklists, and internal controls.
• Oversee outsourced accounting deliverables, support audits, and resolve accounting questions and operational issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent.
• 5–7 years of progressive accounting experience, preferably in a multinational organization.
• Strong knowledge of general ledger accounting, financial close processes, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Experience with fixed assets, lease accounting, and intangible assets accounting.
• Working knowledge of IFRS, including IAS 16, IAS 38, IFRS 16, and IAS 36.
• Ability to partner with business stakeholders and cross-functional teams and to drive accounting process improvements.
• Advanced Excel skills and excellent analytical skills, including the ability to research independently and efficiently.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with very tight deadlines.

Nice to have

• CPA, CA, or similar qualification.
• Recent SAP/S4 HANA experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Six-month contract role based in San Mateo, California.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits are available for the role.
• Work involves collaboration with internal business partners, Technical Accounting, and an outsourced accounting team.
• Sony Interactive Entertainment is an equal opportunity and Fair Chance employer.

Hiring process

• Background checks are conducted at the offer stage and may include criminal background checks.
• Personal information is processed to support background checks in accordance with the candidate privacy notice.