GL Accountant
Light & Wonder's corporate team comprises incredible talent that works across the enterprise, defying boundaries to provide essential services in an extraordinary manner to ensure the success of the organisation and the well-being of employees.
Perform General Ledger accounting activities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, and month-end close activities.
Prepare and review bank reconciliations, ensuring timely identification and resolution of reconciling items.
Manage balance sheet reconciliations through BlackLine and ensure compliance with company policies and internal controls.
Support the transition of accounting processes from the US team and ensure smooth knowledge transfer and process stabilisation.
Work closely with US-based stakeholders during transition and post-transition periods to understand process requirements and expectations.
Independently drive assigned transition activities, identify process gaps, and recommend improvements.
Ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of financial transactions and reporting.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve accounting issues and support audits.
Maintain process documentation, standard operating procedures, and internal control requirements.
Support continuous improvement initiatives and contribute to process optimisation efforts.
- Perform General Ledger accounting activities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, and month-end close activities.
- Prepare and review bank reconciliations, ensuring timely identification and resolution of reconciling items.
- Manage balance sheet reconciliations through BlackLine and ensure compliance with company policies and internal controls.
- Support the transition of accounting processes from the US team and ensure smooth knowledge transfer and process stabilisation.
- Work closely with US-based stakeholders during transition and post-transition periods to understand process requirements and expectations.
- Independently drive assigned transition activities, identify process gaps, and recommend improvements.
- Ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of financial transactions and reporting.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve accounting issues and support audits.
- Maintain process documentation, standard operating procedures, and internal control requirements.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives and contribute to process optimisation efforts.
- Preparation and posting of journal entries and accruals.
- Financial reporting and variance analysis.
- Exposure to Blackline and account reconciliation tools.
- Exception handling in Blackline.
- Investigation and resolution of accounting discrepancies.
- Support timely and accurate month-end close activities.
- ERP systems experience, including Oracle and Business Central.
- Compliance with accounting policies, internal controls, and SOX requirements.
- Audit support and preparation of supporting documentation.
- Process improvement, standardisation, and documentation.
- Stakeholder management and collaboration with global teams.
- Graduate or Postgraduate degree in Commerce, Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline (required).
- Minimum 4 years of experience in a General Ledger (GL) accounting environment (required).
- Hands-on experience with Oracle ERP and BlackLine reconciliation systems (required).
- Proven experience in performing bank reconciliations within a multinational organisation (required).
- Demonstrated experience in transitioning accounting processes from the US or supporting global process migrations (required).
- Experience working with geographically dispersed teams and global stakeholders (required).
- Strong understanding of accounting principles, financial reporting, and month-end close processes (required).
- Good knowledge of balance sheet reconciliations, journal processing, and account analysis (required).
- Familiarity with internal controls and compliance requirements (required).
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the confidence to interact with senior stakeholders and global teams (required).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities (required).
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision (required).
- High level of ownership, accountability, and attention to detail (required).
- Strong organisational and time-management skills (required).
- Willingness to work closely with the US team during transition and stabilisation phases (required).
- Flexibility to support occasional late evening hours to facilitate knowledge transfer and stakeholder collaboration during the initial transition period (required).
- Commitment to working four days per week from the office without exception (required).
- Demonstrated ability to adapt to a dynamic and fast-paced multinational environment (required).
- Proven track record of successfully managing process transitions and stabilisation activities (preferred).
- Ability to build strong working relationships across teams and functions (preferred).
- Continuous improvement mindset with a focus on process efficiency and operational excellence (preferred).
Light & Wonder, Inc. is a leading cross-platform gaming company headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. Formerly known as Scientific Games, it rebranded in 2022 after divesting its lottery and sports-betting businesses to focus on gaming. The company operates across three segments - Gaming (slot machines, table games and casino systems under brands such as Bally, WMS and Shuffle Master), SciPlay (social casino games) and iGaming (online casino content). Listed in both the US and Australia, it supplies content and systems to casinos and online operators worldwide.
