Senior Accountant, Corporate Accounting Pacific

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

We are hiring for a Senior Accountant who will directly report to the Corporate Accounting Manager for Pacific (Australia and New Zealand). In addition to working directly with the Pacific Finance team, Asia, Pacific and Latin America (APLA) Geography teams and local business partners, the successful candidate will work closely with a large and diverse group across many functions within the Nike Group, including tax, corporate accounting, operations, accounts payable and receivable, as well as our offshore managed service provider.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are seeking a driven and experienced Senior Accountant in Corporate Accounting who will be part of the Pacific (Australia and New Zealand), Record-to-Report team to ensure complete, accurate and timely financial reporting and maintain an effective internal control environment.

At Nike, Accountants are inquisitive, knowledgeable, concise and technical experts in their fields. In this role you will strive for process driven accuracy and be viewed as a strong business partner across tax, statutory reporting, indirect costs and management accounts.

The candidate needs to have a strong business acumen, having spent time working across various finance processes, and should be able to work autonomously and have the ability to translate business requirements into operationalisation with considerations for financial risks and controls across end-to-end processes.

The candidate will ideally have:

• A bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, preferably with CA or equivalent professional qualification.

• 5+ years of progressive experience with public accounting firms and/or multi-national companies desired, with preferable experience in SG&A expenses, taxation, intercompany, general ledger, and legal entity reporting.

• Strong technical foundation of accounting, direct and indirect taxes and treasury, as well as knowledge of US GAAP, local GAAP  and SOX requirements.

• Experience with ERP systems and enabling tool solutions (e.g. SAP, Blackline, Business Warehouse) would be an added advantage.

• Demonstrate good communication and influencing skills on complex accounting requirements, while building and maintaining strong cross-functional relationships

• Proven track record of working independently, leading and prioritizing against multiple priorities, while delivering results with high quality, while exercising a high degree of integrity and confidentiality

NB: Irregular work hours may be required during peak periods.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

In this broad role encompassing both corporate and operational accounting processes, you will work as part of a dedicated team, to ensure key financial assertions are met with respect to many dedicated focuses.

In this role you will:

• Lead processes that ultimately result in the recognition of SG&A, taxation, (Income tax, GST, FBT and payroll tax etc.), intercompany and operational related accounts. 
• Support the monthly closure processes, including preparation of management accounts for the Pacific region, along with completion of balance sheet reviews and reconciliations within appropriate timelines.
• Manage local statutory filings and audits and collaborate with internal and external auditors and tax advisors on tax related work such as corporate tax, consumption tax, transfer pricing and local tax audits.
• Support cash allocation & treasury function through oversight and engagement across all required areas.
• Support Internal control over financial reporting related to corporate accounting – including general ledger, taxation, treasury accounting and sales, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses and accounts payable process review.
• Support accounting areas including fixed asset, lease accounting, marketing, sports marketing and wages, where required.

You will develop high profile, influential and collaborative relationships across teams, functions and layers of the business while demonstrating mastery of US GAAP, particularly around corporate accounting, tax and treasury, while gaining a great opportunity to learn our end-to-end business process with broader key stakeholders. You will also interact with various service providers who we partner with in driving various initiatives or audits.