Accounting Manager Statutory DTC

The Statutory Manager oversees statutory reporting, compliance and audit activities for multiple international legal entities across the EMEA region. The role partners with finance, tax, legal, treasury and external stakeholders to ensure high-quality financial reporting and regulatory compliance. The position sits within a collaborative, internationally focused finance team at a global media and entertainment organisation, supporting excellence in financial reporting.

• Coordinate the preparation and review of annual statutory financial statements, statutory disclosures and filing obligations across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring compliance with local accounting, corporate and regulatory requirements.
• Lead statutory audits from planning through to completion, acting as the primary contact for external auditors and service providers, coordinating audit requests and supporting timely audit sign-off and filing.
• Review local GAAP reporting requirements, adjustments and reconciliations, and support alignment between US GAAP and local GAAP reporting frameworks.
• Evaluate and provide accounting guidance on complex transactions, including intercompany activities, transfer pricing arrangements, dividends, capital contributions, corporate restructurings, mergers, liquidations and entity rationalisation projects.
• Partner closely with RTR, Tax, Treasury, Payroll, Legal and FP&A teams to support business initiatives and provide statutory accounting expertise.
• Drive process improvement, standardisation, internal control enhancements and compliance initiatives within the controllership organisation.
• Support team development through onboarding, training, coaching, knowledge sharing and continuous improvement activities.

• Extensive experience in statutory reporting, controllership, external audit or corporate accounting within a multinational environment.
• Strong knowledge of statutory compliance, financial reporting requirements, external audit processes, IFRS and local GAAP frameworks.
• Experience managing legal entities across multiple jurisdictions and assessing the accounting impact of complex business transactions.
• Experience using ERP systems such as SAP S/4HANA, PeopleSoft or similar financial platforms, supported by advanced Excel skills.

• Professional accounting qualification such as ACCA, CPA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent.

• Hybrid working model combining remote and in-office work, in line with current company policy and to be agreed with the Line Manager.
• Skydance or the Line Manager reserves the right to change the working agreement where this is essential to business needs and upon reasonable notice.

• Employment contract.
• Benefits package including private medical care, life and accident insurance, MyBenefit cafeteria platform, sports card subsidy, social benefits fund, pension programs and an employee referral program.
• Free access to the HBO platform.
• Work-life balance initiatives including a wellbeing platform, yoga, massages, educational webinars, an Employee Assistance Program and employee-organised movie screenings in the office cinema room.
• Learning and development opportunities including a learning platform, English language lesson subsidy, Employee Resource Groups, an Engagement Club and online expert sessions.
• CSR activities including volunteering opportunities and environmental and social initiatives.
• Access to parking spaces.