Associate Finance Specialist - 7 month FTC
- Position Type:
- Full Time
- Location(s):
- Netherlands, Hilversum
- Date Posted:
- Job ID:
- R-121807
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About the role:
The Financial Specialist reports directly to the Manager, Financial Control, with additional guidance from the Financial Controller. In this role, the Financial Specialist will be part of a team of five finance professionals.
The Finance team is responsible for managing the accounts of SIEB, as well as overseeing the accounting activities of Guerrilla B.V., a game development studio based in Amsterdam with approximately 365 employees, and Nixxes Software B.V., a game development studio based in Utrecht with around 90 employees.
This is an initial 7 month contract.
The European Finance function is consolidated at Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe in London, to which the local finance team reports.
Main tasks:
- Coordinate and monitor the quality of the Accounts Payable processes executed by the Shared Service Centre in India.
- Prepare and post monthly intercompany invoices for the entities listed above.
- Treasury tasks as payments on the local bank account, bank recs. for the entities listed above
- Support colleagues with Purchase Order (PO) related questions and issues
- Act as the first point of contact for internal and external inquiries related to AP and intercompany charges.
- Identify bottlenecks and initiate process improvements within the financial for AP and Intercompany
- Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing with AP activities.
Experience and knowledge:
- Completed MBO/HBO degree (or equivalent) in Finance, Accounting, or Business Economics.
- 2–4 years of relevant work experience in financial administration or controlling.
- Experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, or equivalent).
- Strong analytical skills, proactive, and detail oriented.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively with international teams.
- Fluency in both Dutch and English, spoken and written, is required.
- Affinity with process optimization and digitalization.
The ideal candidate has a broad experience and is willing to take things up, investigate and solve matters in various areas. The candidate has a pragmatic approach to challenges, has a lot of energy, attention for details and people. The ability to work in a fast-changing matrix environment is required.
PlayStation offers a flexible working policy; in agreement with the team, you are expected to work from our offices in Hilversum, Utrecht, and Amsterdam on multiple days per week.
Equal Opportunity Statement:
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