Accounting Manager

**Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company, operating 200+ data centers across the globe and providing interconnections to all the key clouds and networks. Businesses need one place to simplify and bring together fragmented, complex infrastructure that spans private and public cloud environments. Our global platform allows customers to place infrastructure wherever they need it and connect it to everything they need to succeed.**:
**We are a fast-growing global company with 70+ consecutive quarters of growth. Through our innovative portfolio of high-performance products and services, we have created the largest, most active global ecosystem of nearly 10,000 companies, including 1,800+ networks and 2,900+ cloud and IT service providers in over 26 countries spanning five continents.**:
**Reporting to the Director of Accounting, the Accounting Manager is responsible for the daily management of accounting functions and operations, ensuring the financial system is accurate, efficient and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. This role will support regional implementation and management of financial systems, manage the monthly and year-end accounting cycles, supporting the preparation of annual financial statements and other IFRS tax documents.**:
**More specifically, the Accounting Manager will perform the following**:
**Accounting Management**:

- **Manage the full accounting cycle, including timely monthly close process, and producing quarterly and annual financial reports**:

- **Manage/Review month-end journal entries and close procedures**:

- **Manage monthly Balance Sheet accounts reconciliation and analyzing for completeness and appropriateness of recorded transactions**:

- **Manage interfund / intercompany charges and reconciliations.**:

- **Manage monthly analysis of all accounts/categories and monthly P&L variance analysis**:
**Accounting Systems Management**:

- **Assist with implementation of necessary fiscal policies and internal control procedures for efficient and accurate accountability of the organization's finances and in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (USGAAP)**:

- **Ensure financial duties are distributed according to internal controls for maximum protection of the organization’s assets**:

- **Ensure financial transactions are properly authorized, appropriated, executed, and recorded according to policies and procedures**:

- **Adhere to proper accounting methods, policies and principles, identify areas of efficiency and proactively provide recommendations for process improvement**:
**Tax and Audit**:

- **Assist in the preparation of the Annual financial statements**:

- **Prepare accurate, comprehensive and timely year-end working papers to be submitted to outside auditors**:

- **Assist in the preparation of other IFRS tax forms as needed**:
**Reporting**:

- **Assist in preparing and tracking annual budgets**:

- **Assist in preparing financial reports, dashboards of key metrics and cash flow analysis/projections**:

- **Produce ad hoc reports and analysis as assigned and provide schedules to assist with month end close and various financial audits**:

- **Assist in responding to all levels of management’s inquiries on monthly financial numbers**:
**Qualifications/ Preferred Experience**:

- **Bachelor’s degree in related field (e.g., accounting, finance) required**:

- **5-10+ years of accounting and/or bookkeeping experience, including 2-3 years at the accounting manager level**:

- **Strong knowledge in IFRS & USGAAP**:

- **CPA qualification**:

- **Experience with full accounting cycle, including month and year end close, bank reconciliation and accounts payable/receivable**:

- **Experience preparing timely monthly financial reports and year-end financial statements and audit**:

- **Experience managing and monitoring internal control procedures and practices**:

- **Superior analytical skills with above-average MS Excel skills required**:

- **Proven ability to be a team player, self-starter and motivated in performing the duties and responsibilities of the job and the goals of the Finance Department**:

- **Strong in English communications and written skills**:

- **Ability to work in a fast-paced and culturally diverse environment and to meet deadlines, multitask and practice continuous improvement**:

- **Preferred experience in regional role**:
**A career at Equinix means you will collaborate on work that impacts the world and be surrounded by endless opportunities to learn new skills and grow in varied directions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment. that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.**: