Assistant Accountant

Your role

This role is an integral part of Digital Realty’s EMEA Finance Record to Report team and will play a pivotal role in achieving the EMEA Finance organization’s objectives and deliverables. The primary responsibility of the role is to support the management of a portfolio of ledgers and legal entities (for example, property operating entities, real estate holding entities & management company’s) across Europe for monthly group reporting under US GAAP and local GAAP, including audits and local compliance requirements.

What you’ll do

• Assist monthly, quarterly & annual group reporting under US GAAP and local GAAP 
• Preparation of multiple bank reconciliations on various legal entities and /or properties 
• Responsible for monthly maintenance of property fixed asset registers (additions / disposals)
• Participate in the preparation and filing of multiple entity VAT returns
• Supporting property financial accountants in their monthly reporting requirements
• Assist with the finance integration of newly acquired businesses
• Assist with the audit for Group purposes and the local financial statements for entities across UK / Ireland
• Important contribution to the accounting and internal control systems and the preparation of accurate financial statements.
• Work on integration and other finance projects 
• Carry out ad-hoc tasks as required

What you’ll need

Education & Experience

• 2-3 years’ experience in similar roles, in a multi-national environment.
• Experience with US GAAP or UK GAAP is preferred
• Part-qualified accountant currently actively pursuing professional accounting qualification essential
• Understanding & working knowledge of Sarbanes Oxley preferable
• Strong systems knowledge and intermediate/advanced Excel skills are required

Other Skills & Abilities

• Excellent communication skills, oral and written. 
• Ability to communicate effectively to a variety of audiences.
• Real estate accounting skills, knowledge of financial applications, concepts and theories are advantages
• Ability to work as a team member
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work within limited time constraints
• Excellent analytic capabilities with attention to detail

A bit about us

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company's global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx™) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents. To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

What we can offer you

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers. Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us. This is an exciting time to join our business so apply now and make your mark on our future.