About Us

Sophos is a worldwide leader and innovator of advanced cybersecurity solutions, including Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and incident response services and a broad portfolio of endpoint, network, email, and cloud security technologies that help organizations defeat cyberattacks. As one of the largest pure-play cybersecurity providers, Sophos defends more than 500,000 organizations and more than 100 million users globally from active adversaries, ransomware, phishing, malware, and more. Sophos’ services and products connect through its cloud-based Sophos Central management console and are powered by Sophos X-Ops, the company’s cross-domain threat intelligence unit. Sophos X-Ops intelligence optimizes the entire Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem, which includes a centralized data lake that leverages a rich set of open APIs available to customers, partners, developers, and other cybersecurity and information technology vendors. Sophos provides cybersecurity-as-a-service to organizations needing fully managed, turnkey security solutions. Customers can also manage their cybersecurity directly with Sophos’ security operations platform or use a hybrid approach by supplementing their in-house teams with Sophos’ services, including threat hunting and remediation. Sophos sells through reseller partners and managed service providers (MSPs) worldwide. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.

Role Summary

This newly created role is responsible for all financial accounting, close processes and reporting in relation to the Revenue Operations function. This role will be reporting to the Director, Revenue Operations

What you will do

Responsible for month-end ledger close processes in respect of Revenue, including: Key journal postings, GL reconciliations, monitoring close of Bookings and ensuring all transactions are captured correctly in relevant systems and Ad-hoc month end processes to ensure Revenue is complete and accurate

Responsible for managing and delivering audit requirements, including all audit requests linked to Revenue

Supporting controls-based audits by ensuring control procedures are up to date with relevant documented evidence

Responsible for key reporting, including Flash, Monthly, Statutory Accounts and other Compliance related reporting

Working with the FP&A team to provide inputs for Revenue forecasting

Reviewing and improving current processes to improve efficiency

Running system closure processes in local time-zones with efficient handover to incoming time-zones

What you will bring

Qualified accountant with at least 3 years post qualification relevant experience

Strong background in month-end close procedures including journals, analysis and reconciliations

Strong reporting experience, with Revenue reporting experience an advantage

Experience with SAP in relation to journal postings/reconciliations/running reports

Strong MS Excel skills with PBI exposure an advantage

Proven experience representing your function in cross-functional meetings

Strong analytical skills to support reporting

Strong accounting background

Proven experience in month-end close procedures

Excellent communication skills at all levels

Must be a self-starter, flexible, adaptable, proactive, and work well under pressure

Comfortable working with team members and external support in a global team

Attention to detail whilst retaining the ability to step back and see the bigger picture

Salesforce experience (advantageous)

Zuora Revenue experience (advantageous)

Exposure to current GAAP revenue accounting standards (advantageous)

PowerBI and dashboard reporting (advantageous)

Additional Information

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Ready to Join Us?

At Sophos, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives to fuel innovation. Research shows that candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don't check every box in a job description. We challenge that notion. Your unique experiences and skills might be exactly what we need to enhance our team. Don't let a checklist hold you back –we encourage you to apply.

What's Great About Sophos?

· Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. Please refer to the location details in our job postings for further information.

· Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit

· Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy

· Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities

· Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint

· Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp

· Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge

· Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing

Our Commitment To You

We’re proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we’re committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team. All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation. We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know.

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