Ifrs Accounting - Revenue Recognition Senior Finance Specialist (F/M/D)

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PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES
This position is located within the Corporate Financial Reporting department of SAP. This department is directly assigned to the CFO of SAP and is responsible for the completeness and correctness of SAP’s IFRS accounting and for SAP’s external financial reporting under German and U.S. law.
Corporate Financial Reporting is structured in the following sub teams: ‘Local Accounting & Reporting’, ‘Corporate Revenue Recognition’, ‘External Reporting & Accounting Technologies’, and ‘IFRS Policies & CoEs’.
The position is assigned to the Corporate Revenue Recognition Team.

EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS
The job includes:

• Overview of the methodology of preparing analyses of SAP product and service pricing to demonstrate compliance with SSP (Stand-alone Selling Price) in accordance with IFRS.
• Researching, documenting, training, and providing guidance on revenue recognition and other accounting issues related to new cloud subscription, software and services business/pricing models to our stakeholders in GFA and other board areas. Working in cross functional teams to structure new business models and contemplated transactions in the light of the expected revenue accounting and external reporting requirements. Communicate and ensure enforcement of revenue accounting requirements in new business models and contemplated transactions.
• Completing and maintaining SAP's new revenue recognition guideline (IFRS 15), adding revenue accounting for new business models; reviewing new technical accounting and reporting requirements especially concerning the revenue related notes, identifying their impact on the SAP group, and assisting to implement such rules.
• Ability and experience with working in a matrix organization. Engage in proactive and positive interaction with external auditors and internal groups (e.g. Sales, Legal, Development, Pricing, and Finance).

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS/
SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Thorough understanding of IFRS, in particular of the revenue recognition standard IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers.
• Strong organization and communication skills; assertive; ability to balance multiple projects in a fast paced and rapidly changing environment.
• Ability to concisely communicate and work in a team that supports multiple geographic regions across the globe.
• Strong interest in keeping up to date technically on aspects of accounting.
• University degree preferably accounting and/or auditing.
• CPA or similar qualification in the area of accounting/auditing would be a plus.
• Experience in revenue recognition and related processes in the areas of public cloud, private cloud, on premise software and services is a plus.
• Very good English language skills; German is a plus.

WORK EXPERIENCE

• At least 5 years of working experience in the area of financial accounting of a publicly listed company reporting under IFRS or an auditing company are required. Prior experience in the financial reporting group of a company is preferred.

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Requisition ID: 383955  | Work Area: Finance  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Professional  | Employment Type: Regular Part Time   | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid