Senior Financial Accountant

Our Story

Founded in 2009, we’re one of the world’s leading game studios, and proud of our extremely international team, consisting of more than 50 different nations. We are part of Playtika and the global leader in the category of Hidden Object Games. With June’s Journey, we’re providing joy for millions of players around the world every day.

How we work

Our aim is to keep doing so for many more years, if not decades. In order to be able to do so, we’ve defined a distinct way of how we’re working at Wooga, so that all relevant aspects intertwine and have a positive impact on the game. No matter if you’re part of a game team or support the success of Wooga as part of a central team, all 250+ employees from around the world can make an impact. We’re proud of the environment we’ve built, and believe you’ll enjoy working with some of the best people in the industry.

Our drivers: Speed, Focus, Ownership, and Impact, guide our working style at Wooga and help us make a deliberate choice to focus on what is important to us, while working towards a shared goal.
These drivers shape how we work together and what we expect from ourselves and our leaders.

As a Senior Financial Accountant at Wooga, you will partner closely with business leaders and cross-functional teams to drive financial accuracy and provide strategic insights. Reporting directly to Wooga’s Finance Manager and collaborating with our headquarters in Israel, you will play a pivotal role in statutory and tax preparations, Periodic reporting and high-impact ad-hoc projects. In this role, you’ll help shape data-driven decisions and optimize the financial processes that fuel Wooga’s continued growth and success.

About the role

• Lead the end-to-end preparation and filing of annual Statutory Financial Statements in accordance with local German GAAP and US-GAAP.

• Participate in monthly and quarterly closing processes, as well as SOX compliance - testing and maintaining internal control environments.

• Prepare and file comprehensive corporate income tax returns, ensuring all deductions and credits are accurately captured.

• Manage and submit required periodic statistical filings to government agencies and regulatory bodies.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for external auditors and tax authorities during routine audits or inquiries.

• Participate in special projects, such as system implementations, process improvements, or financial analysis.

• Provide internal guidance on tax implications for business decisions and changes in tax legislation.

About you

• Formal educational background in Finance, accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field

• US-GAAP experience and German GAAP strong knowledge

• Prior solid relevant professional experience in a tax/accounting role within an international environment

• Solid understanding of accounting principles and concepts

• Proficiency in Advanced Excel , PowerPoint, including Google spreadsheets and slides

• Proven experience in Automation and AI will be an advantage

• Excellent communication skills in English, with the capacity to effectively present ideas to different departments

• Excellent communication skills in German, with the capacity to effectively communicate with the German authorities and auditors

• Strong analytical skills and solution-oriented

• Ability to work effectively both independently and in a team environment

• Familiarity with Oracle ERP and Knowledge of EPM Oracle is an advantage

Please note: Research has shown that some under-represented groups in the gaming industry (eg: women) tend to apply only if they meet every single requirement. Here at Wooga, the desire to learn and the willingness to solve problems are more important to us than your experience on paper. We encourage you to apply even if you do not think that you tick all the boxes - thinking outside of such boxes and embracing the diversity of mindsets and backgrounds is what we believe makes our teams thrive.

Our Promise

• Shape the future! Challenge the status quo and team up with a diverse group of experts (over 50 nationalities!) working on crafting the world’s best games.

• We offer a generous relocation package and home search support if you are not already located in Berlin. Did we mention that we also cooperate with Kindergartens?

• Make use of a significant education budget and extra days off for self-development. Join our meet-ups, talks, brown bag lunches, internal trainings, workshops and many others.

• Enjoy the yoga, mindfulness app, sports and transport subsidies. And a Purpose Day to donate your time to a worthy cause!

• Did you know that German is the third most commonly taught language worldwide? Learn it too! We offer German language classes for you and your significant other.

• With our hybrid work model you will work in the office with your teams twice a week, to encourage in-person collaboration and team bonding The other three days you can choose if you want to work from home or from the office. We also offer 10 days a year to work from abroad.

At Wooga we are committed to providing a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for everyone who works here or with us, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, religion (or lack thereof) and game preferences. Be yourself, we like you that way!

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