Financial Accountant

Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions for defeating cyberattacks. The company acquired Secureworks in February 2025, bringing together two pioneers that have redefined the cybersecurity industry with their innovative, native AI-optimized services, technologies and products. Sophos is now the largest pure-play Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider, supporting more than 28,000 organizations. In addition to MDR and other services, Sophos’ complete portfolio includes industry-leading endpoint, network, email, and cloud security that interoperate and adapt to defend through the Sophos Central platform. Secureworks provides the innovative, market-leading Taegis XDR/MDR, identity threat detection and response (ITDR), next-gen SIEM capabilities, managed risk, and a comprehensive set of advisory services. Sophos sells all these solutions through reseller partners, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) worldwide, defending more than 600,000 organizations worldwide from phishing, ransomware, data theft, other every day and state-sponsored cybercrimes. The solutions are powered by historical and real-time threat intelligence from Sophos X-Ops and the newly added Counter Threat Unit (CTU). Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.

As a key member of the EMEA Financial Control team, you will be responsible for the month end close, variance analysis, monthly cash flow reporting and local entity audit for Sophos Ireland and Sweden.  This will involve working closely with the Global Process owners to ensure critical accounting areas - including GRNI, prepayments and fixed assets are accurately controlled and accounted for. You will support the EMEA North Financial Accountant in delivering a smooth and timely month-end close, enabling the production of high-quality local GAAP financial statements, and will take ownership of the annual audits and local statutory filings for both countries.

In addition, you will oversee all aspects of accounting and statutory compliance for the Sophos Ireland and Sweden legal entities. This includes all elements of the finance function covering general ledger, balance sheet control, preparation of local statutory accounts, annual audits and all local tax compliance. You will also work closely with the centralised Accounts Payable, Receivable, and Payroll teams as well as the global process and accounting teams and review their outputs prior to approval.

You will operate in line with, and actively contribute to, standardised Sophos EMEA financial control procedures, driving consistency and continuous improvement.

Where required, you will also support the EMEA North Financial Accountant with related activities for Sophos Limited.