Accounting Manager - Lease

US Foods; California; Remote; USD 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive plan bonus

Health insurance

Pre-tax spending accounts

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Long-term disability

Employee stock purchase plan

Life insurance

Job summary

US Foods, Inc. is seeking an Accounting Manager - Lease to oversee fixed asset and leasing accounting, managing staff, and delivering accurate financial services across divisions. The role focuses on implementing controls and process improvements while meeting KPI targets.

The position operates as Remote Anywhere, 100% remote within the U.S., with minimal travel and collaboration with finance teams and external vendors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or related field required.
• Minimum of 5 years of finance/accounting experience.
• At least 1 year leading projects or people preferred.
• Strong MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook) skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to staff to ensure timely delivery of financial information.
• Oversee month and quarter end close for leases.
• Perform lease entries, reconciliations, and rollforwards (Blackline).
• Coordinate lease classifications, loading into CoStar, and workflow reviews.
• Oversee lease extensions and terminations and maintenance in CoStar.
• Research and resolve lease accounting issues; ensure internal controls compliance.
• Support financial analysis and review complex balance sheet accounts.

Skills

MS Office Suite

Coaching & feedback

Prioritization & organization

Interpersonal communication

People leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting/Finance/Business

MBA preferred

Tools

CoStar

Blackline

PeopleSoft GL

Job description

Role Summary

The Accounting Manager - Lease will be to provide day to day oversight of fixed asset and leasing accounting group. The purpose is to effectively manage the accounting staff of the team and deliver accurate and timely finance and accounting services to multiple operating divisions. Position will be responsible for achieving the overall key performance indicator targets (KPIs) for the department. Position will provide day to day oversight of assigned accounting group and champion the implementation of group initiatives, internal controls and process improvements

This position has been segmented as Remote Anywhere meaning the work is completed 100% remote anywhere in the U.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to staff to ensure the accurate and timely delivery of financial information;
• Responsibility for overseeing the month and quarter end close process for leases;
• Includes monthly lease entries and reconciliations (within Blackline) and rollforwards, including cash flow rollforward deliverables
• Includes monthly fleet funding and lease payment tie outs
• Includes quarterly rollforwards and schedule supports for the Analytical Deck
• Includes annual lease footnote preparation for 10-K disclosure
• Responsibility for overseeing new lease classifications (with technical assistance from Sr Manager Technical Accounting if applicable) and loading new leases into CoStar and performing workflow reviews
• Responsibility for lease extensions and terminations and maintenance within CoStar
• Oversight for all technical accounting transactions for assigned area or responsibility (in conjunction with Sr Manager Technical Accounting);
• Take ownership of research and resolution of lease accounting issues within area of responsibility;
• Perform various tests/reviews of financial reporting control procedures to ensure compliance with the Company’s internal control framework;
• Perform various financial analysis procedures to assist in identification of potential accounting issues;
• Review complex balance sheet accounts and investigate/resolve identified issues;
• Travel minimal

Supervision

• ~ Collaborates closely with Regional and Area Finance Staff members, Internal Audit, Support Office and Corporate accounting personnel and other Controller team leaders
• Works closely with outside vendors, contractors and regulatory bodies.

Qualifications

• Must possess minimum of 5 years of finance and/or accounting experience
• At least 1 year of experience leading projects, process improvements, and/or people preferred
• Advanced skills using MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.)
• Prioritization/Organization/Multi-tasking - Able to organize their own work and deadlines as well as assist others with their planning
• Able to manage interactions with all levels of the organization
• Provides coaching and feedback to grow team members. Must be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office especially MS Word and Excel as well as MS Outlook.
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or related analytical field required (or related experience)
• MA/MBA preferred.

Certifications / Training

• ~ Experience in Financial Shared Services environment a plus.
• PeopleSoft GL experience is a plus.

Benefits

• This role will also receive an annual incentive plan bonus.
• Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance.

Compensation depends on relevant experience and/or education, specific skills, function, geographic location, and other factors as applicable by law (for example: state or local minimum wage thresholds). 80,000 - $130,000***

EOE – Race/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/ Age/Genetic Information /Protected Veteran/Disability Status***