Fixed Asset Accountant

interface; LaGrange (GA); In loco; USD 65.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Interface is a global flooring and sustainability leader focused on carbon negative goals by 2040. The Fixed Asset Accountant role supports accurate asset records for machinery, buildings, and tooling in a manufacturing setting, coordinating with many teams to ensure proper capitalization, depreciation, and reporting.

Responsibilities include maintaining the fixed asset subledger, preparing monthly journals, reconciling balances, and assisting with inventories and asset disposals.

Competenze

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field.
• 1–3 years of accounting experience with fixed assets preferred.
• Experience with fixed asset subledger, depreciation, and capitalization.

Mansioni

• Maintain fixed asset subledger with additions, transfers, retirements, and depreciation.
• Review capex activity and assist capitalization, categorization, and placement in service.
• Track construction‑in‑progress projects and coordinate capitalization with engineering and operations.
• Prepare and post monthly fixed asset journal entries for depreciation and disposals.
• Reconcile fixed asset balances to the general ledger and resolve reconciling items.
• Maintain detailed asset records including tags, locations, and useful lives.
• Support physical inventories and asset verification across sites.
• Assist with asset disposals, retirements, and transfers with proper documentation.
• Prepare routine fixed asset reports and management analyses; support budgeting and forecasting.

Conoscenze

Fixed asset accounting

Capital project accounting

Manufacturing accounting

GAAP knowledge

SOX compliance

ERP systems

Excel (data analysis)

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

Strumenti

JD Edwards

Descrizione del lavoro

Interface is a global flooring and sustainability leader dedicated to rethinking how spaces work for people and the planet. Our portfolio includes Interface® carpet tile and LVT, nora® rubber flooring, and FLOR® premium area rugs. Across every brand, we innovate in a way that combines design, performance, and sustainability-without compromise.

Trusted by architects, designers, and building professionals worldwide, we help bring bold visions to life with solutions that deliver real, measurable impact. Building on more than 30 years of sustainability progress and industry‑first innovation, we remain 'all in' on our goal of becoming carbon negative by 2040, without the use of offsets.

The Fixed Asset Accountant is responsible for supporting accurate accounting records for the company's fixed assets in a manufacturing environment, including machinery, equipment, buildings, leasehold improvements, tooling, furniture, vehicles, and construction-in-progress. This staff-level role supports the fixed asset lifecycle from capital project setup and asset acquisition through capitalization, depreciation, transfer, physical verification, and disposal.

This position works closely with Accounting, Finance, Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, Procurement, Tax, and plant teams to ensure capital expenditures are properly reviewed, classified, approved, recorded, and reported in accordance with company policies, internal controls, SOX requirements, and U.S. GAAP. The Fixed Asset Accountant prepares reconciliations, depreciation support, audit schedules, property tax support, and routine reporting while helping maintain accurate and complete capital asset records.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field required

Skills and Experience:

• 1-3 years of accounting experience required, with fixed asset accounting, capital project accounting, or manufacturing accounting experience preferred
• Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP accounting concepts related to fixed assets, capitalization, depreciation, disposals, and construction-in-progress
• Experience working in a manufacturing, plant accounting, shared services, or multi-site environment preferred
• Familiarity with capital expenditure processes, project authorization, physical inventory, and fixed asset subledger maintenance preferred
• Experience with ERP systems and fixed asset modules preferred; JD Edwards experience a plus
• General ledger, account reconciliation, journal entry, month-end close, and financial reporting experience
• Ability to review capital spending, validate supporting documentation, and apply company accounting policies
• Basic knowledge of internal controls, SOX compliance, audit documentation, and data governance practices
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, including data analysis, formulas, pivot tables, and reconciliations
• Strong organizational and time management skills with attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines during month-end close, audit cycles, capital planning, and project activity
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively across Accounting, Finance, Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, Procurement, Tax, and plant teams
• Analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills appropriate for a staff accounting role
• Ability to follow established procedures, exercise sound judgment, and protect confidential financial information

Essential Duties:

• Maintain the fixed asset subledger and record asset additions, transfers, retirements, disposals, and depreciation accurately and timely
• Review capital expenditure activity and supporting documentation to assist with proper capitalization, expense classification, asset category, useful life, location, and placed‑in‑service date
• Track construction‑in‑progress projects and coordinate with Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, Procurement, and Finance to support timely and accurate capitalization when assets are ready for use
• Prepare and post monthly fixed asset journal entries, including depreciation, asset additions, disposals, transfers, and reclassifications
• Reconcile fixed asset subledger balances to the general ledger and investigate and resolve reconciling items in a timely manner
• Maintain detailed asset records, including asset descriptions, tag numbers, locations, cost, accumulated depreciation, useful lives, ownership, and supporting documentation
• Support periodic physical inventories, asset verification, and reconciliation of physical assets to accounting records across manufacturing and office locations
• Assist with asset disposals, retirements, sales, scrapping, and transfers to ensure appropriate documentation and accounting treatment
• Prepare routine monthly, quarterly, and annual fixed asset reports, depreciation support, capital spending analysis, and management reporting as requested
• Support capital budgeting, forecasting, and variance analy