Senior Accountant Lead

American Tower Global; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

American Tower seeks a Lead Senior Accountant to join the Lease Finance team within its Global Business Solutions organization. This role analyzes the financial aspects of leases, related assets and liabilities, and ensures proper recording of straight-line adjustments in the general ledger.

The incumbent will obtain documentation, partner cross-functionally, and lead contract-related projects and audits in line with internal policies and GAAP.

Qualifications

• The Lead Senior Accountant will obtain appropriate supporting documentation, partner cross-functionally, and lead contract-related projects and audits in accordance with internal policies.
• The incumbent will prepare and review journal entries, reports, and financial presentations by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing contract information to support external reporting requirements and local management reporting needs.

Responsibilities

• Analyze the financial aspects of the Company’s leases, related assets and liabilities, and ensure proper recording of straight-line adjustments in the general ledger.
• Prepare and review journal entries, reports, and financial presentations for internal and external reporting needs.
• Lead contract-related projects and audits in accordance with internal policies and GAAP guidance.
• Summarize high volumes of lease data into value-added analyses and financial close deliverables.

Job description

The Team

We are seeking a Lead Senior Accountant to join the Lease Finance team within American Tower’s Global Business Solutions organization. Lease Finance performs, analyzes, and reports on complex transactions for internal customers in our global markets. Day to day you will analyze the financial aspects of the Company’s leases and its related assets, liabilities, and proper recording of straight-line adjustments in the general ledger. The Lead Senior Accountant will obtain appropriate supporting documentation, partner cross-functionally, and lead contract-related projects and audits in accordance with internal policies and relevant GAAP guidance. The incumbent will analyze requests to change terms of existing contracts and support internal customers with post-revision financial information in accordance with internal guidelines. The Lead Senior Accountant must be able to understand and interpret high volumes of lease data and summarize those into a value-added analyses and financial close deliverables. Additionally, the incumbent will prepare and review journal entries, reports, and financial presentations by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing contract information to support external reporting requirements and local management requirements and reporting needs.