Senior Accountant Lead

American Tower; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

American Tower is seeking a Lead Senior Accountant to join the Lease Finance team within its Global Business Solutions organization. You will analyze the financial aspects of leases, assets, liabilities, and related GAAP-wide journal entries for internal customers across global markets.

You will partner cross-functionally, lead contract-related projects and audits, and prepare financial presentations for internal and external reporting needs, ensuring accurate close processes and documentation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of accounting experience in lease finance.
• Strong GAAP knowledge and financial reporting.
• Experience with journal entries and close processes.

Responsibilities

• Analyze financial aspects of leases and related assets.
• Prepare and review journal entries and financial reports.
• Lead contract-related projects and audits per policies.

Skills

Lease accounting

GAAP knowledge

Financial analysis

Journal entries

Cross-functional collaboration

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.