Senior Capital Assets & Lease Accounting Leader

Unifi Aviation, LLC; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Unifi is seeking a Capital Assets & Lease Senior Accountant/Manager to oversee the accounting, administration, and governance of the company’s long-term asset portfolio, including fixed assets, leases, right-of-use assets, and capitalized costs to obtain and fulfill contracts. This role serves as a liaison across departments to ensure transactions are complete, accurate, and in accordance with U.S.

GAAP and company policy, while supporting month-end close, audit readiness, internal controls, and

Qualifications

• Communication skills – Ability to convey ideas clearly, both verbally and in writing, especially under pressure.
• Teamwork / Collaboration – Working effectively with others toward shared goals, supporting colleagues, and resolving conflicts constructively.
• Problem-solving – Identifying issues, analyzing causes, and implementing practical solutions.
• Adaptability / Flexibility – Adjusting to changing priorities, environments, or challenges.
• Time management – Prioritizing tasks, meeting deadlines, and staying organized.
• Initiative – Taking proactive steps to address problems or improve processes.
• Creativity – Generating innovative ideas and solutions.
• Professional manner – Responding to requests, needs, and questions with patience, professionalism, and empathy.

Responsibilities

• Manage the fixed asset lifecycle from acquisition and in-service placement through transfer, retirement, sale, impairment, or disposal.
• Record asset additions, transfers, retirements, impairments, and disposals in the fixed asset subledger.
• Prepare and review depreciation calculations, including useful lives, residual values, in-service dates, and depreciation methods.
• Analyze CIP and fixed asset clearing accounts and resolve items requiring capitalization, reclassification, or write-off.
• Review directly attributable costs, including transportation, installation, taxes, and related charges, for proper capitalization.
• Maintain accurate asset master data, including asset class, location, contract code, serial number, assignment, and operational status.
• Reconcile the fixed asset subledger to the general ledger and operational asset tracking systems, including GSE records.
• Develop and maintain a control program to ensure Fixed Assets exist and are captured in the tracking system at the correct location.
• Maintain the lease accounting system and supporting lease documentation repository.
• Review new agreements, renewals, amendments, terminations, and other contract changes for accounting implications under ASC 842.
• Coordinate with Legal, Real Estate, Procurement, Operations, and other stakeholders to support completeness of the lease population and identification of embedded leases.
• Record lease additions, modifications, reassessments, remeasurements, impairments, and terminations.
• Prepare and review monthly lease journal entries for lease expense, right-of-use assets, lease liabilities, interest, amortization, and clearing accounts.
• Reconcile the lease subledger to the general ledger and investigate activity recorded outside the lease system.
• Monitor and analyze costs to obtain and fulfill contracts (“start-up”) and mobilization costs associated with new customer contracts, station openings, expansions, and operational launches.
• Evaluate costs under the Company’s start-up cost policy and applicable accounting guidance to determine whether amounts should be capitalized or expensed.
• Prepare and maintain detailed schedules supporting capitalized balances, additions, reclasses, amortization, and remaining unamortized amounts by contract.
• Prepare start-up cost reclassification and amortization journal entries and reconcile related balance sheet accounts.
• Monitor contract status, expected term, and operational developments that may affect amortization periods or recoverability.
• Maintain a clear audit trail supporting capitalization conclusions, amortization periods, recoverability assessments, and management approvals.
• Manage the accounting of each asset through its lifecycle from acquisition through amortization, retirement, sale, or impairment.
• Record and reconcile asset additions, amortization, retirements, and impairments in the general ledger.
• Prepare and review amortization calculations, including analysis on useful lives and triggering events for impairments
• Perform valuation analyses (annual or as needed) for intangible assets in accordance with Company policy and U.S. GAAP.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Problem-solving

Adaptability

Time management

Initiative

Creativity

Professional demeanor

Job description

Unifi is seeking a Capital Assets & Lease Senior Accountant/Manager to oversee the accounting, administration, and governance of the company’s long-term asset portfolio, including fixed assets, leases, right-of-use assets, and capitalized costs to obtain and fulfill contracts. This role serves as a liaison across departments to ensure transactions are complete, accurate, and in accordance with U.S.

GAAP and company policy, while supporting month-end close, audit readiness, internal controls, and