Lease Staff Accountant

Company:Driven Brands

We invite you to join us at Driven Brands!

Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, Driven Brands (NASDAQ: DRVN) is the largest automotive services company in North America, providing a range of consumer and commercial automotive needs, including paint, collision, glass, vehicle repair, oil change, maintenance and car wash.

With over 4,500 centers in 15 countries, Driven Brands is the parent company of some of North America’s leading automotive service brands including Take 5 Oil Change, Take 5 Car Wash, Driven Glass, Meineke, Maaco, CARSTAR, and more.  Our network services over 50 million vehicles annually and generates more than $5 billion in system-wide sales each year.

Our culture inspires high performance and innovation, enabling our employees to go further, faster in their careers. With amazing people and great brands, we confidently look forward to exciting growth ahead, and believe in following the values that support this vision.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Position Summary:

The main purpose of this role is to work within our lease accounting group to produce accurate and timely financial statements for internal and external use.  This will mainly include lease accounting duties in accordance with ASC 842 standards. There will also be opportunities to work on special projects as they arise.  We are looking for someone who will work with fairly minimal oversight and can work well with teams.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assists the Accounting team in producing accurate and timely financial statements
• Ensures the timely and accurate posting, balancing, and reconciliation of the general ledger for each entity in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
• Researches and analyzes fluctuations between current financial results compared to prior year, prior month, and budgeted amounts
• Lease analysis of newly executed contracts in lease accounting system

• Prepare period financial analysis and reconciliations particularly related to Lease accounting.

• Preparation of monthly journal entries to record transactions in appropriate accounting periods.  Ensure all transactions are properly recorded in a timely and accurate manner

• Assist with fiscal year-end financial reporting and audit requirements.
• Support and assist Manager and Senior Lease accountant on any special projects and reports
• Flexibility and openness to work on a variety of assignments and projects as they arise
• Ability to learn quickly; make an immediate impact, and provide value-added service
• Strong communication & interpersonal skills, displaying the ability to connect and build relationships with colleagues
• Team player with a strong desire to be an active, long-term participant in the growth of the brand
• Maintain confidentiality with regard to all information being proposed and developed
• Work with the accounting team to implement process and control improvements

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field
• 2+ years of experience with demonstrated increasing responsibilities
• CPA candidate preferred
• Experience working with SEC registrants is a plus
• In-depth understanding of GAAP and the ability to research and apply technical accounting issues to recording financial results
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Intermediate/Advanced understanding of the Microsoft Office suite of products, including Word, Excel,
• Ability to work and research/resolve issues independently while sharing best practices and knowledge with colleagues
• Ability to organize/manage multiple priorities and projects coupled with the flexibility to quickly adapt to ever changing business questions and needs
• Experience using Oracle and/or ProLease preferred

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