Fixed Asset Accountant L3

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The Fixed Asset Accountant L3 is a lead member of our corporate accounting team. This role is responsible for leading the accounting, reporting, and analysis of fixed assets across our regional operations and connecting with global processing of similar NTT data center activity to ensure continuity and efficiencies with the accounting treatment, monthly close and reporting processes. This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the financial success of a growth company while leveraging your expertise in fixed asset accounting and financial reporting within a dynamic and fast-paced environment. The successful candidate will have tenured experience in fixed asset accounting in accordance with GAAP and IFRS, recent contribution to developing and enhancing system and process controls, and assistance with outside audit preparation.

What you'll be doing

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Strong leadership in the month-end close process, including complex multi-entity transactions, journal entries, account reconciliations, and sub-ledger processing while applying GAAP and IFRS accounting to effectively report accurate Fixed Asset and related GL balances

• A lead role in special projects such as asset transfers between companies or into other investment portfolios, tax depreciation reconciliation, and annual impairment testing

• Conducts analysis and reviews depreciation schedules with a focus on month-over-month, budget-to-actual, and forecast variances.  Any issues will require a root cause analysis and conclusion.

• Conduct ad-hoc financial analysis and reporting as requested by management, providing insights into fixed asset trends, performance metrics, and investment opportunities

• Researches and reconciles complex multi-departmental journal entries that affect capital assets, including proper company code, GL account, department, location, and project cost coding with appropriate supporting documentation

• Continuously reviews documents and releases certain project costs to match related revenue cycle accounting for the same site in partnership with related financial forecasting and construction cost-tracking

• Manages ERP accounting system sub-ledgers to ensure proper flow from sub-ledger to general ledger and problem-solves any discrepancies within the system, process, or multiple-entity reconciliations on a timely basis

• Creates and provide reporting to department and global management on the significant transactions during the period

• Assist with the maintenance of effective internal controls over fixed asset accounting processes, ensuring compliance with SOX requirements, and facilitating audit requests

• Continual reconciliation with the data center construction group on current and future activity to ensure all source information is detail-reviewed for proper accounting treatment, including accruals of construction spend and allocations of cost at the project and site level

• Extracts data from financial reports to conduct financial and statistical analysis and identifies financial discrepancies and recommends appropriate solutions.

• Conducts analysis of Month-End financials to ensure accuracy of the company, GL account and location

• Leads the team in preparation of preliminary flux review of financials before month-end close

• Actively participates in accounting system UAT-user acceptance testing, automation, and migration of all fixed-asset related processes and balances

• Communicates with other departments in the education and enforcement of accounting policies and/or procedures and well as providing information and support to other departments as necessary.

• Leads and performs special accounting projects as assigned

• Performs other duties as assigned

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Excellent understanding and working knowledge of GAAP and best-in-class asset-related accounting practices

• Exposure to IFRS accounting guidelines, including IFRS 16

• Multi-entity/location experience is required

• Excellent organizational skills

• Strong communication skills

• Proficient with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project)

• Large accounting system experience preferr