Accountant

Description

Fully Remote - Must be in ET

Likely to convert to FT

Must have lease accounting experience

Preference for knowledge of OneStream, Oracle and CoStar a plus

Summary

• The accountant will gather, review and input real estate and equipment lease data into our lease accounting and management software application, as well as extract data from the system used to perform month-end journal entry processing, balance sheet reconciliations and other reviews of financial data.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with regional finance teams globally to obtain real estate and equipment lease contracts and supporting documents
• Critically review lease contracts to identify provisions with accounting impact
• Analyze lease contracts and cross reference to supporting documentation for consistency and accuracy of documentation
• Work with regional finance teams to timely and proactively resolve data integrity issues
• Enter new real estate and equipment leases and process updates for existing leases in the lease accounting and management software (CoStar)
• Prepare and analyze monthly lease validation and accounting reconciliation reports for distribution to regional finance teams
• Maintain and create new Excel macros used to generate monthly journal entries and standard reports
• Review data submissions from regional finance teams for completeness and accuracy and process updates in CoStar
• Generate and review monthly lease accounting entries for distribution to local accounting teams
• Assist in the preparation of quarterly/annual lease disclosure reports
• Assist in investigating and resolving lease accounting and reporting issues
• Maintain a monthly dashboard to monitor the status of regional/local team responses to various requests
• Prepare ad hoc reports as needed to support routine reviews, accounting and financial reporting needs
• Work with the CoStar customer service team to resolve system issues as needed
• Assist with creating and maintaining procedural documentation and training materials
• Apply continuous improvement mindset and recommend process improvements
• Perform special projects and analyses as assigned by the Controller, Corporate and Director of Technical Accounting and Reporting

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in accounting or business-related field
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), lease accounting standards and internal control requirements
• Microsoft Office (Excel, Word & PowerPoint), in particular strong skills in Excel with macros.
• Knowledge of OneStream, Oracle and CoStar a plus