Lease Accountant
Robert Half is seeking a contract to permanent lease accountant for a fully remote position at a growing organization! The lease staff accountant handles tasks ranging from preparing lease accounting journal entries, managing general accounting tasks, cash flow reporting and more!
Responsibilities :
- Manage accounting components of the lease portfolio, such as extensions, amendments, or terminations, through CoStar.
- Ensure that lease transactions are recorded accurately, consistently and within company policy.
- Prepare lease amortization schedules with accuracy and completeness.
- Prepare key period-end lease reconciliations, including the reconciliation of the lease GL accounts to CoStar and NetSuite as well as clearing accounts.
- Prepare lease accounting journal entries.
- Provide balance sheet account movements to support cash flow reporting.
- Analytically review and understand monthly lease expense, working with the Financial Planning & Analysis team to assess actuals against budget.
- Provide fluctuation explanation for GL accounts with high month-over-month or quarter-over-quarter variances.
- Assist SEC Reporting / Technical Accounting team in preparing quarterly and annual lease footnote disclosures in Form 10-Q / 10-K.
- Maintain documentation for lease process to ensure compliance with Sarbanes Oxley 404 requirements and evaluate current processes for improvement. Ensure compliance with the company's internal controls over financial reporting.
Requirements :
Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, economics or a similar field of study.2+ years accounting experience, preferably in a progressive, high growth, and results-oriented environment.1+ years lease accounting experience preferred.Experience with lease accounting applications (CoStar strongly preferred) and ERP systems experience (Oracle NetSuite proficiency a plus) preferred.Knowledge of ASC 842 and SOX compliance.Strong MS Excel skills.