Senior Accountant -Lease accounting

Job Description

What You Can Offer Us Perform monthly financial close activities, which include performing balance sheet reconciliations, booking journal entries and maintaining internal control documentation. Prepare reports and financial presentations by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing contract information. Review key business terms of various contracts to support internal customers needs. Review and interpret leases to identify financial clauses that help assess and manage the Companys financials, including various contract terms such as term, termination rights and billing amount. Analyze requests to change terms of existing contracts; support internal customers with post-revision financial information. Clarify and resolve contract interpretation and pricing questions with internal teams. Coordinate on contract terms and provisions with other departments. Perform complex contract research for management team. Prepare reports and financial presentations by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing contract information. Perform audits on loaded contracts to ensure that financial terms were processed correctly; communicate audit findings to various business partners. Provide data and calculations to support internal and external audit requests. Lead cross-organizational projects impacting land and tenant lease data; effectively communicate processes and collaborate on best practices. Identify, and review with peers, situations when accounting guidelines present multiple interpretations for a particular lease and escalate to Manager for resolution as necessary; offer ideas for resolution to correct exceptions and prevent recurrence of issues going forward. Stay informed about current Company practices and guidelines, including lease accounting guidance, master lease governance, and commencement date determination, to administer lease documents appropriately in the Oracle system. Train new employees on processes and procedures; update training manual to reflect current procedures. Develop relationships with the Lease Abstraction, Lease Administration, Land Management, Legal, Landlord Relations, and Finance departments to implement and/or support process improvement and develop best practices. Other duties as assigned. What You Need to Succeed CA/CMA/CPA required. Minimum 5 years’ experience in billing, contract management, or finance required. Oracle experience strongly preferred. Proficiency in French strongly preferred. Ability to read and interpret complex contracts with multiple amendments and ensure the accounting complies with the Master Lease agreements and in accordance with Lease Accounting guidance. Excellent attention to detail and strong system and analytical skills; able to understand complex processes. Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office suite. Self-motivated; able to work independently to complete tasks and respond to department requests and collaborate with others to utilize their resources and knowledge to identify high quality solutions. Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to present ideas and suggestions clearly and effectively. Ability to work with different functional groups and levels of employees to effectively and professionally achieve results. Strong organizational skills; ability to accomplish multiple tasks within the agreed upon timeframes through effective prioritization of duties and functions in a fast-paced environment. Approximately 5% travel may be required in support of the position’s responsibilities. Interested candidates please send updated resume to R.Dinesh@in.ey.com