Senior Accountant at American Tower Corporation in Atlanta, Georgia

Job Description:

The Team

We are seeking a Senior Accountant to join American Tower’s Technical Transaction Group (TTG). TTG is responsible for performing, analyzing, and reporting on complex transactions for internal customers across the globe. Day to day you will focus on analyzing the financial aspects of the Company’s leases and its related assets, liabilities and properly recording the Company’s straight-line adjustments in the general ledger.

The Senior Accountant will obtain appropriate supporting documentation, partner cross-functionally and lead contract-related projects and audits in accordance with the company policies and relevant GAAP guidance. The incumbent will analyze requests to change terms of existing contracts and support internal customers with post-revision financial information in accordance with internal guidelines. The Senior Accountant will be able to understand and interpret high volumes of lease data and be able to summarize into a value-added analysis and financial close deliverables.  Additionally, the incumbent will prepare journal entries, reports, and financial presentations by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing contract information to support external reporting requirements as well as local management requirements and reporting needs.

Our Core Principles are the foundation of our culture, and we’re focused on achieving continued success by thinking long-term, leading with values, and creating value with decisions. Come grow your career with us!

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 Company’s 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

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required.


• Minimum 3 years’ experience in billing, contract management, or finance required.


• Oracle experience strongly preferred.


• Proficiency in German 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.
  

American Tower is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, color, creed, religion, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, marital status, familial status, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.