Accounting Manager - Assets, Lease Accounting

ACCOUNTING MANAGER - FIXED ASSETS & LEASE ACCOUNTING

We have been engaged by a rapidly growing large, global company in a search for an Accounting Manager. The company offers a competitive compensation package, room for career growth, strong leadership, a great culture, and hybrid flexibility. This position will have outstanding visibility across the organizations - both functionally as well as with senior leadership.

This Accounting Manager role will own global fixed asset, capital project, and lease accounting for a highly asset-intensive organization. This role is responsible for governance, compliance, and decision support related to significant capital spend across multiple ERP environments, with strong visibility to senior finance leadership.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead global accounting for fixed assets and large scale capital projects, from project setup through capitalization and disposition, in compliance with US GAAP
• Partner cross functionally across the organization on capitalization decisions, CIP activity, useful lives, and ROI analysis
• Oversee global lease accounting under ASC 842 (and IFRS 16 where applicable), including ROU assets, liabilities, and lifecycle events
• Serve as the primary ERP subject matter expert for fixed assets, capital projects, and lease accounting; ensure data integrity across multiple ERPs
• Design and maintain SOX compliant controls; act as lead contact for internal and external audit
• Support monthly and quarterly close, reconciliations, variance analysis, and fixed asset and lease reporting
• Provide analytical support for capital approvals, lease vs buy decisions, and asset optimization initiatives
• Lead and develop a global fixed asset and lease accounting team

The right candidate for this Accounting Manager role will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA strongly preferred
• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including fixed assets and capital projects
• Demonstrated experience managing large capital spend portfolios (>$50M annually)
• Public company and SOX experience;
  Big 4 and/or large multinational company background
• Strong ERP experience;
• Lease accounting exposure under ASC 842 knowledge is preferred

Note - seeking Atlanta-based talent for this opportunity.