
Accountant Staff
American Tower
The Role
Overview
Staff Accountant handles monthly close, reporting, GAAP compliance for US tower ops.
Key Responsibilities
- balance reconciliation
- financial close
- sec reporting
- profit analysis
- sox controls
- lease accounting
Tasks
-Performing balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring transactions are reported properly to support REIT and securitization reporting; -Provide business support for various internal teams. -Provide support for accounting for basic new business initiatives from GAAP prospective. -Perform monthly operations reporting, including providing support for SEC reporting. -Perform monthly financial close activities for the U.S. market with over $3 billion in annual revenue, which includes: -Perform ad hoc financial and accounting analyses. -Supporting internal control documentation, checklists, and audits to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; and -Accounting for transactions, including complex lease arrangements, business acquisitions, and other matters, in accordance with GAAP. -Performing analyses of profit and loss accounts for U.S. operations;
Requirements
- accounting
- finance
- gaap
- degree
- communication
- organization
What You Bring
-Accounting or finance experience -Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to present ideas and suggestions clearly and effectively. -Approximately 5% travel may be required to support the position’s responsibilities. -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. -Accounting or Finance Degree -Strong understanding of GAAP and the ability with little or no supervision to make independent judgments while applying GAAP to standard business transactions.
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The Company
About American Tower
-As a REIT, it leases space on towers and rooftops to carriers, broadcasters, government agencies and broadband providers. -It pioneered a neutral-host colocation model, enabling multiple tenants per tower to reduce costs and accelerate 5G rollouts. -Typical projects range from rural tower builds to urban DAS installations and turnkey data-center deployments. -Known for blending traditional tower leasing with cutting-edge edge computing and interconnectivity solutions.
Sector Specialisms
Wireless Communications
Broadcast Towers
Rooftops
Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS)
Wi-Fi Networks
Private Networks
Data Centers
New Tower Development
Backup Power
Site Identification
Land Rights Acquisition
Permitting Management
Structural Analysis
Safety Compliance
