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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.

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