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Senior Accountant - Lease Accounting and Fixed Assets

United States, Oak Brook · Job Posted March 01, 2026
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As the Senior Accountant, Lease Accountant & Fixed Assets you will serve as a key leader within the accounting function, ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and compliance of financial reporting related to capital investments, fixed assets, and lease portfolios. This role goes beyond traditional accounting execution—you will drive process excellence, modernize systems, and partner cross-functionally to ensure operational initiatives are translated seamlessly into accurate financial results. You will apply U.S. GAAP guidance, including ASC 360 (Property, Plant & Equipment), ASC 350 (Intangibles), ASC 842 (Leases), and related capitalization standards, to support a dynamic and evolving business environment.

Job Responsibility

  • Serve as a key leader within the accounting function, ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and compliance of financial reporting related to capital investments, fixed assets, and lease portfolios
  • Drive process excellence, modernize systems, and partner cross-functionally to ensure operational initiatives are translated seamlessly into accurate financial results

Requirements

  • Lead all fixed asset and lease accounting activities in accordance with U.S. GAAP (ASC 360, ASC 350, ASC 842)
  • Oversee capital project tracking, cost accumulation, capitalization, depreciation, impairments, disposals, and right-of-use (ROU) asset accounting
  • Apply GAAP guidance to evaluate and distinguish capitalizable vs. expensed costs (including ASC 720/730 and ASC 340-40, as applicable)
  • Review lease contracts and ensure accurate ROU asset and lease liability calculations, modifications, and financial statement disclosures under ASC 842
  • Own the month-end close process for capital projects, fixed assets, and leases, ensuring timely journal entries, reconciliations, and financial reporting
  • Prepare and maintain detailed, audit-ready schedules and documentation supporting financial statement balances and disclosures
  • Ensure compliance with SOX controls and internal accounting policies
  • Collaborate closely with operations, finance, IT, and project teams to ensure contract terms, project milestones, and cost data are accurately captured in accounting systems
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to business partners on capitalization guidance and lease accounting implications
  • Identify and implement automation and process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and scalability within asset and lease accounting
  • Support the modernization of accounting systems and workflows (including Oracle Fusion and CoStar)
  • Contribute to the development and enhancement of accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls

Nice to have

  • great business acumen
  • strong communication / presentation skills

What we offer

  • insurance
  • 401K
  • holidays
  • paid vacation
  • medical
  • vision
  • dental
  • life and disability insurance
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