American Tower
Overview
Accountant Staff role at American Tower. We are seeking a Staff Accountant to join American Tower’s U.S. Accounting team. The U.S. Accounting team properly records and reports the Company’s U.S. Tower division’s revenue and direct expenses for both the tower and managed networks businesses. The accounting team also supports operational teams by providing reporting over areas they are responsible for (including fixed assets, repairs and maintenance, and utilities), while ensuring adherence to GAAP and internal accounting policies. Day to day you will assist with monthly financial close activities, including journal entry preparation, account analysis, and balance sheet reconciliation, and prepare reports through analysis of basic operating statistics and/or financial data.
Responsibilities
Perform monthly financial close activities for the U.S. market with over $3 billion in annual revenue, including analyses of profit and loss accounts for U.S. operations.
Perform balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring transactions are reported properly to support REIT and securitization reporting.
Support internal control documentation, checklists, and audits to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Account for transactions, including complex lease arrangements, business acquisitions, and other matters, in accordance with GAAP.
Perform monthly operations reporting, including providing support for SEC reporting.
Provide support for accounting for basic new business initiatives from GAAP perspective.
Provide business support for various internal teams.
Perform ad hoc financial and accounting analyses.
Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Accounting or Finance degree
CPA
Accounting or finance experience
Approximately 5% travel may be required
Strong understanding of GAAP with the ability to make independent judgments
Strong written and oral communication skills
Ability to work with different functional groups
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
About Us American Tower is a global digital infrastructure company serving customers through tower sites and other real estate solutions that support connectivity and opportunity, focused on Building a More Connected World. We are one of the largest global Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and a publicly traded (NYSE:AMT) Fortune 500 Company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. For more information visit americantower.com.
American Tower is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any 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 status, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.
Job-related information
Seniority level: Entry level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Accounting/Auditing and Finance
Industries: Telecommunications
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Accountant Staff role at American Tower. We are seeking a Staff Accountant to join American Tower’s U.S. Accounting team. The U.S. Accounting team properly records and reports the Company’s U.S. Tower division’s revenue and direct expenses for both the tower and managed networks businesses. The accounting team also supports operational teams by providing reporting over areas they are responsible for (including fixed assets, repairs and maintenance, and utilities), while ensuring adherence to GAAP and internal accounting policies. Day to day you will assist with monthly financial close activities, including journal entry preparation, account analysis, and balance sheet reconciliation, and prepare reports through analysis of basic operating statistics and/or financial data.
Responsibilities
Perform monthly financial close activities for the U.S. market with over $3 billion in annual revenue, including analyses of profit and loss accounts for U.S. operations.
Perform balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring transactions are reported properly to support REIT and securitization reporting.
Support internal control documentation, checklists, and audits to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Account for transactions, including complex lease arrangements, business acquisitions, and other matters, in accordance with GAAP.
Perform monthly operations reporting, including providing support for SEC reporting.
Provide support for accounting for basic new business initiatives from GAAP perspective.
Provide business support for various internal teams.
Perform ad hoc financial and accounting analyses.
Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Accounting or Finance degree
CPA
Accounting or finance experience
Approximately 5% travel may be required
Strong understanding of GAAP with the ability to make independent judgments
Strong written and oral communication skills
Ability to work with different functional groups
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
About Us American Tower is a global digital infrastructure company serving customers through tower sites and other real estate solutions that support connectivity and opportunity, focused on Building a More Connected World. We are one of the largest global Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and a publicly traded (NYSE:AMT) Fortune 500 Company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. For more information visit americantower.com.
American Tower is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any 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 status, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.
Job-related information
Seniority level: Entry level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Accounting/Auditing and Finance
Industries: Telecommunications
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