Accountant-Fixed Assets

About the role

The Fixed Asset Accountant oversees the financial reporting, tracking, and compliance of the company's fixed assets. This position is responsible for recording asset acquisitions, tracking Construction-in-Progress (CIP) accounts, executing depreciation schedules, and managing asset disposals. The role closely collaborates with project managers, procurement teams, and external auditors to ensure strict adherence to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). This is a hybrid position requiring on-site attendance a minimum of two days per week in Norcross, GA.

Responsibilities

• Process and record all fixed asset transactions, including acquisitions, transfers, impairments, and disposals.
• Review operational purchase orders and invoices to determine whether expenditure should be expensed or capitalized.
• Plan, execute, and reconcile periodic physical audits of plant equipment, vehicles, and facilities.
• Reconcile the fixed asset subsidiary ledger to the general ledger and prepare monthly roll-forward schedules.
• Prepare detailed fixed asset and depreciation schedules for internal and external auditors.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance with a minimum of 3 years of experience in accounting, financial reporting, or management.
• Manufacturing background is preferred.
• CPA or CMA certification is preferred.
• Accounting systems knowledge (SAP and JDE preferred).
• Advanced proficiency with MS Office Suite, especially Excel.
• Demonstrate effective communication (verbal, written) skills.
• Maintain discretion when working with confidential and proprietary information.
• Strict adherence to Company safety policies and procedures.
• Exhibit all aspects of Lightera “Standards of Conduct.”

Benefits

• Competitive salaries.
• Medical and dental coverage.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Matching 401(k) plan.

About Lightera

LIGHTERA has one of the longest and most respectable corporate lineages in American business, tracing back to Alexander Graham Bell and the invention of the telephone over a century ago. We have a proven track record of being first in the industry with application-specific fibers, optical connectors, ribbon cables, erbium-doped fibers, Raman fiber lasers, fiber gratings, and more.

Our mission is to provide leading optical innovations and solutions by designing, manufacturing, and supplying the best optical fibers, fiber cable, and components and devices for our customers, with exceptional service that creates value for our shareholders, customers, and employees. We continue shaping the future of communications by applying the best minds to the challenges our customers will face.

Lightera is a global leader in optical fiber and connectivity solutions, delivering innovative technologies that drive communication networks, data centers, and specialty photonics applications. Headquartered in Norcross, Georgia, U.S.A., Lightera operates with a global footprint, serving customers across telecommunications, enterprise, industrial, generative AI, data centers, 5G/6G, utilities, medical, aerospace, defense, and sensing markets. Lightera is part of Furukawa Electric Group, a multi-billion-dollar leader in optical communications.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States now and in the future. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.