Manager, Accounting

About the 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 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.

Responsibilities

• Execute monthly accounting closes in accordance with the required time and quality standards.
• Ensure all journals and adjustments are supported by underlying analyses and that group, standalone, and statutory financials with respect to revenue comply with internal accounting policies.
• Partner with stakeholders to identify accounting issues arising from business transactions.
• Build effective partnerships with other accounting teams as well as other internal stakeholder teams to ensure alignment.
• Leverage systems tools to effectively improve reconciliations, processes, analyses, and reporting, as well as to identify process efficiencies within the designated areas of scope.
• Implement Company-approved accounting policies, procedures, and controls over financial reporting.
• Recruit and manage the performance and career development of Accountants, Senior Accountants, and Accounting Supervisors. Cultivate a collaborative team dynamic that enables us to meet our business objectives.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a finance close environment preferred.
• CPA and/or MBA preferred.
• Approximately 15% travel may be required to support the position's responsibilities.
• Strong organization, planning, and project management skills; ability to prioritize tasks for self and team to meet requirements and deadlines.
• Ability to work with different functional groups and levels of employees to effectively and professionally achieve results.
• Strong leadership skills; ability to drive and motivate team to achieve results.

About American Tower

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 achieving our vision of Building a More Connected World. Our success is rooted in the potential of our people and the power of local teams at our offices and sites across 25 countries. 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. The next decade will be an exciting time as we evolve our infrastructure to meet tomorrow's needs and position our people to elevate their impact, their potential, and our shared success.