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About the Role

We are seeking a Fixed Asset Accountant to join our Accounting team. This role involves overseeing financial accounting and reporting for fixed assets and leasing, analyzing accounting literature, and collaborating with internal teams to enhance processes and strategic decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end global financial accounting and reporting for fixed asset costs, ensuring accurate capitalization, classification, and useful life determinations.
• Partner with the Accounting Policy team to assess infrastructure expenditures for proper classification as capital expenditures or capital leases under ASC 842, ensuring compliance with financial reporting requirements.
• Manage global accounting for fixed assets, including depreciation schedules, impairment assessments under ASC 360, and asset lifecycle tracking.
• Ensure timely month-end and quarter-end accounting for all related transactions.
• Drive improvements in data quality by working with stakeholders to solve problems with big data and complex cost allocation methodologies.
• Partner closely with Financial Reporting and Procurement teams to drive analysis and build financial models that inform decisions around capacity planning, efficiency initiatives, and cost optimization.
• Assist in the development of scalable processes and automated solutions to support rapid growth while maintaining strong controls and data integrity.
• Collaborate with Procurement and other infrastructure teams to understand technical requirements and translate them into financial implications.
• Develop scalable operational processes to execute complex accounting classifications efficiently.
• Analyze large cost datasets to identify trends, variances, and opportunities for process improvement.
• Serve as a liaison with external auditors for compute, infrastructure costs, and related capital assets.
• Assist in the preparation of financial reports, supporting schedules, and management presentations related to infrastructure investments.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in accounting.
• Operational experience in technology companies.
• Experience in fixed asset management.
• Extensive experience with fixed asset accounting, including depreciation methodologies and lease accounting under ASC 842.
• Expertise in analyzing and solving problems with big data, including large compute cost datasets.
• Strong organizational and analytical abilities.
• Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Strong communication and people skills; able to collaborate across a wide range of teams with varying disciplines.
• Proficiency in financial systems, data visualization tools, and database querying technologies.
• Comfortable handling ambiguity and working in complex technical environments.
• Able to translate technical concepts into financial implications and accounting requirements.
• Intellectually curious and passionate about continuous learning, process improvement, and solving complex accounting challenges with innovative solutions.

Skills

• Fixed asset accounting
• Lease accounting under ASC 842
• Depreciation methodologies
• Big data analysis
• Financial systems
• Data visualization tools
• Database querying technologies
• Process improvement
• Accounting policy assessment
• Financial reporting
• Cost allocation
• Capacity planning
• Efficiency initiatives
• Cost optimization
• Scalable process development
• Automated solutions
• Internal controls
• Data integrity
• Technical requirement translation
• Operational process development
• Trend analysis
• Variance analysis
• External audit liaison

Experience Level

• 10+ years of progressive experience in accounting

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance