Sr. Accountant
Company Description
Zayo provides mission-critical bandwidth to the world’s most impactful companies, fueling the innovations that are transforming our society. Zayo’s 133,000-mile network in North America and Europe includes extensive metro connectivity to thousands of buildings and data centers. Zayo’s communications infrastructure solutions include dark fiber, private data networks, wavelengths, Ethernet, and dedicated Internet access. Zayo serves wireless and wireline carriers, media, tech, content, finance, healthcare and other large enterprises.
Position Description
As a Sr Accountant, you will be responsible for examining financial statements and ensure that they comply with US GAAP. Maintain lease schedules, reconciliation of operating and capital lease balance sheet accounts including deferred and straight line rents. Prepare lease support for financial audits. Manage Month End close – Heavy GL, Journal Entry Preparation and Entry, including necessary accruals. You will be responsible for variance analysis, intercompany processes, reporting monthly results to management and working with AP/AR functions to ensure accuracy. You will assess financial operations and make best-practices recommendations to management and suggest ways to reduce costs, increase revenue and maximize profits.
Responsibilities
- Manage Month End close – Heavy GL, Journal Entry Preparation and Entry, including necessary accruals.
- Balance sheet reconciliations and analytics.
- Variance analysis, reporting monthly results to management and working with AP/AR function to ensure accuracy.
- Partner with FP&A to assess financial operations and make best-practices recommendations to management, suggest ways to reduce costs, increase revenue and maximize profits.
- Partner with FP&A for both internal and external reporting.
- Support Accounting manager and controller on projects, process improvements and workflow documentations.
- A team-player with a positive attitude and ability to work with tight deadlines.
- A self-motivator with a focus on continuous process improvement and developing efficient ways to support the business.
- Other ad hoc projects as necessary.
Qualifications
- BS in Accounting or Business Administration.
- Strong knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
- Experience working with Oracle, sales force a plus.
- Experience in the telecommunications industry a plus.
- Must possess excellent analytical and communication skills.
- A self-motivator taking the initiative to look into details and propose efficient ways to improve the financials.
- International Experience preferred
- 5+ years of Accounting Experience
Rewards
Competitive compensation
Base salary range: $68,696-$74,856
Full-time Zayo employees are also eligible for discretionary quarterly short-term and long-term incentive cash bonuses which are based on the performance of the Company, an employee’s business segment, and the individual employee
Excellent benefits including health, dental, vision, 401 (k), disability and life insurance
Fitness membership discounts
Generous paid time off policy including paid parental leave
Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time