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Global Fixed Asset & Lease Accounting Manager 

Location: Corporate Headquarters (Alpharetta, GA) 

Type: Hybrid 

Reports To: Global Controller 

Role Overview: 

The Global Fixed Asset & Lease Accounting Manager is a critical controllership role, responsible for the global accounting, reporting, and control framework governing fixed assets, capital projects, and leases. This role ensures compliance with US GAAP, SEC reporting requirements, SOX controls, and internal governance standards, while maintaining accurate and timely accounting across 4 ERP Systems. 

In addition to owning the full life cycle of capital assets and lease accounting, this position provides decision-support analytics for capital investments, lease-versus-buy evaluations, and ROI modeling, partnering closely with Operations, FP&A, Tax, Legal, and Internal Audit. 

KEY RESPONISIBILITES: 

Fixed Asset & Capital Project Accounting 

• Own the end-to-end accounting lifecycle of fixed assets in accordance with US GAAP and company policy, including capital project setup, cost accumulation, CIP accounting, capitalization, depreciation, impairments, transfers, and disposals. 
• Ensure capitalization decisions are properly documented, consistently applied, and supported by technical accounting conclusions 
• Partner with Engineering, Operations, and Project Management to validate capital project eligibility, determine capitalization timing, preparing ROI calculations, asset components, and useful lives, and budget vs actual spend information is communicated with variances understood 
• Oversee physical asset inventories, reconciliation to subledger, and investigation of variances
• Prepare asset-related accounting memos for complex or judgmental matters

Lease Accounting & Reporting Compliance 

• Manage global lease accounting under ASC842 (and IFRS 16 where applicable), ensuring accurate identification and classification of leases, proper recognition of ROU assets and lease liabilities, timely processing of modifications, remeasurements, impairments, and terminations

SAP S/4 HANA Ownership & Data Integrity 

• Act as the global SAP S/4 HANA Subject Matter Expert for Fixed Assets (FI-AA), Capital Projects / CIP (PS), lease accounting integrations. Ensure accurate asset master data governance, appropriate depreciation areas for book, tax, and statutory reporting
• Lead systems implementation and enhancements 
• Ensure lease data integrity across SAP S/4 HANA, JDE, IFS, BC and any third-party lease platforms 

SOX, Internal Controls, & Audit Readiness 

• Design, document, and maintain SOX-compliant internal controls over capitalization, depreciation, disposals, lease recognition and measurement 
• Serve as the primary point of contact for internal and external audit as it relates to fixed assets and lease accounting 
• Prepare account reconciliations, audit schedules, walkthrough documentation, and evidence supporting asset existence, valuation, completeness, and disclosure accuracy 
• Proactively identify control gaps and drive remediation plans 

Financial Reporting & Close Support: 

• Support Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual close processes and reporting, including fixed asset and lease journal entries, reconciliations between subledgers and the general ledger, flux and variance analyses
• Establish KPIS and dashboards providing timely information on capital efficiency, asset utilization, and lease portfolio optimization 

Global Tax & Statutory Coordination: 

• Coordinate with Tax and regional teams to address book-to-tax depreciation differences, deferred tax impacts, local statutory asset and lease reporting requirements 

Decision Support, ROI & Capital Governance 

• Provide financial analysis for leave-vs-buy decisions, capital investment approvals, asset replacement strategies, develop ROI, NPV, IRR, and total cost of ownership models
• Support Capital governance committees with analytical insights and compliance considerations 

Leadership & Governance: 

• Lead and develop fixed asset and lease accounting personnel

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Bachelors Degree in Accounting or Finance
• CPA is Required 
• 8+ Years of processive accounting experience; including fixed asset and capital project accounting, and lease accounting 
• Hands-on Experience with SAP S/4 HANA (FI-AA required; PS strongly preferred) 
• Overall Familiarity with other ERP Systems (JDE, etc) 
• Direct Experience with lease accounting systems 
• Deep knowledge of US GAAP, ASC 842, and SEC reporting requirements 
• Demonstrated SOX experience 
• Previous work with a multinational public company 
• Exposure to IFRS and statutory reporting 
• Prior involvement in ERP implementations or S/4 Conversions
• Background in asset-intensive industries (manufacturing, infrastructure, energy, or Tech) 
• Financial Modeling and analytical expertise 
• Executive-level communication and effective cross functional influence