Global Fixed Asset & Lease Accounting Manager

Global Fixed Asset & Lease Accounting Manager – Hybrid – Alpharetta, GA

Accountants One is partnering with one of our longest-standing client relationships to help them hire multiple people as part of a major expansion. We have partnered with them on a dozen placements and enjoy working with this fantastic organization. Due to a recent acquisition, they are now a global company approaching $3 Billion in annual revenue. Backed by private equity, they continue to grow through acquisition and organic expansion.

They are hiring a Global Fixed Asset & Lease Accounting Manager. This 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.

This position also 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.

Responsibilities

• 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, prepare return on investment calculations, asset components, and useful lives, and ensure that 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
• Manage global lease accounting under ASC 842 (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
• Act as the global SAP S/4HANA subject matter expert for Fixed Assets (FI‑AA), Capital Projects / CIP (PS), and Lease accounting integrations. Ensure accurate asset master data governance, appropriate depreciation areas for book, tax, and statutory reporting
• Lead system implementation and enhancements
• Ensure lease data integrity across SAP S/4HANA, JDE, IFS, BC, and any third‑party lease platforms
• 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

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance, CPA required.
• 8 years of progressive accounting experience, including fixed asset and capital project accounting, and lease accounting
• Hands‑on experience with SAP S/4HANA (FI‑AA required; PS preferred)
• Familiarity with other ERP systems
• Experience with lease accounting systems
• Deep knowledge of US GAAP, ASC 842, and SEC reporting requirements
• Demonstrated SOX experience
• Experience in 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, technology)
• Financial modeling and analytical expertise
• Executive‑level communication and cross‑functional influence