The Senior Lease Accounting role supports the company’s technical and operational lease functions to ensure complete and accurate financial close, internal, and external reporting, and the end-to-end lease cycle.
This position will ensure that the lease accounting policy (in accordance with ASC 842) is executed and documented, along with appropriate governance, controls, and segregation of duties. This role is highly collaborative and highly visible given lease accounting risk to the financial statements and important stakeholders (lease admin/legal, accounts payable, financial reporting, corporate accounting, FP&A, Treasury, Tax, etc.).
Additionally, this role will partner with other functional teams, creating efficiency, automation, and standardization over the end-to-end process.
This role will be required to be onsite at the Atlanta Support Center at least 80%.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support end-to-end lease accounting process by maintaining proper accounting of all activity in accordance with GAAP and in compliance with internal and external audits.
• Liaise with other departments within the organization to ensure lease transactions are properly accounted.
• Perform analysis of legal documents, research technical literature, develop and document accounting treatment of complex transactions and determine lease classification in accordance with GAAP.
• Complete month-end close processes including subledger work in CoStar, general ledger entries, and internal and external financial reporting deliverables, including roll forwards, footnotes, and controls.
• Prepare and/or review month-end journal entries, reconciliations, and analysis of assigned accounts. Provide detailed analysis to support FP&A, management, and the business.
• Train team members, including staff and seniors, and supervise their month-end and quarter-end closing procedures for the general ledger.
• Perform ad-hoc projects to support team and company decisions.

EXPERIENCE AND EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS

• 4-year degree in Accounting
• Certified Public Accountant preferred
• 3-5 years of total experience
• Public accounting experience (Big 4 or large multinational firm accounting experience preferred)
• Prior experience with general ledger accounting systems; Oracle Cloud preferred
• ASC 842, Lease Accounting, experience preferred
• ASC 805, Business Combinations, experience preferred

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, OR ABILITIES

• Flexible, “hands-on”, self-starter with strong initiative and work ethic
• Business-minded, analytical accountant who can work through complex technical accounting issues while balancing and managing details as needed
• Demonstrates ability to interpret complex accounting literature and provides written documentation of accounting positions
• Ability to work in a dynamic, fast paced, fast growing company Ability to develop effective workplans and meet assigned deadlines
• Team player who works with appropriate sense of urgency and ownership to meet deadlines and make progress on multiple brands, projects, and workstreams simultaneously.
• Excellent communication skills and a customer service
• Proficient in Excel (e.g. pivot tables, X-lookups, etc.) and Word
• Oracle knowledge is a plus

Inspire Brands is a multi-brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes nearly 32,000 Arby’s, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, Jimmy John’s and SONIC Drive-In restaurants worldwide.

We’re made up of some of the world’s most iconic restaurant brands, but we’re much more than just a restaurant company. We’re a team of hundreds of thousands who individually and collectively are changing the way people eat, drink and gather around the table. We know that food is much more than a staple—it’s an experience. At Inspire, that’s our purpose: to ignite and nourish flavorful experiences.