Senior Accountant _Lease Accounting

Job Description:

We are looking for a Senior Accountant Lease Accounting to join the Global Business Services team in Bengaluru. The role will be responsible for managing global lease accounting activities, month-end close, reconciliations, reporting, compliance, and lease accounting systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage monthly, quarterly and annual lease accounting close activities.
• Apply US GAAP and local GAAP accounting requirements for lease transactions.
• Handle ASC 842 / Lease Accounting activities.
• Prepare and review lease journal entries, reconciliations and variance analysis.
• Manage lease accounting schedules, disclosures, commitments and maturity analysis.
• Review lease agreements and ensure accurate lease data in the CoStar lease management system.
• Work with Technical Accounting, FP&A, Tax, P2P, Real Estate and Technology teams.
• Support SOX controls, statutory audits, US financial audits and SEC reporting.
• Identify and resolve accounting issues and reconciliation breaks.
• Support process improvements, automation and standardization initiatives.

Required Skills:

• 5+ years of relevant professional experience in Accounting / GL / Technical Accounting.
• Strong understanding of US GAAP.
• Hands-on experience in Lease Accounting / ASC 842 preferred.
• Experience with month-end close, reconciliations, journal entries and variance analysis.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA, CoStar, OneStream or BlackLine is preferred.
• Experience working with a US multinational / global accounting environment is preferred.
• Strong analytical, communication and stakeholder-management skills.