Senior Accountant - Lease Accounting

Company Overview

Why Choose Us?

Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including foodservice, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin, paper, molded fiber, aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories, 250 brands and over 39,000 SKUs.

Our Sustainability Commitment

The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products, our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability, helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for leased asset accounting, analysis, and reporting ensuring transactions are accurate, appropriately booked, and reconciled.
• Manage month end close process including preparation of lease journals, reclasses, and accruals posted in various ERP systems.
• Perform monthly reconciliations for key balance sheet accounts accurately, timely, and fully supported with proper documentation. Investigate variances & work with procurement and accounting teams to resolve.
• Lead & track status of lease additions, modifications, renewals, and terminations.
• Create and process transactions and amortization schedules in lease accounting system (CoStar).
• Key contributor in system integration and migration projects.
• Analyze monthly balance sheet and P&L activity and prepare flux commentary with support.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual reports and analyses.
• Conduct annual physical lease inventory reviews, analyze asset changes, and consolidate results.
• Manage tight deadlines for close and reporting purposes while ensuring compliance with U.S. GAAP, company policies, and internal controls in a SOX environment.
• Document/update processes and continue to look for new ways to improve accurate and efficient practices.
• Collaborate with other departments and provide support for external auditors and internal tax & reporting teams.
• Provide cross-training, guidance, and backup support to lease accounting team.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Business required.
• Minimum 5 years of solid accounting experience required with 3 plus years in a large corporation environment preferred.
• SAP or large ERP systems experience required, CoStar experience a plus.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other Office applications.
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) & interpersonal skills.
• Must be detail-oriented and have advanced analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Strong ability to work both independently and in a team environment.
• Able to work a flexible schedule during key reporting deadlines.

A reasonable estimate of the current range is $90,000-$100,000 + bonus + benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. At Novolex, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.

The benefits for this role include 401(k) plan with company match, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible spending and health savings accounts, paid vacation, and sick days, paid parental leave, paid holidays and wellness program.

Company Benefits

What You'll Get From Us

Benefits

With safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being an important focus, we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical, dental and vision insurance as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health. Specific benefits and well-being programs may vary depending on where you work.

Community Engagement

At Novolex, giving back to the local communities that support us is important. Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work.

Training and Development

We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs, training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula, support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union), and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.

Novolex is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices, including but not limited to selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, and compensation to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, handicap or disability, genetics, citizenship status, service member or veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. Any individual who, because of his or her disability, needs an accommodation in connection with an aspect of the Company's application process should contact myHRservices@novolex.com.

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