• Senior Accounting Manager - Lease Accounting

    Microsoft Corporation (Atlanta, GA)


    Empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. That’s what inspires us, drives our work and pushes us to challenge the status quo every day. We contribute to our company’s mission through delivering excellence in the Corporate Accounting organization. We are looking for a Senior Accounting Manager - Lease Accounting to help shape the future of our accounting and financial processes for strategic partnerships.

     

    The Lease Accounting & Analysis Team is part of Microsoft’s Corporate Accounting organization. The team is responsible for the accounting, analysis and reporting of all lease transactions in the Company’s 10Q and 10K in accordance with ASC842 and supporting compliance with the Company’s IFRS16 reporting requirements. The team partners closely with accounting and finance teams supporting the designing, building, and operation of cloud data centers and offices worldwide, accounting for leases covering a broad business scope including data centers, offices, server and networking equipment. As our supported businesses grow, the team remains innovative, leveraging technology for continuous process improvement. The Senior Accounting Manager - Lease Accounting will be primariliy responsible for certain regions of our datacenter portfolio.

     

    Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

    Responsibilities

    + Prepares and reviews lease accounting records in compliance with accounting policies and guidelines. Interprets reports and records for managers/stakeholders. Investigates and resolves business partner inquiries, accounting deviations, and other data anomalies. Drives analysis based on data trends.

    + Prepares and reviews lease inputs into financial statements and drafts disclosures for regulatory accounting filings. Provide support for audits.

    + Fields complex questions from business partners in alignment with accounting standards, guidelines, and policies accounting policies.

    + Contributes to process-improvement efforts by collecting and reviewing business partner and team feedback and incorporating industry best practices.

    + Identifies, evaluates, and leverages technology that could automate or speed up internal processes.

    + Performs gap analysis and helps business process owners design, implement and perform operational and financial controls for Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) cycles.

    + Embody our culture and values

    Qualifications

    Required/minimum qualifications:

    + Bachelor's Degree in Business, Accounting/Finance, or related field AND 4+ years accounting or finance experience

    + OR Master's Degree in Business, Accounting/Finance, or related field AND 3+ years accounting or finance experience

    + OR equivalent experience

    + 1+ year(s) working with a large Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system

    Additional or preferred qualifications

    + Lease accounting, administration and analyses, and controls for multinational companies transacting in multiple currencies

    + Advanced skills in applications such as Excel and PowerBI

    + Lease accounting and adminstration tool experience such as Costar and Tririga

     

    Accounting IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $96,500 - $188,400 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $123,500 - $206,400 per year.

     

    Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

     

    Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 20, 2025.

     

    Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .