Senior Fixed Asset Accountant

Job Description

Accountant, Fixed Assets | AutoZone

The Tone:
This role at AutoZone is critical for maintaining financial integrity around the Company’s significant fixed assets. The Accountant, Fixed Assets will be instrumental in the period-close process, ensuring accurate financial reporting for depreciation, gains, losses, and balance sheet accounts. This position is vital for providing reliable financial data to internal and external stakeholders, upholding financial controls, and supporting strategic projects within the accounting function.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Team: Reports to the Manager of Fixed Assets
• Mission: To ensure accurate accounting, reporting, and control of the Company’s fixed assets, supporting financial transparency and compliance.
• Tech Stack: PeopleSoft, SQL queries, data warehouse access, Advanced Excel, Microsoft Office

What You’ll Actually Do
• Period Close: Assist in the period close process for the Company’s fixed assets, including depreciation expense, gain and loss calculations, and the corresponding balance sheet accounts.
• Reconciliation: Supervise the reconciliation of all fixed asset general ledger accounts, including clearing accounts, and provide detailed reconciling differences.
• Forecasting: Forecast period and annual depreciation expense for various business partners, ensuring timely and accurate information delivery to all business users.
• Compliance: Maintain all fixed asset controls in strict accordance with Company policy and SOX requirements, providing information to inside and outside auditors.
• Systems Partnership: Partner with financial systems teams to ensure PeopleSoft modules are efficient, accurate, and consistently in compliance with Company controls.
• Special Projects: Lead and work on special projects as identified by the supervisor or manager of Fixed Assets.

The Must-Haves
• Background: A Bachelor’s degree (BA, BS) or equivalent in Accounting, Finance, or Financial Systems.
• Experience: Two to three years of experience in financial analysis, business planning, accounting, and controls.
• Skills: Advanced Excel proficiency, intermediate level for other Microsoft Office applications, knowledge of SQL queries, data warehouse access skills, strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, excellent human relations and communication skills, strong coordination and organizational capabilities, and the ability to drive results.
• Bonus: Master’s degree preferred.