Staff, Lease Accounting – Lease Accounting

Job Description

Staff Accountant, Lease Accounting | Inspire

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Inspire, located in Atlanta, GA with an expectation to be onsite 4 days per week. Inspire is a multi-brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes more than 33,300 Arby’s, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, Jimmy John’s, and SONIC restaurants worldwide. This position is vital for assisting with technical and operational lease accounting functions, ensuring compliance with US GAAP (ASC 842) and supporting accurate financial close and reporting across the company’s extensive real estate portfolio. The role is highly collaborative and visible, partnering closely with FP&A, Real Estate, Lease Administration, Financial Systems, IT, and Treasury.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person Atlanta, GA

• Team: Lease Accounting within the Global Support Center
• Mission: Ensure lease accounting policy compliance with US GAAP (ASC 842) and support accurate financial close, reporting, and the end-to-end lease cycle for the company’s real estate portfolio.
• Tech Stack: CoStar, Oracle ERP, Excel

What You’ll Actually Do
• Maintain lease accounting records: Ensure proper accounting and documentation of all lease activity, adhering to US GAAP and internal/external audit requirements.
• Classify leases: Analyze legal documents to accurately determine lease classification in accordance with US GAAP.
• Execute month-end close: Complete subledger work in CoStar, prepare general ledger entries, perform reconciliations and roll forwards, and contribute to internal/external financial reporting deliverables, including footnotes and year-end controls.
• Collaborate across departments: Work closely with various internal teams, including staff in the HSC support center, to ensure all lease transactions are properly accounted for.
• Support strategic analysis: Conduct ad-hoc projects and technical research to provide insights and inform Company decisions.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
• Experience: 1-2 years of progressive accounting experience.
• Skills: Strong initiative, flexibility, and a hands-on approach; ability to understand and apply multiple US GAAP concepts to real-life situations; effective communication skills with other departments and external auditors; proficient in Excel, including pivot tables and lookups.
• Bonus: Certified Public Accountant track preferred; Oracle ERP and financial systems experience a plus.