[Remote] Accounting Consultant - Remote

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. UnitedHealth Group is a health care and well-being company dedicated to improving health outcomes globally. They are seeking an Accounting Consultant to ensure the accuracy of lease and capital accounting processes while partnering with various internal teams to maintain financial controls and compliance with accounting standards.

Responsibilities

• Own the development, maintenance, and delivery of periodic reporting on the overall health of lease accounting processes such as tenant improvement allowances, assessing reasonably assured term, identifying and recording impairments, lease classifications, and variable changes in rent
• Provide governance and oversight of the CoStar lease accounting system, ensuring data integrity, proper controls, adherence to standardized processes, and compliance with accounting standards (ASC 842)
• Review work performed by team members related to lease and capital accounting processes to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with accounting standards and internal policies
• Provide governance over capital accounting processes such as asset capitalization, cost categorization, and asset useful life
• Advise on unique real estate transactions to determine accounting treatment and document the conclusions. Present conclusions to internal UHG customers. Ensure transactions are properly recorded during month end and included in the forecast
• Perform account reconciliations and analyses, prepare journal entries, review accounting classifications in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
• Support the lease accounting reporting requirements for UHG's annual and quarterly filings

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance or related field
• 3+ years of relevant professional experience
• 1+ years of experience with lease accounting (ASC 842)
• Professional accounting experience in a medium to large corporate environment
• Demonstrated experience: Solving moderately complex accounting problems
• Demonstrated experience: Researching US GAAP accounting policies and translating the findings into practical application
• Demonstrated experience: Managing balance sheet reconciliations
• Demonstrated experience: Working as a member of a cross-functional team
• Demonstrated experience: Supporting a month-end close process
• Demonstrated experience: Providing customer support in a highly matrixed organization
• Advanced level of proficiency in Microsoft Office products
• Ability to travel to our corporate location once a year for a department meeting/events
• Licensed CPA (or expired CPA)
• Experience with CoStar Lease Accounting software
• PeopleSoft & Hyperion Essbase experience
• All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

Benefits

• A comprehensive benefits package
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements)

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