[Hiring] LEAD ACCOUNTANT II @Lumen

Role Description

This shared services role includes supporting various accounting teams for various accounting tasks. This includes supporting external and internal reporting, margin accounting, opex/capex accounting, and our newly acquired entity of Alkira. You will operate in a high-accountability environment where expectations are clear, decisions matter, and trust is built through rigor, consistency, and results.

If you thrive in complex environments, value ownership over process for process' sake, and are motivated by building systems that enable the business to move faster and smarter, this is a role where your impact is visible and meaningful.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead and execute month-end and quarter-end close activities for assigned entities, including account reconciliations and journal entries.
• Oversee and review daily accounting operations-AP, AR, and GL-to ensure accuracy and timeliness.
• Prepare, review and analyze financial statements, variance analyses and management reports in compliance with IFRS/GAAP.
• Coordinate and support statutory and internal audit processes, providing necessary schedules and documentation.
• Develop, implement and maintain robust internal controls, policies and procedures to mitigate risk and ensure compliance.
• Mentor, train and guide junior accounting staff, fostering a collaborative team environment and continuous development.
• Drive process improvement and automation initiatives to enhance efficiency and accuracy in financial reporting.
• Collaborate with tax and treasury teams to ensure timely and accurate tax filings, compliances and cash flow management.
• Support annual budgeting and forecasting processes, gathering data, validating assumptions and analyzing variances.
• Conduct SOX control testing and remediation, ensuring adherence to corporate governance requirements.
• Partner with cross-functional teams on financial projects, system implementations and process standardization.
• Provide actionable financial analysis and insights to stakeholders to inform strategic decision-making and performance optimization.

Qualifications

• Contribute to the monthly close process, including preparing and reviewing journal entries, variance analysis, and reporting for margin accounting, opex/capex accounting, and our newly acquired entity of Alkira.
• Deep expertise in USGAAP Technical accounting memo, ASC 842 and preparation of SEC schedules.
• Prepare and review reconciliations of General Ledger accounts.
• Assist with the end-to-end intercompany accounting processes, including settlements, interest, eliminations, and affiliate roll-forwards.
• Assist with the monthly cost allocation process, including governance of methodologies, drivers, and statistical key figures.
• Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual legal entity consolidations, including income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow reporting.
• Review and approve consolidation entries, eliminations, and top-side adjustments.
• Provide ownership of finance master data (GL accounts, cost centers, profit centers, hierarchies, and attributes).
• Safeguard the integrity of the general ledger, including account structure, posting logic, and reconciliation standards.
• Assist with tasks related to mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures as applicable.
• Partner with FP&A to help drive business decisions.
• Support financial statement audits.
• Maintain internal control integrity and related SOX documentation and compliance.
• Use critical thinking and attention to detail to help ensure financial statements are free from misstatement.
• Work on complex issues which require input from multiple sources and innovative problem solving.
• Work on ERP - S4 Hanna initiatives as requested.
• Create and/or maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) for all tasks performed and review SOPs to identify opportunities to streamline and automate processes.
• Assist with Ad hoc analysis and research as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 10-15 years of accounting experience, including leadership roles in complex, multi-entity environments.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and SOX controls.
• Demonstrated ability to operate in a high-accountability environment, take ownership of outcomes, and lead through complexity and change.
• Proven experience partnering cross-functionally with Treasury, Tax, Legal, FP&A, and Systems teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA/ Chartered Accountant.
• Experience working within large-scale, publicly traded organizations undergoing transformation or operating across global entities.
• Hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA and modern consolidation platforms.
• Track record of driving process simplification and automation while maintaining strong internal controls.
• Experience supporting or leading teams through modernization, system implementations, or operating model changes.

What Success Looks Like

• Clear ownership, disciplined execution, and trusted financial data that leadership can rely on.
• Finance master data that enables, not constrains, reporting, analysis, and business insight.
• Teams that operate with clarity, accountability, and confidence during change.