Demonstrated experience in debt accounting, including term loans and interest rate swaps.
Experience with intercompany accounting and complex, multi-entity consolidations.
Strong financial reporting background, including GAAP financial statements preparation.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel; strong analytical and organizational skills.
Responsibilities
Maintain and update corporate debt amortization schedules and book debt-related entries monthly.
Set up and process monthly and quarterly interest, principal, and fee payments on debt.
Prepare and review intercompany reconciliations between entities.
Prepare and distribute lender-facing reporting packages, including monthly operating reports.
Own assigned month-end close responsibilities, including journal entries and account reconciliations.
Prepare and distribute the Management Operating Report (MOR) package for executive leadership.
Support external audit requests related to debt, treasury, and financial reporting.
Benefits
Collaborative work environment with direct exposure to senior leadership.
Opportunity to work on complex financial structures across multiple entities.
Engagement with lenders and external advisors, enhancing professional network.
Involvement in high-visibility financial reporting and compliance activities.
Full Job Description
Senior Accountant
Department: Corporate Accounting (HQ)
Reports To: Chief Accounting Officer (with regular exposure to the Chief Financial Officer)
Location: Corporate Headquarters - Ft. Lauderdale
On-site: Yes
FLSA Status: Exempt
Position Summary
The Senior Accountant is a key member of the HQ Accounting group, reporting directly to the Chief Accounting Officer and working closely with the Chief Financial Officer on debt, treasury, lender, and parent-company reporting matters. This role leads critical month-end close, consolidation, debt accounting, and external reporting deliverables across a multi-entity corporate structure (including operating company, real estate holding, and parent/financing entities), and serves as a key point of contact for lenders, auditors, and outside advisors on debt- and covenant-related matters. This is a highly visible role suited to a detail-oriented accountant who is comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment with significant complexity across debt instruments, intercompany relationships, and multi-entity consolidations.
Key Responsibilities
Debt Accounting
Maintain and update the corporate debt amortization schedules and book debt-related entries for corporate entities each month.
Set up and process monthly and quarterly interest, principal, and fee payments on the debt.
Monitor and analyze SOFR rate elections ahead of each interest payment and support related interest rate elections.
Accrue and true-up interest rate swaps monthly, and prepare annual interest rate swap fair value entries.
Reclass debt issuance and financing costs from due diligence/prepaid accounts to the appropriate debt cost accounts monthly, quarterly, and at the time of refinancing.
Support treasury management activities, including cash forecasting, wire and transfer set-up, and positive pay administration.
Calculate and record intercompany interest charges (due to/due from) between entities.
Intercompany Accounting & Complex Consolidations
Prepare and review intercompany reconciliations between entities.
Post monthly intercompany entries and eliminating entries across the consolidated entity structure.
Prepare and review consolidated and standalone GAAP financial statements for multiple legal entities.
Calculate and maintain entity-level EBITD and results.
Financial Reporting, Lender & Parent Company Reporting
Prepare and distribute lender-facing reporting packages, including monthly operating reports, EBITDA walks, and supporting schedules for lender calls and presentations.
Prepare the consolidated monthly reporting package (life-to-date) and parent-company financial reporting deliverables.
Prepare quarterly covenant compliance certificates, pro forma financial statements, and borrowing base calculations and certificates in accordance with credit agreement requirements.
Coordinate with lenders, banks, and outside counsel on debt-related reporting requests, amendments, and covenant matters.
Support external audit requests related to debt, treasury, consolidations, and financial reporting.
Management Operating Reporting
Prepare and distribute the Management Operating Report (MOR) package and related trending/analytical reporting tools used by executive leadership.
Prepare holding cost and EBITDA reconciliations for closed or divested locations to support covenant and pro forma reporting.
Partner with FP&A and operations teams to ensure management reporting ties to GAAP consolidated results.
Support ad hoc financial analysis and reporting requests from the Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Financial Officer.
Month-End Close & General Accounting
Own assigned month-end close responsibilities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and reporting deliverables per the close calendar.
Maintain and post accruals, amortization schedules, and reconciliations for assigned balance sheet accounts.
Utilize NetSuite for journal entries, reconciliations, reporting, and general ledger maintenance across multiple entities.
