Specialist, Lease Accounting

What this job involves

Were JLL. Were a professional services and investment management firm specializing in real estate. We help organizations around the world achieve their ambitions by owning, occupying and investing in real estate.

If youre looking to step up your career, JLL is the perfect professional home. At JLL, youll have a chance to innovate with the worlds leading businesses, put that expertise into action on landmark projects, and work on game-changing real estate initiatives. Youll also make long-lasting professional connections through sharing different perspectives, and youll be inspired by the best. Were focused on opportunity and want to help you make the most of yours. Achieve your ambitions join us at JLL!

Department overview

Lease Accounting Team as a part of Portfolio Management helps in achieving compliance with the new lease accounting standards (IFRS and US GAAP) to Clients from all parts of the globe. You will have an opportunity to provide an end-to-end process to ensure seamless transition into new standard. Your input will allow for undisturbed ongoing reporting providing reliable data for the Clients financial reporting purposes, incl. financial statements and disclosure reporting.

Role Purpose

• Taking on the responsibility for communication with clients, overseeing document preparation and providing accounting calculations under IFRS / US GAAP to clients, team management.
• IFRS 16/ ASC 842 analysis and reporting
• Taking on the responsibility for communication with clients, overseeing document preparation and providing accounting calculations under IFRS / US GAAP to Project Leaders for final approval
• Building strong relationships and supporting the client-side real estate / finance teams with regular reporting and dealing with any ad-hoc queries / information requests.
• Playing a significant role in a profound assistance with Financial & Accounting Reporting & providing expertise on real estate analyses.
• Validating and verifying data while conducting qualitative analyses.
• Participating in Lease Accounting process refinement.
• Taking active part in cross-team initiatives within whole Business Solutions

Sound like you To apply you need to be / have

• Fluent English. Any second foreign language would be an advantage
• Excellent knowledge of IFRS 16 / ASC 842 topics is must
• Financial and accounting acumen, being in the process of ACCA / CFA certification or equivalent would be an asset
• Bachelors / M.A. degree in Finance / Accounting or Economics
• At least 5 years of work experience within finance and accounting area
• Very good knowledge of MS Excel and MS PowerPoint, elements of VBA would be an asset
• People-orientation, with demonstrated conceptual and visualization skills
• Very good organizational skills
• Strongly developed communication skills
• Analytical mind, accuracy and can-do attitude
• Creative and pragmatic mind-set