Manager, Accounting, Fixed Assets

Shentel•Edinburg, VA

1d•$102,000 - $137,000

About The Position

The Manager, Accounting, Fixed Assets leads accounting for Shentel’s capital program, including capital projects, property, plant and equipment, capitalized labor, and grant-funded network construction. The role owns the Oracle Projects and Fixed Assets close, establishes and applies capital accounting policies, and maintains effective SOX controls over the capital cycle. In collaboration with Engineering, Operations, IT, Capital Governance, Financial Reporting, Tax, and external auditors, the Manager resolves complex accounting matters, provides decision-useful reporting, develops the fixed asset team, and drives automation and continuous improvement across project and asset accounting. The position leads the fixed asset and project accounting team and oversees monthly close activities, reconciliations, reporting, project accounting, grant and subsidy accounting, internal controls, and Oracle Cloud Projects and Fixed Assets. It partners with business stakeholders on capital projects and governance, supports audits and special projects, and observes company safety procedures and Shentel brand standards.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
5–6+ years of progressive accounting experience in public accounting or a corporate environment.
Thorough knowledge of U.S. GAAP for property, plant and equipment, internal-use software, capitalized interest, impairment, and government grants.
Practical understanding of SOX controls, audit support, and management review documentation.
Experience with Oracle Cloud ERP (Projects and Fixed Assets preferred) or another large ERP, including subledger-to-general-ledger relationships.
Advanced Excel and Microsoft Office skills, including Power Pivot.
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills, with sound judgment on complex and estimate-driven matters.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including explaining accounting requirements to non-accounting partners and senior leadership.
Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple close-critical deadlines while maintaining quality.
Proactive and accountable; able to work independently and in a team-based, cross-functional environment.
Continuous-improvement mindset and interest in leveraging technology and AI to improve processes.

Nice To Haves

CPA certification.
Experience with fixed assets, capital projects, or project accounting.
Prior experience supervising or developing accounting staff.
Experience in telecommunications, utility, infrastructure, or another capital-intensive industry.
Experience with SEC registrants and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
Experience with Workiva, ARCS, Oracle reporting tools, or automation.

Responsibilities

Lead the fixed asset and project accounting team, set priorities, assign work, review deliverables, and provide coaching, feedback, and development.
Maintain desk procedures, close checklists, process flows, and cross-training for continuity during absences, peak periods, and staffing changes.
Own the monthly Oracle Projects and Fixed Assets close, including project accruals, cost transfers, module closes, asset additions and adjustments, depreciation, and post-close entries.
Oversee asset transfers between affiliated legal entities and related intercompany accounting.
Prepare or review capital accruals, including make-ready and third-party installation accruals, and evaluate operational estimates and accrual methodologies.
Review journal entries and reconciliations for fixed assets, intangibles, plant under construction, grant-related accounts, retainage, assets held for sale, and related reserves.
Prepare and review the monthly PPE roll forward, depreciation analytics, quarterly variance explanations, and capital budget-versus-actual reporting.
Advise on capital versus operating expense determinations for network construction, customer installations, IT, software, and SaaS arrangements.
Review project setup requests, requisitions, and journal entries for appropriate capitalization and project, task, and account coding.
Apply and reassess capital policies, including the annual capitalization threshold analysis, useful lives, capitalized labor, and capitalized interest.
Drive project closeout and in-servicing of completed assets; monitor on-hold projects and account for abandoned or unbuilt projects.
Evaluate and account for asset retirements, disposals, impairments, and assets held for sale, and coordinate with the General Ledger team on lease and IRU matters affecting fixed assets.
Lead monthly financial reviews with Engineering, Operations, Glo Fiber, and IT project owners, and drive resolution of project status, accrual, forecast, hold, in-service date, and budget variance issues.
Represent Accounting at capital governance forums and monthly executive financial results reviews, including explaining capital labor and spending variances.
Train and advise business partners on capitalization requirements, project types, accrual expectations, and closeout dependencies; support cross-functional efforts such as vendor invoice dispute resolution.
Oversee accounting for federal and state broadband grant programs, including grant proceeds applied to in-service assets, reimbursement draws, reconciliations, recognition, and program closeout.
Support grant eligibility assessments, regulatory reporting, and grant-specific audits with Operations and program contacts.
Own or review SOX controls over capital labor, capitalized interest, project reviews, accruals, PPE rollforward, depreciation, asset existence, in-service cutoff, project budgets and forecasts, and grant fund application.
Ensure control evidence is complete, timely, and audit-ready; identify gaps and lead remediation with Internal Controls.
Lead the annual asset existence review and coordinate physical counts and related fixed asset impacts with Inventory accounting.
Serve as the primary contact for external auditors and SOX testers on fixed asset, project, and grant matters.
Act as subject matter expert for Oracle Cloud Projects and Fixed Assets, partnering with Enterprise Applications on configuration, access, scheduled jobs, reporting, issue resolution, and quarterly release testing and sign-off.
Improve efficiency through standardization, exception reporting, workflow automation, and internal AI and other technology solutions.
Assist other teams with special projects, acquisitions, and system implementations as needed.
Observe company safety procedures and steward the Shentel brand and Shentel Way within the team and organization.