Senior Accountant - MSC Lease Corporate Accounting

Company: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Location: Overland Park
Posted on: April 6, 2025

Job Description:

At T-Mobile, we invest in YOU! Our Total Rewards Package ensures that employees get the same big love we give our customers. All team members receive a competitive base salary and compensation package - this is Total Rewards. Employees enjoy multiple wealth-building opportunities through our annual stock grant, employee stock purchase plan, 401(k), and access to free, year-round money coaches. That's how we're UNSTOPPABLE for our employees!

What You'll Do in Your Role:

This is a key position within the Magenta Service Center (MSC) in the Project to Retire (PTR) Accounting Team (specifically, Lease Accounting). The MSC - PTR Team is responsible for preparation and maintenance of accounting records, monthly accounting close activities and accounting variance analysis. Ensuring that our books are closed timely and accurately in compliance with our accounting policies, that accounting estimates are appropriate given the risks and uncertainties involved, and that our accounting records contain the information necessary to meet our reporting requirements to internal management, for tax compliance and T-Mobile/Deutsche Telekom reporting requirements. This team also has responsibility for the development, modification, and maintenance of internal controls within these accounting processes to ensure the accuracy and objectivity of our financial records including SOX requirements. The Senior Accountant is responsible for managing multiple tasks that account for the financial results for Lease Accounting within the Project to Retire Accounting Team.

Un-carrier - Responsibilities:

---Participate in the monthly financial close process, including preparation of journal entries, reconciling balance sheet accounts, and performing variance analysis for Lease Accounting. May perform first level review of deliverables prepared by others.
---Understand business drivers and their effect on financial results to ensure business changes are accurately reflected in the financial statements and explained in variance analysis.
---Identify and communicate issues or areas for process improvements, drive towards resolution, and help implement best practices.
---Maintain knowledge of current accounting standards and SEC reporting requirements to ensure proper application in T-Mobile's close and financial reporting process. Good understanding of Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 842.
---Support the SOX control program.
---Support quarterly and annual financial audits performed by internal and external auditors.
---Effectively partner with cross-functional teams to support business initiatives.
---Responsible for other projects as assigned.

The Experience You'll Bring

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 2+ years of progressive experience in accounting or finance.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field.
  
  Preferred Qualifications:
  
  • Public accounting or public company experience.
  • CPA or Chartered Accountant.
  • Communications, technology, or retail industry experience.
  • Possess a strong understanding of accounting theory, current accounting issues, accounting systems, and internal controls.
  • Demonstrated ability to make fact-based decisions and recommendations.
  • Ability to prioritize and manage multiple responsibilities while meeting set deadlines for team deliverables.
  • Demonstrated ability to adapt and excel in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment.
  • Effectively collaborates and communicates with all levels of organization and cross-functional business partners.
  • Experience with ERP systems and related reporting tools (e.g., SAP, Blackline).
  • Intermediate Excel skills (e.g., pivot tables, sum if, v-lookup, etc.).
  • Understanding of large-scale data mining and reporting tools (e.g., PowerBI, SQL, Alteryx).
    
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    • At least 18 years of age
    • Legally authorized to work in the United States
      
      Base Pay Range: $68,700 - $123,900
      
      Corporate Bonus Target: 10%
      
      The pay range above is the general base pay range for a successful candidate in the role. The successful candidate's actual pay will be based on various factors, such as work location, qualifications, and experience, so the actual starting pay will vary within this range.
      
      At T-Mobile, employees in regular, non-temporary roles are eligible for an annual bonus or periodic sales incentive or bonus, based on their role. Most Corporate employees are eligible for a year-end bonus based on company and/or individual performance and which is set at a percentage of the employee's eligible earnings in the prior year. Certain positions in Customer Care are eligible for monthly bonuses based on individual and/or team performance. To find the pay range for this role based on hiring location, click here .
      
      At T-Mobile, our benefits exemplify the spirit of One Team, Together! A big part of how we care for one another is working to ensure our benefits evolve to meet the needs of our team members. Full and part-time employees have access to the same benefits when eligible. We cover all of the bases, offering medical, dental and vision insurance, a flexible spending account, 401(k), employee stock grants, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and up to 12 paid holidays - which total about 4 weeks for new full-time employees and about 2.5 weeks for new part-time employees annually - paid parental and family leave, family building benefits, back-up care, enhanced family support, childcare subsidy, tuition assistance, college coaching, short- and long-term disability, voluntary AD&D coverage, voluntary accident coverage, voluntary life insurance, voluntary disability insurance, and voluntary long-term care insurance. We don't stop there - eligible employees can also receive mobile service & home internet discounts, pet insurance, and access to commuter and transit programs! To learn about T-Mobile's amazing benefits, check out www.t-mobilebenefits.com .
      
      Never stop growing!
      As part of the T-Mobile team, you know the Un-carrier doesn't have a corporate ladder-it's more like a jungle gym of possibilities! We love helping our employees grow in their careers, because it's that shared drive to aim high that drives our business and our culture forward. By applying for this career opportunity, you're living our values while investing in your career growth-and we applaud it. You're unstoppable!
      
      T-Mobile USA, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All decisions concerning the employment relationship will be made without regard to age, race, ethnicity, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, religious affiliation, marital status, citizenship status, veteran status, the presence of any physical or mental disability, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Discrimination, retaliation or harassment based upon any of these factors is wholly inconsistent with how we do business and will not be tolerated.
      
      Talent comes in all forms at the Un-carrier. If you are an individual with a disability and need reasonable accommodation at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know by emailing ApplicantAccommodation@t-mobile.com or calling 1-844-873-9500 . Please note, this contact channel is not a means to apply for or inquire about a position and we are unable to respond to non-accommodation related requests.

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