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SeaCube Container Leasing lists this Senior Accounting Manager opportunity in montvale, New Jersey. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Summary:
We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Senior Accounting Manager to support key accounting operations, including the monthly close, financial reporting, internal controls, audit support, M&A integration activities, and functional oversight of the Accounts Payable and Billing teams. This role will partner closely with the Controller, Director of Accounting, AP Manager, Billing Manager, and cross-functional stakeholders to drive financial accuracy, operational efficiency, process discipline, and a strong control environment. The ideal candidate is a strong technical accountant with demonstrated leadership capability, experience working in a fast-paced and asset-intensive environment, and the ability to balance hands-on accounting responsibilities with oversight of operational finance functions.
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Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Financial Close & Reporting
Assist in overseeing the month-end close process, including coordination of AP, Billing, AR, accruals, subledger reconciliations, journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial reporting deliverables.
Review and analyze financial results, balance sheet accounts, AP/AR activity, direct expense accruals, and operational trends to ensure completeness, accuracy, and timely resolution of issues.
Partner with AP, Billing, Treasury, and Accounting team members to ensure recurring close activities, cash activity, customer billings, vendor payments, and subledger interfaces are appropriately recorded and reconciled.
Support preparation of management reporting, variance analysis, weekly financial snapshots, cash flow reporting, and other analyses used by leadership to evaluate business performance.
Record and reconcile monthly financial activity for foreign offices
Prepare and review monthly cashflow activity
Prepare quarterly financial statements for submission to Treasury
Support any M&A initiatives with due diligence, purchase accounting and integration topics
Support finance transformation initiatives, including close acceleration, reporting automation, workflow standardization, and improved use of data and business intelligence tools and any ERP implementations.
Provide support and assistance to Director and Controller for ad-hoc projects
Functional Oversight - Accounts Payable & Billing
Supervise the Accounts Payable and Billing functions through the AP Manager and Billing Manager, ensuring timely, accurate, and well-controlled execution of departmental responsibilities.
Monitor AP and Billing workflows, deliverables, reconciliations, aging items, and issue resolution to ensure alignment with accounting close deadlines, company policies, and operational objectives.
Drive process improvements across source-to-pay and order-to-cash activities, including standardization, automation, documentation, control enhancement, and improved visibility into key operational metrics.
Support the development and monitoring of key performance indicators for AP and Billing, including timeliness, accuracy, aging, unresolved items, and process exceptions.
Provide leadership, development and coaching and performance feedback of functional AP and Billing managers, while promoting accountability, collaboration, and high-quality execution.
Foster a continuous improvement mindset across AP and Billing, encouraging proactive issue identification, ownership, and scalable solutions.
Audit & Compliance
Support year-end and interim U.S. audits, foreign statutory audits, and other compliance requirements, including preparation and coordination of audit schedules, support, and responses to auditor inquiries.
Assist with annual internal controls testing, including walkthrough support, control documentation, review of design and operating effectiveness, evidence gathering and remediation follow-up.
Partner with process owners across Accounting, AP, Billing, Treasury, Operations and IT to maintain accurate process narratives, risk and control matrices, and supporting control evidence.
Identify control gaps, process inefficiencies, and opportunities to strengthen the control environment while balancing operational efficiency and audit readiness.
Support implementation of internal control enhancements resulting from audit findings, business changes, system implementations, acquisitions, or process redesign. xavwley
Education/Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
CPA required
12-15+ years of progressive accounting experience and responsibilities
Experience over AP/Billing preferred
Audit experience preferably from an accounting firm
Experience supporting U.S. and international audits
Exposure to foreign statutory reporting and tax compliance preferred
Qualifications/Skills:
Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and business intelligence tools (PowerBI, Qlik)
Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP
Familiar with General Ledger systems, FSM preferred
Ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment
Ability to understand and meet deadlines
Core Competencies:
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
Effective communicator with cross-functional and international stakeholders
Proactive, solutions-oriented mindset
Strong partnering and collaboration skills required
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, national origin, or veteran status.
Worksite address
montvale, NJ, 07645, US
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