Senior Accounting Manager

SeaCube Container Leasing; Montvale (NJ); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SeaCube Container Leasing seeks a Senior Accounting Manager to lead month-end close, financial reporting, and internal controls. You will partner with treasury, AP and billing, ensuring accurate subledgers, reconciliations and timely close.

The role balances hands‑on accounting with oversight of Accounts Payable and Billing, audits, and M&A integration activities in a fast‑paced, asset‑intensive environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required or higher.
• CPA designation mandatory or actively pursuing CPA.
• 12-15+ years of progressive accounting experience in a corporate/industrial setting.
• Experience with AP/Billing and audits is preferred.
• Experience supporting U.S. and international audits is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Oversee month-end close, subledger reconciliations, journal entries, and financial reporting deliverables.
• Analyze balance sheet accounts and activity; identify variances and drive timely issue resolution.
• Coordinate close activities with AP, Billing, Treasury and IT to ensure accurate recording and reconciliation.
• Prepare management reporting, variance analysis, cash flow reporting and leadership analytics.
• Record and reconcile monthly activity for foreign offices and prepare quarterly statements for Treasury.
• Support M&A due diligence, purchase accounting and integration topics.
• Lead finance transformation initiatives including close acceleration and automation.

Skills

Excel

Power BI

Qlik

U.S. GAAP

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

CPA

Tools

General Ledger systems

FSM

Job description

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.

• 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.

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.