Senior Accounting Manager

Senior Accounting Manager with $1+ billion transportation company.
 

Summary

This $1+ billion transportation company is seeking a Senior Accounting Manager to join their team. This role will provide hands on leadership across the global close execution, accounting quality, audit coordination, and technical accounting judgment within a complex, multi entity global environment. 

Responsibilities

• Provide ownership of the global month-end close, including subledger close, general ledger close, reporting readiness, and final sign off across regions and management entities.
• Oversee resolution of accounting issues such as intercompany imbalances, integration timing gaps, global allocations, post close adjustments, and prior period corrections.
• Review, challenge, and approve management journals, true ups, reclasses, and adjustments, applying strong US GAAP judgment and escalation discipline.
• Ensure end to end financial data integrity all accounting systems including upstream systems.
• Act as the primary accounting escalation point during close, balancing accuracy, materiality, timelines, and audit risk.
• Serve as an accounting lead for external audits and coordinating global audit readiness.
• Lead preparation and review of entity level tie outs supporting audit and leadership review.
• Oversee and review statutory deliverables, engagement letters, audit checklists, and global documentation standards, in coordination with regional teams and Legal.
• Apply advanced US GAAP expertise across complex and high risk areas.
• Partner with senior finance leadership on complex accounting conclusions, ensuring they are well documented, scalable, and audit defensible.
• Provide technical review, coaching, and guidance to managers and staff on non standard or judgmental accounting treatments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance (CPA strongly preferred).
• 9+ years of progressive accounting experience, including global close leadership, audit interface, and technical accounting.
• Deep working knowledge of US GAAP.
• Strong experience with ERP and financial reporting systems (Workday strongly preferred).
• Proven ability to lead teams, resolve ambiguity, and make judgment calls impacting results and audit outcomes.