Onsite Senior Accountant: Fast-Track to Controller

Engage Search Partners, LLC; New Jersey; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits package

401(k) with match

Job summary

Engage Search Partners, LLC is seeking a Senior Accountant to join our client’s growing organization in Camden County, NJ. This onsite role offers a path to becoming Controller as the company expands toward a $300–400M complex entity.

You will own the monthly close, ensure accurate financial statements, and lead the transactional accounting team with oversight of AP, AR, and Payroll. Strong GAAP knowledge and a proactive, coaching mindset are required.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years public accounting or corporate accounting experience.
• 1-2 years of experience performing the accounting close and financial reporting process for a for-profit organization.
• Willing to stretch beyond a narrow job description and take ownership of problems through completion.
• More interested in gaining meaningful experience and making an impact than simply maintaining a comfortable routine.
• Receptive to coaching, constructive feedback, and increasing levels of responsibility.
• Demonstrated experience streamlining the financial close processes, ensuring proper controls, and accurate reporting and compliance

Responsibilities

• Build standardization and consistency around the monthly financial close and financial reporting process.
• Ensure the accuracy of the income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flows.
• Oversee the transactional accounting team ensuring that transactions are hitting the GL correctly for AP, AR and Payroll.
• Stay up to date with GAAP changes impacting revenue recognition (ASC 606), lease accounting (ASC 842), and joint ventures exposure.
• Train and develop transactional accounting team
• Collaborate with CFO and Senior Leadership during monthly and quarterly financial review meetings, analyzing results and variances.
• Provide senior management with flash reports, KPIs, and other financial metrics as requested

Skills

Public accounting experience

Financial close

Financial reporting

Tools

GAAP knowledge

Job description

Engage Search Partners, LLC is seeking a Senior Accountant to join our client’s growing organization in Camden County, NJ. This onsite role offers a path to becoming Controller as the company expands toward a $300–400M complex entity.

You will own the monthly close, ensure accurate financial statements, and lead the transactional accounting team with oversight of AP, AR, and Payroll. Strong GAAP knowledge and a proactive, coaching mindset are required.