Senior Accountant

Family Dollar; Elizabeth (NJ); Hybrid; USD 103,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Learning stipends

Flexible culture

Job summary

Family Dollar in Elizabeth, NJ is seeking a Senior Accountant with 7+ years of hands-on accounting, reporting, and stakeholder-ready analysis. You will own monthly closes and translate GAAP nuances into actionable guidance for the local finance team.

You’ll pair Power BI reporting with Cost Accounting reviews, turning raw ledgers into forecastable insights. The role is hybrid, offering equity, learning stipends, and a culture built on trust and growth.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on accounting, reporting, and analysis.
• Experience translating GAAP nuances into actionable guidance.
• Hybrid work experience or ability to relocate to Elizabeth, NJ.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.
• Stand in for the Elizabeth controller when close cannot wait.
• Translate GAAP nuance into guidance the Elizabeth team can apply.
• Pair Power BI reporting with Cost Accounting reviews for a tighter feedback loop.
• Turn raw ledgers into forecasts the finance team can actually plan against.
• Build the close documentation a new senior hire could follow blind.

Skills

Financial analysis

GAAP knowledge

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

We need a Senior Accountant comfortable with 7 of hands-on accounting, reporting, and stakeholder-ready analysis. Consider it a $103,000 - $162,000 foothold at Family Dollar, where 5 years of Tableau converts straight into finance ownership.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements
• Stand in for the Elizabeth controller when close cannot wait
• Translate GAAP nuance into guidance the Elizabeth team can apply
• Pair Power BI reporting with Cost Accounting reviews for a tighter feedback loop
• Turn raw ledgers into forecasts the finance team can actually plan against
• Build the close documentation a new senior hire could follow blind

What You'll Bring

• Comfort owning the unglamorous middle of a hybrid project
• Critical thinking skills and sound, independent judgment
• Prior experience working on-site in Elizabeth, NJ, or willingness to relocate
• Comfort navigating ambiguity when the brief arrives half-written
• Comfort being the newest person in the room and the loudest in the notes

A plainspoken Elizabeth, NJ company through, Family Dollar measures success by how invisible its finance systems become. Giving and receiving direct feedback is a skill we practice openly across every level.

At Family Dollar, $103,000 - $162,000 comes with equity, learning stipends, and a flexible culture built around trust and growth.

As of today's date, this Senior Accountant req has not been filled.

A quick application is all it takes to start your Senior Accountant story with Family Dollar.