Senior Accountant

M2 Search Partners; Jacksonville (FL); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career growth

Collaborative culture

Hybrid work model

Job summary

M2 Search Partners, Inc. is recruiting a Senior Accountant in Jacksonville to support core accounting operations, close processes, and system improvements within a growing multi-entity group.

Reporting to the Controller, you will prepare journal entries, perform reconciliations, manage fixed assets and ASC 842 leases, and help drive GAAP-compliant financials across entities. This role offers hybrid work flexibility and opportunities to advance within a expanding organization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience in a multi-entity organization.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting; CPA preferred.
• Experience with a modern cloud-based ERP system.
• Strong knowledge of multi-entity accounting, consolidations, ASC 606, ASC 842.
• Fixed assets, depreciation, and CIP experience.
• Exposure to ERP implementations, acquisitions, or transaction accounting is a plus.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet reporting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and post journal entries, including complex accruals, deferrals, and other entries requiring sound accounting judgment.
• Complete balance sheet reconciliations, maintain supporting schedules, and investigate period-over-period account fluctuations.
• Maintain fixed asset records, including capitalization, depreciation, and CIP tracking for projects, buildouts, and equipment purchases.
• Manage lease accounting under ASC 842, including lease schedules, right-of-use assets and liabilities, roll-forwards, and monthly amortization.
• Maintain accurate, well-supported, audit-ready financial records and assist with the transition or cleanup of historical accounting data.
• Support accounting and reporting across multiple legal entities, including onboarding and integration of newly added entities or acquired operations.
• Assist with financial analyses, debt covenant calculations, audit requests, and other reporting requirements as needed.
• Participate in ERP implementation, configuration, testing, and post-implementation optimization.
• Identify and help implement improvements to accounting workflows, policies, SOPs, and internal controls.
• Partner with the Controller on month-end and year-end close, special projects, and evolving accounting priorities.

Skills

Multi-entity accounting

ASC 842

ASC 606

Fixed assets

Month-end close

Consolidations

GAAP

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

CPA preferred

Tools

Cloud-based ERP

ERP implementation experience

Job description

M2 Search Partners, Inc. is recruiting for a Senior Accountant to join a growing organization with a multi-entity operating structure. Reporting to the Controller, this role will support core accounting operations, financial close and reporting, and ongoing improvements to accounting systems and processes.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Prepare and post journal entries, including complex accruals, deferrals, and other entries requiring sound accounting judgment.
• Complete balance sheet reconciliations, maintain supporting schedules, and investigate period-over-period account fluctuations.
• Maintain fixed asset records, including capitalization, depreciation, and construction-in-progress (CIP) tracking for projects, buildouts, and equipment purchases.
• Manage lease accounting under ASC 842, including lease schedules, right-of-use assets and liabilities, roll-forwards, and monthly amortization.
• Maintain accurate, well-supported, audit-ready financial records and assist with the transition or cleanup of historical accounting data.

Multi-Entity Accounting & Compliance

• Support accounting and reporting across multiple legal entities, including the onboarding and integration of newly added entities or acquired operations.
• Assist with financial analyses, debt covenant calculations, audit requests, and other reporting requirements as needed.

Systems & Process Improvement

• Support the preparation of complete GAAP accrual-basis financials and help address gaps in historical or interim reporting.
• Participate in ERP implementation, configuration, testing, and post-implementation optimization.
• Identify and help implement improvements to accounting workflows, policies, standard operating procedures, and internal controls.
• Partner with the Controller on month-end and year-end close, special projects, and evolving accounting priorities.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

• At least 5 years of progressive accounting experience, ideally in a growing, multi-entity organization.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting; CPA or progress toward CPA preferred.
• Experience with a modern cloud-based ERP system.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge, including multi-entity accounting and consolidations, ASC 606 revenue recognition, and ASC 842 lease accounting.
• Hands-on experience with fixed assets, depreciation, and construction-in-progress accounting.
• Exposure to ERP implementations, acquisitions, or transaction accounting is a plus.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet reporting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

WHY CONSIDER THIS OPPORTUNITY?

This opportunity offers more than a paycheck—it provides the chance to build a long-term, rewarding career with a growing organization that offers:

• Career Growth and Development Opportunities
• Collaborative and Supportive Team Culture
• Hybrid Work Flexibility