Sr. Staff Accountant (Temp) – #21572

Foster McKay; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Foster McKay is seeking a temporary Sr. Staff Accountant in New Jersey for a hybrid role, requiring 4–6 years of accounting experience and a Bachelor’s degree.

The position focuses on month-end close, journal entries, reconciliations, financial analysis, and cash postings, with CPA preferred and NetSuite experience a plus. The ideal candidate will manage multiple priorities, ensure accuracy in financial reporting, and support year-end audits while collaborating with the corporate accounting team

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting from an accredited university.
• 4–6 years of experience in accounting with month end close responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the month end close process including recording journal entries, preparing reconciliations, and analyzing variances.
• Ensure timely and accurate recording of journal entries for revenue, COGS, inventory, payroll, taxes, and leases.
• Prepare account analyses and reconciliations for income and balance sheet accounts.
• Record daily cash postings (ACH, wire payments, bank transfers).
• Process customer refunds, rebills and cancellations.
• Support finance with year-end audit requests and ad-hoc projects.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting

Tools

NetSuite

Job description

“Opportunities don’t happen, you create them”

The temporary Sr. Staff Accountant will be a critical part of the corporate accounting team and will help contribute to the overall success of the organization. This individual will play a key role in ensuring month end close process is completed timely and efficiently, and financial results are reported accurately. This is a Hybrid position, located in NJ with a minimum of two days in the office each week.

What would I be doing?

• Assist with the month end close process, specifically, recording journal entries, preparing reconciliations, and analyzing variance fluctuations to ensure the accuracy and completeness of all monthly financial data.
• Ensure all journal entries to record revenue, cogs, inventory, payroll, interest, taxes, lease activity, monthly accruals, and amortization expense are recorded timely and accurately.
• Prepare account analysis and reconciliations for various income and balance sheet accounts, including, bank accounts, fixed assets, prepaid expenses, intangibles and goodwill, ensuring all are completed timely and accurately.
• Record daily cash postings, including ACH, wire payments and bank transfers.
• Process customer refunds, rebills and cancellations.
• Support finance team with year-end audit requests.
• Perform special projects and ad-hoc projects requests, as needed.

What would make me qualified?

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting from an accredited university.
• 4-6 years of experience in accounting department with month end close responsibilities.
• CPA License preferred.
• Strong computer skills, including advanced knowledge of Excel.
• Proficient in problem-solving, with strong analytical ability to interpret, challenge and interrogate financial systems with significant amounts of data.
• Experience in NetSuite a plus.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities with tight deadlines.