Staff/SR. Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for a detail-oriented Staff or Senior Accountant to join a team in Monmouth County, New Jersey. This position is well suited for someone who enjoys bringing structure to complex financial records, investigating discrepancies, and strengthening day-to-day accounting accuracy. The role offers an opportunity to contribute immediately by supporting core accounting activities, improving reporting reliability, and helping the team operate more efficiently in a changing environment.

Responsibilities:

• Reconcile a wide range of balance sheet accounts and ensure supporting documentation is accurate, complete, and current.

• Investigate mismatched figures, unresolved items, and historical accounting issues to determine root causes and recommend corrections.

• Prepare, review, and record journal entries related to adjustments, clean-up work, and ongoing general ledger activity.

• Examine large sets of financial information to identify unusual trends, inconsistencies, and reporting gaps that require follow-up.

• Provide accounting support tied to organizational process changes, including activities related to ERP transition efforts and updated workflows.

• Use advanced Excel tools to organize, analyze, and reconcile financial data from multiple sources.

• Work closely with accounting and finance partners to improve the quality of reconciliations, reporting accuracy, and internal accountability.

• Communicate reconciliation results, accounting logic, and key findings clearly to team members and stakeholders.

• Assist with daily and month-end accounting needs while helping stabilize operations during a period of transition and process improvement.

• Proven experience handling balance sheet reconciliations, general ledger analysis, and journal entry preparation.
• Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, queries, and other data analysis functions.
• Ability to review incomplete or disorganized financial information and turn it into clear, supportable accounting conclusions.
• Experience working independently in a fast-moving environment with shifting priorities and evolving processes.
• Effective communication skills with the ability to explain accounting concepts, reconciliation methods, and findings to others.
• Familiarity with ERP platforms, with preference for candidates who have used Microsoft Dynamics or similar mid-market accounting systems.
• Background in financial clean-up, forensic-style review, or high-volume reconciliation work is highly valued.