Senior Accountant (In Office)

About the Opportunity Ocean Havens is growing and currently looking for an experienced Senior Accountant to join its accounting team. This position offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic, multi-entity environment supporting operations across multiple locations. Position Summary The Senior Accountant is a key member of the accounting team responsible for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the Company’s financial records. This hands-on role is ideal for an accounting professional who enjoys technical accounting, solving problems, improving processes, and partnering with operational leaders. This position does not have direct supervisory responsibilities but serves as a trusted financial business partner to operations, helping ensure accounting activities accurately reflect business performance and support informed decision-making. Primary Responsibilities

• Prepare and post journal entries while maintaining the accuracy and integrity of the general ledger.
• Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations and investigate variances to ensure timely resolution.
• Own the inventory accounting and reconciliation process, including ensuring the accuracy of inventory balances across locations and entities.
• Work closely with operational teams to maintain accurate inventory records, investigate discrepancies, and ensure inventory transactions are properly recorded in the accounting and operational systems.
• Coordinate and support periodic physical inventory counts and reconcile physical inventory to system and general ledger balances.
• Analyze inventory variances, identify root causes, and work with operations to implement corrective actions and strengthen inventory controls.
• Monitor inventory adjustments, transfers, receipts, usage, and other inventory-related transactions to ensure they are properly authorized, recorded, and supported.
• Establish and maintain appropriate inventory controls and procedures to improve the accuracy and reliability of inventory reporting.
• Execute month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities in accordance with established deadlines.
• Prepare supporting schedules and assist with monthly financial reporting and analysis.
• Partner with marina, hospitality, and property operations teams to understand business activities and ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Analyze financial transactions and determine appropriate accounting treatment in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
• Prepare account analyses and explain financial results, trends, and variances to management and operational leaders.
• Support annual financial statement audits and other compliance requirements.
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and ad hoc financial analysis.
• Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes, strengthen internal controls, and increase operational efficiency.
• Support ERP optimization, system enhancements, and accounting process automation initiatives.
• Collaborate across departments to ensure accurate accounting for revenues, expenses, inventory, fixed assets, leases, intercompany transactions, and other balance sheet accounts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Five or more years of progressive accounting experience, preferably within hospitality, marina, real estate, property management, or other multi-location service organizations.
• Demonstrated experience managing or supporting inventory accounting, inventory reconciliation, physical inventory counts, and inventory controls.
• Strong understanding of inventory accounting principles, including inventory valuation, adjustments, transfers, and reconciliation of physical inventory to accounting records.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and financial reporting principles.
• Demonstrated experience preparing journal entries, reconciling balance sheet accounts, and managing the month-end close process.
• Experience working in a multi-entity environment is strongly preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Experience with ERP systems such as NetSuite, Quickbooks, or similar platforms is preferred.
• CPA designation is preferred but not required.

The Ideal Candidate The successful candidate will be:

• Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail.
• Self-motivated and able to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment.
• Comfortable taking ownership and accountability for the accuracy of inventory balances and related processes.
• A proactive problem solver who continuously seeks opportunities to improve processes.
• A collaborative business partner capable of building strong relationships across finance and operations.
• Comfortable communicating financial information to non-financial stakeholders.
• Accountable, dependable, and committed to producing high-quality work.
• Professional, ethical, and committed to maintaining confidentiality.

Why Join Us? This is an opportunity to join a financially strong and growing organization where finance plays a strategic role in the business. You’ll work alongside experienced leaders, contribute to meaningful operational improvements, and help support a diverse portfolio of operations. If you enjoy taking ownership, partnering with operations, and making an impact beyond traditional accounting responsibilities, we’d love to hear from you.