Senior Staff Accountant

Senior Staff Accountant

Location: Clearwater, FL (Office-Based) Role Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Are you a GAAP expert with a passion for financial storytelling and process improvement? We are representing a dynamic organization in the Clearwater area seeking a Senior Staff Accountant to serve as a key pillar of their financial operations.

This isn't just a role for a number-cruncher; it’s an opportunity for a strategic thinker to lead month-end cycles, drive automation, and provide the high-level analysis that informs executive decision-making.

Why This Opportunity?

• Impactful Leadership: Lead the month-end close for multiple business units and potentially step into supervisory responsibilities.
• Drive Innovation: You won’t just follow processes—you’ll be empowered to install, modify, and automate accounting systems to improve efficiency.
• Professional Growth: Work closely with upper management, presenting variance and ratio analyses that directly impact the company’s financial strategy.
• Full Benefits: This is a permanent, benefits-eligible position within a committed, mission-driven organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Stewardship: Prepare and analyze financial reports, ensuring all entries and statements strictly adhere to GAAP principles.
• Closing Leadership: Direct the month-end close process, overseeing accruals, reconciliations, and complex journal entries across various units.
• Cash & Treasury Management: Perform detailed cash and intercompany loan reconciliations, manage ACH expenditures, and determine business unit cash needs.
• Strategic Analysis: Conduct statistical, variance, and ratio analyses to identify trends; prepare narrative reports to explain findings to leadership.
• Audit & Compliance: Substantiate transactions through internal audits of contracts and vouchers, and prepare necessary federal, state, and local tax filings.
• System Optimization: Design pro formas for contract pricing and consistently look for ways to automate general accounting functions.

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for a deadline-driven professional who balances technical expertise with strong interpersonal skills.

• Experience: At least 4 years of professional accounting experience with a heavy focus on GAAP is required. Ideally, you have 3–5 years of experience leading month-end closes.
• Education: A Bachelor of Science in Accounting is required.
• Technical Proficiency: Advanced Excel skills are essential; experience with QuickBooks is preferred.
• Unique Expertise: Experience accounting for businesses in the U.S. Virgin Islands is a significant plus.
• Industry Knowledge: While not required, experience in construction accounting or job costing is highly valued.
• Professionalism: A CPA designation and prior supervisory or management experience will set you apart.

Additional Information

• Work Environment: This role is based in a professional office setting in Clearwater.
• Physical Requirements: Ability to input data into computerized systems, perform repetitive motion (typing), and occasionally lift up to 30 pounds.
• Health & Safety: Our client maintains a drug-free and smoke-free workplace; candidates must complete a pre-employment drug screen.
• Commitment: Must be able to maintain strict confidentiality and demonstrate a strong commitment to company values.