
Staff Accountant
Boca Raton, FLFull-timeSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
The Staff Accountant assists with maintaining the general ledger, preparing financial reports, reconciling accounts, and documenting source data. The role supports financial process improvements, Sarbanes-Oxley controls, and regular interactions with internal and external auditors. It also contributes to monthly and period-end close activities and other accounting projects.
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Summary:
Responsible for assisting in the day-to-day maintenance of a complete and accurate general ledger and in preparing basic financial reports. Responsible for account reconciliations and documentation of source data (manual and systematic). Review, analyze and document job processes and account reconciliation processes done outside of the GL group. Assist the general ledger department with process improvements and account reconciliation efficiencies. Familiar with Sarbanes Oxley requirements and assist in maintaining those controls. Interact with external and internal auditors on a regular basis.
Duties and Responsibilities:
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Reconcile low to moderately complex general ledger accounts monthly including research and resolution of discrepancies.
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Reconcile sub-ledgers to GL as required.
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Maintain and enhance financial systems and reporting mechanisms.
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Prepare monthly journal entries and supporting schedules.
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Participate in month end, quarter end and year end closings.
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Communicate with team members from other functional areas as well as external sources.
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Comply with Internal controls and best practices and assist in other accounting projects as requested.
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Provide information for auditors and other special projects.
Education/Certification:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or other business-related field.
Experience:
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1.5 to 5 years of experience in accounting
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Experience with ERP ledgers systems is preferred (Oracle)
Skills:
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Must be organized and detail oriented, flexible, able to work independently, good oral and written communication skills.
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Ability to understand accounting concepts and apply them.
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Proficient in Excel.
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Comfortable with and able to utilize computer technology.
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Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
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Analytical thinking skills.
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Accountability & Drive for Results: Strong customer focus and collaborative skills.
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Change Agent: Ability and readiness to embrace and successfully drive/implement change.
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Functional/technical skills: strong fundamentals in accounting and US GAAP.
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Team player: comfort in operating within a dynamic, complex organizational structure.
Job Identification: 3022404
Job Schedule: Full time
How this job compares
Set against the 3,330 open Accountant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Florida median$50–65K/yr35 salary ranges
- US median$45–50/hr887 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 118 open Accountant jobs in Florida and 3,330 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Accountant postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 2,177 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,815 of the 3,330 open Accountant jobs (55%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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