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Job overview
Robert Half seeks an experienced Senior Accountant to support a growing organization’s finance department and expanding business operations. The role owns complex reconciliations, financial reporting, and close activities, maintains general-ledger integrity, and identifies process improvements. The ideal candidate is analytical, organized, and comfortable working independently and across departments.
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Description
Robert Half is looking for an experienced Senior Accountant to join a growing organization with an established finance department and an expanding portfolio of business operations. This is an excellent opportunity for an accounting professional who enjoys working beyond basic transaction processing and wants to take ownership of complex reconciliations, financial reporting, and month-end close activities. The Senior Accountant will play an important role in maintaining the integrity of the general ledger, identifying opportunities to improve accounting procedures, and providing meaningful financial information to leadership. The ideal candidate is analytical, highly organized, and comfortable balancing independent responsibilities with collaboration across departments.
Key Responsibilities:
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Take ownership of assigned general ledger accounts and ensure all balances are accurate, properly supported, and reconciled on a monthly basis.
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Prepare and review complex journal entries, including accruals, prepaid expenses, amortization, depreciation, and recurring adjustments.
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Lead portions of the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, ensuring deadlines are consistently met.
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Prepare balance sheet reconciliations and investigate unusual fluctuations, discrepancies, or account activity.
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Assist with the preparation of monthly financial statements, management reporting packages, and supporting schedules.
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Analyze income statement activity and provide explanations for variances against budget, forecast, and prior periods.
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Maintain fixed asset schedules, including additions, disposals, depreciation, and related account reconciliations.
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Support revenue and expense recognition procedures in accordance with applicable accounting standards.
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Partner with accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and operational teams to ensure transactions are accurately recorded.
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Assist with annual financial audits and provide supporting documentation to external auditors.
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Identify opportunities to streamline accounting workflows, strengthen internal controls, and improve reporting accuracy.
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Assist with special projects, financial analysis, and process improvement initiatives as the business continues to grow.
Requirements
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Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field strongly preferred.
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4–6+ years of progressive accounting experience, including general ledger and month-end close responsibilities.
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Strong understanding of GAAP and financial statement preparation.
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Demonstrated experience preparing journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial reporting schedules.
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Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookup functions, and complex spreadsheet analysis.
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Experience with ERP or accounting platforms such as NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Microsoft Dynamics, or similar systems.
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Ability to independently investigate discrepancies and communicate findings to management.
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Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and competing priorities.
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CPA or CPA eligibility is a plus, but not required.
Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles.
Robert Half works to put you in the best position to succeed. We provide access to top jobs, competitive compensation and benefits, and free online training. Stay on top of every opportunity - whenever you choose - even on the go. Download the Robert Half app (https://www.roberthalf.com/us/en/mobile-app) and get 1-tap apply, notifications of AI-matched jobs, and much more.
All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Benefits are available to contract/temporary professionals, including medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance. Hired contract/temporary professionals are also eligible to enroll in our company 401(k) plan. Visit roberthalf.gobenefits.net for more information.
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How this job compares
Set against the 531 open Senior Accountant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- California median$95–129K/yr35 salary ranges
- US median$46–55/hr27 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 80 open Senior Accountant jobs in California and 531 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Robert Half (this employer)39 open
- Intuit3 open
- Experience
- Senior Accountant postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 5 years (455 postings).
- Education
- 361 of the 531 open Senior Accountant jobs (68%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 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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