Controller
Robert Half Management Resources
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Job overview
The Controller will oversee core accounting and financial operations for a small organization, with a focus on accurate, responsive day-to-day financial management. The role supports a long-term contract opportunity and covers reporting, payroll, banking coordination, and document administration. The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience across these areas and works comfortably in a flexible team environment.
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Full job description
Description We are looking for an experienced Controller to support a long-term contract opportunity in Hillsborough, New Jersey. This position will oversee core accounting and financial operations for a small, collaborative organization, with a strong focus on accuracy, responsiveness, and day-to-day financial management. The ideal candidate will bring hands-on experience across reporting, payroll, banking coordination, and document administration while working comfortably in a flexible team environment.
Responsibilities:
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Manage daily accounting activities and maintain accurate financial records to support overall business operations.
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Prepare month-end and quarterly financial reporting packages, ensuring timely submission of required information to banking partners and other stakeholders.
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Coordinate banking relationships, including activities related to credit facilities, financial documentation, and reporting obligations.
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Process payroll for approximately 35 employees with a high level of accuracy and confidentiality.
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Oversee document control activities, including organizing, compiling, scanning, and maintaining financial and operational records.
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Use Great Plains to manage accounting functions, review financial data, and support ongoing reporting needs.
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Partner with internal team members to maintain smooth financial processes and provide cross-training support during the onboarding period.
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Contribute in a hands-on capacity within a small company setting, adjusting priorities as needed to meet operational demands. Requirements • Proven experience in a Controller or senior-level accounting position.
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Strong background in month-end close, financial reporting, and general accounting operations.
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Experience managing payroll processes for a small to mid-sized employee population.
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Working knowledge of banking coordination, including credit line reporting and year-end financial documentation.
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Proficiency with Microsoft Great Plains accounting software.
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Experience with document control, document scanning, and records organization.
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Ability to work effectively in a small team environment with flexibility and strong interpersonal skills.
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.
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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 759 open Controller jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$130–170K/yr303 salary ranges
- US median$60–71/hr20 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 15 open Controller jobs in New Jersey and 759 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Robert Half (this employer)245 open
- JPMorgan Chase15 open
- Aston Carter14 open
- Experience
- Controller postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 10 years (605 postings).
- Education
- 402 of the 759 open Controller jobs (53%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 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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