Temporary Staff Accountant
Talent Edge Recruiting
Lawrence, MATemporary$25–30/hrPosted 2 days agoStill listed today
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The temporary Staff Accountant will support the hospitality accounting team through a transition and help clear a backlog. The role works with the Director of Accounting and incoming Accounting Manager on priorities and month-end support. Duties include AR/AP, journal entries, reconciliations, payroll accruals, and Excel reporting. The assignment is expected to run through year-end, with a possible extension.
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Job Title: Temporary Staff Accountant – Hospitality (AR/AP, Journal Entries, Bank Recs) Location: Greater Boston Area, MA (North of Boston) – Onsite Pay Rate: $25–$30/hour
Overview: This is a chance to step inside one of New England's most recognized owner-operated companies. It started as a single restaurant in 1990 and grew into a multi-division organization spanning hospitality, food manufacturing, and commercial real estate development. The founder still runs it hands-on every day, and the company is known across the region for reinvesting in its communities.
The Hospitality accounting team is entering a big transition. A new Accounting Manager joins mid-November, and there's a heavy backlog to clear. We need an accountant who can come in, get productive fast, and keep the work moving. You'll work directly with the Director of Accounting, Hospitality, and then support the new Accounting Manager as they settle in.
What You'll Do:
- Manage accounts receivable and accounts payable across hospitality operations
- Prepare and post journal entries following GAAP
- Complete bank reconciliations and resolve discrepancies
- Calculate and record payroll accruals
- Build Excel reports, pivot tables, and graphs for leadership
- Work through the existing backlog and help bring the books current
- Partner with the Director of Accounting and the incoming Accounting Manager on priorities and month-end support
Software & Core Competencies:
- Microsoft Excel (intermediate: pivot tables, graphs)
- Restaurant365 (R365) is a strong plus
- GAAP-based accounting
- Ownership, follow-through, and responsiveness in a fast-moving environment
Compensation & Perks:
- $25–$30/hour, based on experience
- Monday–Friday, full-time, onsite
- Immediate start
- Temporary assignment expected to run through year-end, with possible extension into the new year
- Direct exposure to senior accounting leadership at a highly visible, owner-led company
- Hospitality, multi-entity, and R365 experience that builds your resume
- The company has been ranked among the largest commercial developers in Massachusetts by a major regional business publication
- The founder has been named one of the most influential restaurant CEOs in the country
- Known for revitalizing historic properties and investing in hospitality and culinary education in its communities
Requirements:
- Accounting experience ranging from AR/AP through Junior Analyst level
- Working knowledge of GAAP
- Hands-on experience with journal entries, bank reconciliations, and payroll accruals
- Intermediate Excel skills, including pivot tables and graphs
- Available to start immediately
- Able to work onsite 5 days per week in the North of Boston area
Nice to Have:
- Restaurant365 (R365) experience
- Hospitality or restaurant accounting background
- Multi-entity accounting exposure
If you do your best work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial setting where you own your work, apply today. Interviews are happening now.
This is not a remote role. The company is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.
Talent Edge Recruiting is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
How this job compares
Set against the 542 open Staff Accountant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$25–30/hr
- US median$28–32/hr43 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $27.50/hr, is 8% below the US median midpoint ($30/hr) — in the middle half of Staff Accountant hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 18 open Staff Accountant jobs in Massachusetts and 542 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Robert Half254 open
- Cengage Group20 open
- Aston Carter14 open
- Experience
- Staff Accountant postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (354 postings).
- Education
- 240 of the 542 open Staff Accountant jobs (44%) 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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