
Senior Accountant
South Plainfield, NJFull-time$70–85K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Senior Accountant applies accounting principles to analyze financial information and supports timely, accurate financial reporting. The role handles general ledger analysis, reconciliations, month-end close, journal entries, variance analysis, and audit activities. It also develops and implements Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable procedures in accordance with GAAP and internal controls, contributes to borrowing-base duties, and cross-trains with other accountants.
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Full job description
Minimum Education Required
Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, Business or Economics
Compensation
$70,000.00 - $85,000.00 / Yearly
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
1
Job Description
Apply accounting principles to analyze financial information; develop and implement Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable procedures in accordance with GAAP and established internal controls; meet tight deadlines; provide timely and accurate financial reporting; and support the achievement of company and department goals and objectives.
As a Senior Accountant, you will:
General ledger analysis – Asset & Liability
Analyzes financial information detailing assets, liabilities, and capital charges.
Determines proper handling of financial transactions within designated limits.
Monitors compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and company procedures.
Reviews, investigates, and corrects errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and reports.
Make recommendations regarding the accounting of reserves, assets, and expenditures.
Compiles and analyzes financial information to prepare re-class journal entries when necessary
401k Reconciliation
Payroll Reconciliation
Fixed Asset reconciliation and project tracking
Month end close
Prepare assigned standard and recurring journal entries
Income Statement variance analysis
Financial audit (annual) and Bank audit (semi-annual)
Participate in compilation of data
Borrowing Base (shared duty)
Adhoc financial reports and analysis as needed
Cross train with other Accountants
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
26-0004
Job Type
Full Time
How this job compares
Set against the 4,827 open Accounting jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$70–85K/yr
- New Jersey median$96–131K/yr82 salary ranges
- US median$95–136K/yr2,325 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $78K, is 32% below the New Jersey median midpoint ($114K) — in the lowest quarter of Accounting salary ranges in New Jersey.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 147 open Accounting jobs in New Jersey and 4,827 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New Jersey
- ManpowerGroup22 open
- Robert Half Finance & Accounting17 open
- Deloitte10 open
- Experience
- Accounting postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (3,523 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 2,464 of the 4,827 open Accounting jobs (51%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 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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