Senior Staff Accountant Westbury, NY
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The Senior Accountant will support day-to-day and month-end accounting operations, maintain internal controls, and contribute to financial reporting and process improvement. The role includes preparing financial statements, managing general ledger activity and close processes, analyzing financial data, and assisting with budgeting, forecasting, and audits. This is a temp-to-hire opportunity for an experienced accounting professional.
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Description
Our client in Nassau County is seeking a highly skilled Senior Accountant for a temp-to-hire opportunity. This role is ideal for an experienced accounting professional who can support day-to-day and month-end accounting operations, maintain strong internal controls, and contribute to financial reporting and process improvement.
Key Responsibilities:
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Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial statements.
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Manage general ledger activity, journal entries, account reconciliations, and month-end close.
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Analyze financial data and provide reporting support to leadership.
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Ensure compliance with accounting policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
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Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and audit preparation.
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Support implementation and improvement of accounting processes and internal controls.
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Partner cross-functionally with finance, payroll, and operations teams.
Requirements
Qualifications:
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Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
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7+ years of progressive accounting experience, preferably in a senior-level role.
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Strong knowledge of GAAP and financial reporting.
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Advanced Excel skills and experience with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics 365, QuickBooks, or Workday.
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CPA preferred.
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Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication 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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How this job compares
Set against the 3,445 open Accountant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- New York median$75–91K/yr114 salary ranges
- New York median$32–35/hr20 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 216 open Accountant jobs in New York and 3,445 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- Robert Half (this employer)42 open
- Beacon Hill Staffing Group8 open
- New York State Civil Service8 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience — more than three in four Accountant postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 2,325 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,813 of the 3,445 open Accountant jobs (53%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 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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