Senior Accountant

Description

Senior Accountant

A career path to Controller on an AI-focused finance team

Company: Group One 

Location: Union, New Jersey 

Employment type: Full-time 

Classification: Salaried, [exempt] 

Reports to: CFO (acting Controller)

About Us

Group One is a privately held family of businesses providing manpower, facility, security, parking and vending services to airports, airlines and commercial customers. We run a dozen entities from Union, New Jersey, on a modern cloud ERP. We are rebuilding our finance team around Claude and AI-assisted workflows as the normal way of working, not an experiment on the side.

Compensation

$78,000 to $82,000 per year. Placement in the range depends on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

• Days: Monday to Friday
• On site: Full time at our Union, NJ office

Position Summary

This is a career path, and we're saying so up front. Our CFO is currently acting as Controller and is hiring this role to develop a successor for that function. You'll be introduced to the company deliberately and take on backup responsibility for Controller functions one at a time. Our goal is for the right person to step into the Controller role within about four years, based on performance and the needs of the business.

What You'll Do

• Prepare the monthly close for multiple entities and deliver P&L and balance sheet packages for Controller review, then take on that review yourself over time
• Keep every balance sheet account reconciled and supported, with an owner and a date for every open item
• Prepare reconciliations tied to third-party documents: bank, line of credit and loans, lease liabilities, prepaids, payroll and sales tax liabilities, and fixed assets
• Prepare intercompany elimination entries and run the intercompany reconciliation across all entities each month
• Own the multi-state sales tax calendar: prepare returns and payments, maintain rate tables, and review calculations prepared by an outside partner
• Maintain the fixed asset register and the insurance and workers' compensation allocation schedules
• Prepare the monthly lender borrowing base and covenant package and all audit workpapers ahead of fieldwork, becoming the day-to-day contact for auditors and the bank over time
• Build and run AI-assisted workflows in Claude for each recurring task you own, and document the procedure behind each one so the work never depends on one person
• Back up daily bank posting and reconciliation, and be backed up in turn

How You'll Grow

• First 90 days: Run the holding-entity closes and the balance sheet review under Controller review. Read and confirm the procedures, and get your first routines running.
• First year: Own the tax calendar, fixed assets, intercompany, the borrowing base and the audit workpapers. Back up every Controller function and take your first delegated sign-offs.
• Years two and three: Review the close, sign off reconciliations under the CFO, and serve as the primary contact for auditors and the bank on routine matters.
• Goal, within about four years: Controller, owning the control function for the group.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Health savings account (HSA)
• Life insurance
• 401(k) 
• Paid time off

Our Team and Culture

We are shifting our effort from performing tasks to guiding the business. The finance team is building a platform that lets Group One grow, run the existing business for performance and profitability, and give customers full transparency into the services we deliver. Every routine task we hand to a documented AI workflow is time we put back into that mission.

This works best for a motivated team player who wants to help build something, not just fill a role. We help each other, we write things down, we ask when we're unsure, and we raise bad news the same day. The expectations are high, and your pace is set by what you take on.

How to Apply

Apply through this posting and include a short note on a process you improved and how you used technology to do it.

Requirements

What You Need

• Bachelor's degree in accounting
• At least two years of multi-entity monthly close experience, public accounting experience, or both
• Reconciliation discipline: you can show a workpaper that ties, with support, and explain every reconciling item
• Working knowledge of a cloud general ledger (Intuit Enterprise Suite, QuickBooks Online, NetSuite or similar) and strong Excel skills
• Willingness to make AI tools part of your everyday work

Preferred

• CPA or on the CPA track
• Experience with Claude or similar AI tools
• Multi-state sales tax exposure
• Airport, facilities or staffing industry experience

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

• Setting: Office-based, full time on site in Union, NJ
• Physical: Extended periods of computer and desk work

Equal Opportunity

Group One 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.