Certified Public Accountant

Crisp Recruit•Jacksonville, FL

7d•$150,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The newly created In-House CPA / Accounting Controller role at Campione Law exists to centralize, strengthen, and professionalize the firm’s accounting function. This is not a traditional accountant or Senior Accountant position. The person hired will serve as the long-term owner of accounting operations, bringing accountability, structure, and strategic insight to a function currently supported by an internal bookkeeper, outside CPA firms, and CFO oversight. This role is designed to reduce dependency on outside accounting firms, eliminate recurring year-end cleanup, create disciplined monthly accounting processes, and build scalable accounting infrastructure capable of supporting future growth, multiple entities, and potential acquisitions. As a strategic partner to the CFO and executive team, you will evaluate current systems, identify risks and inefficiencies, recommend better processes, and help build an internal accounting department over time.

Requirements

Must hold an active CPA license with robust operational accounting experience.
Strong operational accounting experience, including ownership of month-end close, financial reporting, reconciliations, controls, and accounting processes.
Ability to operate as more than an order-taking accountant by forming opinions, making recommendations, identifying risks, and respectfully challenging leadership when needed.
Comfortable working directly with a CFO, COO, owner, and executive team in a performance-focused, entrepreneurial environment.
Proven ability to assess accounting operations, identify inefficiencies, improve controls, and implement better systems.
Experience managing accounting staff or demonstrated potential to lead and build an internal accounting team over time.
Strong familiarity with QuickBooks Online, with the ability to assess whether the current system can support future growth.
Interest in automation, AI, and accounting systems improvement is highly valued; direct AI experience is not required.

Nice To Haves

Experience with corporate accounting, multi-entity accounting, M&A due diligence, transaction advisory, acquisition accounting, or integration planning is strongly preferred.
Controller, Assistant Controller, Accounting Director, corporate accounting leader, CPA with operational accounting depth, or accounting leader with law firm, family office, or multi-entity experience.

Responsibilities

Own the firm’s accounting operations, including month-end, quarterly, and year-end close, general ledger oversight, journal entries, reconciliations, financial statement preparation, and internal reporting.
Strengthen balance sheet accuracy, income statement accuracy, cash flow visibility, accounting controls, policies, procedures, and reporting discipline.
Evaluate the current accounting function, including QuickBooks Online, month-end close, internal controls, financial reporting, outside CPA relationships, current bookkeeper responsibilities, and opportunities for automation.
Identify weaknesses, low-hanging fruit, and long-term improvement opportunities, then build better systems that reduce year-end cleanup and produce consistently clean financials throughout the year.
Work closely with the CFO as a strategic accounting counterpart by providing financial recommendations, explaining accounting implications, identifying risks, challenging existing processes, and supporting business decisions.
Manage and develop the internal bookkeeper while creating a structure that can eventually support additional bookkeepers and accounting professionals.
Support multi-entity accounting, financial due diligence, acquisition accounting, integration planning, and scalable processes for future business growth.
Assess QuickBooks Online and recommend whether the firm should improve, migrate, or eventually adopt a different accounting platform to support growth.
Identify responsible ways to use automation and AI to improve accounting efficiency while maintaining accuracy, proper review, and audit trails.