Certified Public Accountant

About the role

The 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.

Responsibilities

• Accounting Ownership: 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.
• Financial Accuracy & Controls: Strengthen balance sheet accuracy, income statement accuracy, cash flow visibility, accounting controls, policies, procedures, and reporting discipline.
• Current-State Assessment: 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.
• Process Improvement: 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.
• Strategic CFO Partnership: 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.
• Bookkeeper Oversight: Manage and develop the internal bookkeeper while creating a structure that can eventually support additional bookkeepers and accounting professionals.
• Multi-Entity & Acquisition Support: Support multi-entity accounting, financial due diligence, acquisition accounting, integration planning, and scalable processes for future business growth.
• Technology & Systems Improvement: Assess QuickBooks Online and recommend whether the firm should improve, migrate, or eventually adopt a different accounting platform to support growth.
• AI & Automation: Identify responsible ways to use automation and AI to improve accounting efficiency while maintaining accuracy, proper review, and audit trails.

Requirements

• CPA Certification: Must hold an active CPA license with robust operational accounting experience.
• Controller-Level Accounting Experience: Strong operational accounting experience, including ownership of month-end close, financial reporting, reconciliations, controls, and accounting processes.
• Strategic Accounting Mindset: Ability to operate as more than an order-taking accountant by forming opinions, making recommendations, identifying risks, and respectfully challenging leadership when needed.
• Executive Partnership: Comfortable working directly with a CFO, COO, owner, and executive team in a performance-focused, entrepreneurial environment.
• Process Improvement Experience: Proven ability to assess accounting operations, identify inefficiencies, improve controls, and implement better systems.
• Leadership Capability: Experience managing accounting staff or demonstrated potential to lead and build an internal accounting team over time.
• QuickBooks Online Experience: Strong familiarity with QuickBooks Online, with the ability to assess whether the current system can support future growth.
• Growth & M&A Exposure: Experience with corporate accounting, multi-entity accounting, M&A due diligence, transaction advisory, acquisition accounting, or integration planning is strongly preferred.
• Technology-Forward Approach: Interest in automation, AI, and accounting systems improvement is highly valued; direct AI experience is not required.

Qualifications

• Preferred Backgrounds: 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.

Benefits

• After 90 Days: Full salaried employee benefits become available after the 90-day trial period and may include PTO, holidays, healthcare, and 401(k) eligibility.
• Paid Time Off: Salaried employees typically receive 10 days of PTO after the 90-day period.
• Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available for highly qualified candidates.
• Professional Development: CRISP Experience trial access may be available post-90 days, with a focus on operational growth and leadership development.
• Flexible Compensation: Compensation is intentionally flexible and will be based on candidate experience, qualifications, and overall fit.

Schedule

This role is based in Jacksonville, FL. The first 90 days are expected to be fully onsite in the downtown Jacksonville office. After the first 90 days, some flexibility may be considered as long as the person maintains a steady in-office presence and remains closely connected to the business.