Senior Accounting Manager
Job ID: 1
About the role
J Berry Nursery is seeking a Senior Accounting Manager to serve as the company's senior internal accounting leader and develop into its future Controller. Reporting directly to ownership, this person will lead the monthly close, financial reporting, inventory accounting, and accounting team development while receiving structured technical mentoring from the company's current fractional Controller. This is a hands-on opportunity for a strong senior accountant or accounting manager who wants broader responsibility in an inventory-intensive, multi-location operating business. The successful candidate will work closely with operations, lead the Accounting Department, and progressively assume responsibility for budgeting, forecasting, banking, and external financial relationships.
Responsibilities
- Lead the monthly close process
- Oversee financial reporting
- Manage inventory accounting
- Develop and lead the accounting team
- Work closely with operations
- Progressively assume responsibility for budgeting, forecasting, banking, and external financial relationships
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in accounting
- 5+ years of relevant experience
- Hands-on month-end close responsibilities
About J Berry Nursery
J Berry Nursery is a family-founded wholesale nursery headquartered in Grand Saline, Texas, with more than 20 years of growth behind us and our best years ahead. We are known across the industry as an innovator — the company that brings new, exciting plants to market — and our flagship Hollywood Hibiscus® collection of patented tropical hibiscus can be found at most major retailers nationwide. From our 170-acre home operation in Grand Saline and our second production location in Los Fresnos in the Rio Grande Valley, our team grows millions of plants a year, combining modern production practices with the craftsmanship of experienced growers. We are a company that likes to win: we invest in our people, move fast, and take pride in growing top-quality plants. If you want to work somewhere your ideas matter and your work ends up on shelves across the country, we'd like to meet you.
Pay
$90,000 to $110,000 per year