Certified Public Accountant

*Are you ready to lead and transform the accounting function at a dynamic law firm?* *Can you build a strategic accounting foundation that supports growth and acquisitions?* *Do you thrive in an entrepreneurial environment where your insights directly impact leadership decisions?* *Are you a proactive CPA eager to eliminate fragmented accounting ownership?* **Final question:** When faced with a challenge, do you get *excited* or run away? **\*\* IMPORTANT: TO APPLY \*\*** **If you have any questions, please email only.** - Please do not reach out through our website's contact information (telephone, email, or web chat) or via direct messaging on any social media platform. **To Apply: Submit your application by clicking the "Apply" button and applying on the Crisp Recruit page that opens.** **\*\*RECRUITERS DO NOT CONTACT\*\*** Campione Law, based in Jacksonville, FL, is renowned as the premiere personal injury and insurance law firm committed to delivering justice with compassion. Our practice areas extend from personal injury and workers' compensation to criminal defense and real estate law, guided by the principle of treating clients like family. We pride ourselves on aggressive representation and superior results, with over $350 million recovered in settlements, reflecting our dedication to our clients' well-being. Our team is driven by empathy, integrity, and a relentless pursuit of excellence, handling cases that include car accidents, medical malpractice, and wrongful death. Led by Christopher David Campione, our award-winning attorneys provide personalized service that distinguishes our firm. We boast a reputation of success and innovation, deeply entwined with our community-focused efforts and client-centered approach. 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. **What you’ll do:** - 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. **What we’re looking for:** - **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. - 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. **Why you should work here:** - High-Impact Ownership: Step into a newly created leadership role where you can build the accounting function rather than simply maintain an existing department. - Strategic Visibility: Partner directly with the CFO and executive team on accounting infrastructure, reporting, growth planning, and business decisions. - Growth Environment: Join a firm preparing for continued expansion through new entities, business ventures, and potential acquisitions. - Long-Term Leadership Path: Opportunity to become a long-term accounting executive within the organization as the firm grows. - Entrepreneurial Culture: Work in an environment that values ownership, independent thinking, smart recommendations, respectful pushback, and continuous improvement. **Additional perks:** - 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. The intake discussion suggested approximately $150,000+ for a highly qualified candidate, with flexibility for exceptional talent. **Work Arrangement:** - 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. Join Campione Law and play a vital role in shaping our accounting landscape. If you are a progressive CPA ready to drive change and innovation within a supportive legal environment, we invite you to apply and become part of a team dedicated to delivering justice and excellence. Your expertise and leadership will leave an indelible mark on our firm’s future.