Certified Public Accountant

About Campione Law

Campione Law, based in Jacksonville, FL, offers a dynamic environment for legal professionals and their support staff. The firm’s accounting function is growing in scope and importance.

The newly created In‑House CPA / Accounting Controller role centralizes, strengthens, and professionalizes the firm’s accounting function. The incumbent will be 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.

• Accounting Ownership
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  Manage month‑end, quarter‑end, and year‑end close, general ledger oversight, journal entries, reconciliations, financial statement preparation, and internal reporting.
• Financial Accuracy & Controls
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• Strengthen balance‑sheet accuracy, income‑statement accuracy, cash‑flow visibility, and accounting controls, policies, procedures, and reporting discipline.
• Current‑State Assessment
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• Evaluate the current accounting function, including Quick Books Online, month‑end close, internal controls, financial reporting, outside CPA relationships, bookkeeper responsibilities, and automation opportunities.
• Process Improvement
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  • 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
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  Work closely with the CFO as a strategic accounting counterpart by providing financial recommendations, explaining accounting implications, identifying risks, challenging processes, and supporting business decisions.
• Bookkeeper Oversight
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  Manage and develop the internal bookkeeper while creating a structure that can eventually support additional bookkeepers and accounting professionals.
• Multi‑Entity & Acquisition Support
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  Support multi‑entity accounting, financial due diligence, acquisition accounting, integration planning, and scalable processes for future business growth.
• Technology & Systems Improvement
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  Assess Quick Books Online and recommend whether the firm should improve, migrate, or eventually adopt a different accounting platform to support growth.
• AI & Automation
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  • Identify responsible ways to use automation and AI to improve accounting efficiency while maintaining accuracy, proper review, and audit trails.

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

• Full salaried employee benefits available after a 90‑day trial period, potentially including PTO,…