Accountant - Madison, NJ

Staff Accountant

Are you a proactive, self-motivated accounting professional looking to build your career with market-leading real estate brands? Join our Regional Controllers team as a Staff Accountant, where you will support the accounting operations behind our company-owned brokerages—including Coldwell Banker, Sotheby's International Realty, and Corcoran.

This is a role for someone who sets a high standard for their own work. You will own real close responsibilities from day one, help strengthen our control environment, and gain exposure to a multi-brand business that will sharpen your technical foundation. Reporting to an Accounting Manager within the Regional Controller's organization and partnering with managers across the company, you will have the visibility and support to grow quickly.

This role is based at our headquarters in Madison, NJ.

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Close & Reporting: Execute month-end close activities, including journal entries, accruals, and monthly balance sheet reconciliations and analysis for key accounts.

• Accuracy & GAAP Compliance: Ensure journal entry submissions and all accounting activity are accurate and compliant with U.S. GAAP and internal policies and procedures.

• Stakeholder Partnership: Coordinate with departments across the organization to obtain the support required to book entries timely, and share reconciliation and analysis results with stakeholders.

• Financial Analysis: Analyze the income statement and balance sheet with enough command of the detail to speak to the numbers reported, and prepare ad-hoc reports and analysis as needed.

• Process Improvement: Assist with process analyses, identify simplification and standardization opportunities, and recommend modifications to accounting methods, procedures, forms, and records to management.

• Special Projects: Support special projects and additional responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

• Education & Credentials: Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting or related field; CPA candidate a plus.

• Experience: 2+ years of accounting experience.

• Technical Expertise: Strong understanding of GAAP accounting and reporting; proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite with advanced Excel skills. Oracle and Blackline experience a plus.

• Core Competencies: Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills with strong attention to detail.

Anywhere is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package to our employees including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Short-term and Long-term disability benefits, AD&D

• 401(k) savings plan with company match

• Paid Time Off to Include Holidays, Vacation Time, and Sick Time

• Paid Family & Paternity Leave

• Life Insurance

• Business Travel Accident Insurance

• All employees receive access to Linked In Learning

• Employee Referral Program

• Adoption Assistance Program

• Employee Assistance Program

• Health and Wellness Program and Incentives

• Employee Discounts

• Employee Resource Groups

Anywhere Real Estate Inc. (http://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).) (NYSE: HOUS) is moving real estate to what's next. Home to some of the most recognized brands in real estate

Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate () ,Century 21® () ,Coldwell Banker® () ,Coldwell Banker Commercial® () ,Corcoran® () ,ERA® () , and Sotheby's International Realty® () , we fulfill our purpose to empower everyone’s next move through our leading integrated services, which include franchise, brokerage, relocation, and title and settlement businesses, as well as mortgage and title insurance underwriter minority owned joint ventures.

Anywhere supports nearly 1 million home sale transactions annually and our portfolio of industry-leading brands turns houses into homes in more than 118 countries and territories across the world.

At Anywhere, we are empowering…