Springer Publishing
Senior Staff Accountant
🇺🇸 Hybrid - Princeton, NJ
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $95K - $110K
💻 Finance
🗓️ September 15th, 2025
GAAP
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Springer Publishing Company is hiring a Senior Staff Accountant. The role involves managing financial reporting, month-end and year-end close processes, and providing financial insights to support strategic decisions across the organization. The accountant will oversee sales, cost of sales, reconciliations, and serve as a liaison to manufacturing and product development while supporting audits, internal controls, and mentoring junior staff.
Highlights
- Prepare and analyze monthly financial statements ensuring GAAP compliance.
- Manage sales, cost of sales, and related journal entries and reconciliations.
- Oversee inventory accuracy in collaboration with third-party providers and Customer Service.
- Reconcile accounts receivable, inventory, capital investments, and deferred revenue.
- Serve as primary liaison to manufacturing and product development for financial data accuracy.
- Support internal and external audits with documentation and responses.
- Maintain and enhance internal controls and accounting policies.
- Lead or assist with accounting system implementations and upgrades.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills; experience with ERP systems like Oracle, SAP, NetSuite, and financial planning tools such as Acumen.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance with 8-10 years of advanced accounting experience and strong GAAP knowledge.
- Salary range: $95,000 to $110,000 annually.
Senior Staff Accountant Full Description
Senior Staff Accountant
Full Time
Princeton, NJ, US
Salary Range:
$95,000.00 To $110,000.00 Annually
Senior Staff Accountant
Reporting to the Director, Financial Planning & Analysis, this role is responsible for ensuring accurate, timely, and transparent financial reporting, managing month-end and year-end close processes, and providing financial insights that support strategic decision-making across the organization.
The Senior Staff Accountant will take ownership of sales, cost of sales, and related journal entries and reconciliations, manage reconciliations across categories such as accounts receivable, inventory, capital investments, and deferred revenue. This position also serves as the primary liaison to manufacturing, ensuring smooth communication and accurate tracking of production-related financial data. In addition, this position will be the primary liaison with Product Development to ensure the accuracy and completeness of product financial proposals.
Other responsibilities include providing support during internal and external audits, ensuring effective internal controls, applying accounting policies and procedures, guiding junior staff, and assisting with accounting system implementations.
The Senior Staff Accountant will have a collaborative mindset, attention to detail, and the ability to manage complex accounting tasks while contributing to the financial health and integrity of the organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare, review, and analyze monthly financial statements to ensure accuracy and compliance with GAAP and company policies.
- Take full ownership of sales, cost of sales, and related journal entries and reconciliations.
- Working closely with a third-party provider as well as Customer Service, oversee and manage the company’s book inventory ensuring its currency and accuracy.
- Manage and reconcile asset categories, including accounts receivable, inventory, capital investments, and deferred income.
- Prepare and oversee product-level P&Ls and track actual results vs. budget.
- Serve as the primary liaison to manufacturing, ensuring accurate tracking of production-related financial data.
- Support the future integration of royalty accounting into the finance team’s reporting structure.
- Assist with internal and external audits by preparing schedules, documentation, and responding to auditor inquiries.
- Maintain and strengthen internal controls to safeguard assets and ensure compliance with financial and industry-specific regulations.
- Support the implementation of accounting policies and procedures to enhance operational efficiency and accuracy.
- Mentor and guide junior accounting staff to foster professional development and high-quality work output.
- Lead or support accounting system implementations, including requirements gathering, testing, training, and adoption.
Skills & Competencies
Technical Skills
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, macros, and data visualization).
- In-depth knowledge of GAAP and financial reporting requirements relevant to the publications and media industry.
- Hands-on experience with ERP systems (Oracle, SAP, NetSuite) including reporting, reconciliations, and process optimization.
- Familiarity with financial planning tools such as Acumen for budgeting and forecasting.
- Ability to support or lead the implementation of new accounting systems.
- Proficient in preparing and reviewing journal entries, reconciliations, and consolidations.
Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills
- Strong variance analysis capabilities with the ability to explain deviations from budget and forecast.
- Expertise in financial modeling to support scenario planning, forecasting, and long-range strategic initiatives.
- Ability to interpret financial data, identify trends, and translate insights into actionable recommendations.
- Skilled in assessing processes for efficiency gaps and recommending technology-enabled improvements.
- Proven problem-solving ability in resolving accounting discrepancies and audit findings.
Communication & Collaboration Skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication for reports, audit documentation, and financial presentations.
- Ability to explain technical accounting concepts clearly to non-financial stakeholders.
- Strong collaboration skills to partner with cross-functional teams in editorial, marketing, sales, and operations.
- Skilled at preparing clear financial narratives that support executive decision-making.
- Adept at working with external auditors, vendors, and regulatory bodies, ensuring compliance and transparency.
Leadership & Mentoring Skills
- Experience mentoring junior accounting staff, providing training, coaching, and feedback to strengthen skills.
- Ability to delegate tasks effectively while maintaining accountability for quality and deadlines.
- Leadership in implementing process improvements that increase efficiency and accuracy across accounting operations.
- Collaborative approach to fostering a positive, team-oriented work environment.
- Demonstrated capability to lead through change, particularly during new system implementations or regulatory updates.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- At least 8 to 10 years of advanced experience in accounting are necessary; having worked in publications or media is a plus.
- Strong knowledge of GAAP and financial reporting standards.
- Proficiency in accounting software and Microsoft Excel, including advanced functions and data analysis tools.
- Experience with ERP systems (Acumen, Oracle, SAP, NetSuite)
- Demonstrated experience with month-end close processes, account reconciliations, and financial statement preparation.
- Ability to manage complex accounting responsibilities, including sales, cost of sales, asset reconciliations, and product-level P&Ls.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with experience collaborating across teams.
- Experience supporting or leading new accounting system implementations is highly desirable.
Management of Others: This position does currently include direct supervisory responsibilities.
Location: Hybrid (2-3 days onsite in Princeton office, remainder remote)
About Springer Publishing Company:
Joining Springer Publishing means working in an innovative, tech-driven, highly collaborative environment. Our culture is focused on supporting our customers from education to career. Our mission is to build and foster a team of individuals working together to learn, grow and deliver in an environment that empowers everyone to apply their experiences, knowledge, and skills. When you pair great people with our common purpose, amazing things are possible. Find your place, develop your passion, and build your future with us.
Named one of the fastest growing independent publishers in the United States by Publishers Weekly, we continue to grow our product portfolio in nursing, public health, healthcare administration, social work, counseling and medicine.
Join us and grow your career at Springer Publishing!
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against applicants due to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability.
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