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Finance and accounting roles in the U.S. qualify for E-3 visa sponsorship when the position requires a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field. Australian professionals with CPA qualifications or corporate finance experience are well-positioned, and the E-3's no-lottery structure means your application isn't subject to an annual cap.
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Reports to: Head of Finance and Operations
About Princeton University Store
Princeton University Store is an independent, self-sustaining retail organization serving students, alums, families, faculty, staff, and visitors through physical stores, e-commerce, and event-based retail. The store plays an important role in the Princeton experience while operating as a complex retail business with multiple revenue streams, high transaction volume, and a growing need for stronger systems, reporting, and operating discipline.
We are continuing to strengthen the business for the future. We are seeking a highly capable Finance and Accounting Manager who can bring rigor, sound judgment, and modern financial discipline to a dynamic retail environment. This is an opportunity to join during an important period of operational improvement and help build a stronger, more scalable finance function in support of a distinctive business and community.
Position Summary
The Finance and Accounting Manager is responsible for the day-to-day accounting and financial operations of Princeton University Store. This role ensures accurate financial record-keeping, strong internal controls, timely vendor payments, disciplined reconciliation processes, and dependable financial reporting. Reporting to the Head of Finance and Operations, the Finance and Accounting Manager will play a critical, hands-on role in maintaining a well-run finance function to support a growing, increasingly complex retail business.
This position has broad exposure across the business and is central to monthly close, accounts payable, cash and sales reconciliation, inventory and costing support, payroll backup, compliance, and reporting support. It also requires strong comfort with systems, analytics, and practical technology use, including the ability to improve workflow efficiency, reduce manual work, strengthen reporting accuracy, and support better decision-making through thoughtful use of modern tools.
The ideal candidate combines strong accounting discipline with a proactive, service-oriented mindset. We are seeking someone who works with precision, handles sensitive financial matters with maturity and discretion, and is energized by the opportunity to improve processes and help modernize a meaningful retail organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage monthend close activities, including journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules
- Maintain accurate and timely general ledger activity and ensure the integrity of financial data
- Analyze monthly results, identify variances and issues, and support followup actions and reporting
- Oversee accounts payable processes to ensure invoices and expenses are processed accurately and on time
- Strategically schedule vendor payments in alignment with vendor terms, cash flow needs, and business cycles
- Review and approve payments to ensure proper documentation, coding, and policy compliance
- Resolve vendor issues, including credit holds, statement discrepancies, and payment questions
- Lead daily cash and sales audit processes, including reconciliation of deposits, credit card activity, and pointofsale transactions
- Monitor transaction variances and ensure prompt investigation and resolution
- Oversee credit card batch settlement and reconciliation to bank activity and sales records
- Partner with merchandising, receiving, and operations teams to maintain accurate product costs in NetSuite and related systems
- Review inventory transactions and costing activity to support accurate financial reporting and cost of goods sold
- Support financeside inventory analysis, margin review, and opentobuy reporting in partnership with the Head of Finance and Operations and merchandising leaders
- Oversee bank account and credit card reconciliations and resolve discrepancies on a timely basis
- Assist with budgets, forecasts, reforecasts, variance analysis, and ongoing reporting needs
- Serve as backup support for payrollrelated processing and employee data administration in Paychex and related systems
- Prepare and file applicable taxes, including state use tax, New Jersey litter control tax, and other required filings
- Coordinate documentation and support for the annual audit and other compliance needs
- Identify opportunities to improve finance workflows through stronger systems use, process improvement, automation, analytics, and thoughtful application of AIenabled tools where appropriate
- Partner with the Head of Finance and Operations on implementation, testing, documentation, adoption, and stabilization of financerelated systems improvements
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required
- Minimum of five years of progressive accounting experience required
- Experience in a retail, multilocation, consumer products, or highvolume transaction environment strongly preferred
- Handson NetSuite ERP proficiency is required. This is a nonnegotiable qualification for the role, and candidates without meaningful NetSuite experience will not be considered
- Strong experience with ERP systems in a finance and accounting environment
- Advanced Excel skills, including modeling, reconciliation, analysis, and reporting
- Experience with analytics and reporting tools used to support financial analysis and operational visibility
- Experience using Paychex or a comparable payroll and HRIS platform; Paychex experience strongly preferred
- Demonstrated process improvement orientation, with the ability to strengthen workflows, reduce manual work, and improve accuracy
- Strong analytical and problemsolving ability, with sound accounting judgment
- High level of accuracy, organization, and followthrough
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fastpaced environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Professional presence and the ability to work effectively across finance, operations, merchandising, and leadership
- Comfort using modern systems and technology to improve efficiency, reporting quality, and workflow effectiveness, including practical experience with automation, analytics, and AIenabled tools in a professional setting
Additional Employment Requirement
Because this position has access to financial systems, cash controls, payroll data, and other sensitive business information, employment is contingent upon successful completion of standard pre-employment screenings, including a credit check, where permitted by applicable law.
Finance and Accounting Manager
Reports to: Head of Finance and Operations
About Princeton University Store
Princeton University Store is an independent, self-sustaining retail organization serving students, alums, families, faculty, staff, and visitors through physical stores, e-commerce, and event-based retail. The store plays an important role in the Princeton experience while operating as a complex retail business with multiple revenue streams, high transaction volume, and a growing need for stronger systems, reporting, and operating discipline.
We are continuing to strengthen the business for the future. We are seeking a highly capable Finance and Accounting Manager who can bring rigor, sound judgment, and modern financial discipline to a dynamic retail environment. This is an opportunity to join during an important period of operational improvement and help build a stronger, more scalable finance function in support of a distinctive business and community.
Position Summary
The Finance and Accounting Manager is responsible for the day-to-day accounting and financial operations of Princeton University Store. This role ensures accurate financial record-keeping, strong internal controls, timely vendor payments, disciplined reconciliation processes, and dependable financial reporting. Reporting to the Head of Finance and Operations, the Finance and Accounting Manager will play a critical, hands-on role in maintaining a well-run finance function to support a growing, increasingly complex retail business.
This position has broad exposure across the business and is central to monthly close, accounts payable, cash and sales reconciliation, inventory and costing support, payroll backup, compliance, and reporting support. It also requires strong comfort with systems, analytics, and practical technology use, including the ability to improve workflow efficiency, reduce manual work, strengthen reporting accuracy, and support better decision-making through thoughtful use of modern tools.
The ideal candidate combines strong accounting discipline with a proactive, service-oriented mindset. We are seeking someone who works with precision, handles sensitive financial matters with maturity and discretion, and is energized by the opportunity to improve processes and help modernize a meaningful retail organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage monthend close activities, including journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules
- Maintain accurate and timely general ledger activity and ensure the integrity of financial data
- Analyze monthly results, identify variances and issues, and support followup actions and reporting
- Oversee accounts payable processes to ensure invoices and expenses are processed accurately and on time
- Strategically schedule vendor payments in alignment with vendor terms, cash flow needs, and business cycles
- Review and approve payments to ensure proper documentation, coding, and policy compliance
- Resolve vendor issues, including credit holds, statement discrepancies, and payment questions
- Lead daily cash and sales audit processes, including reconciliation of deposits, credit card activity, and pointofsale transactions
- Monitor transaction variances and ensure prompt investigation and resolution
- Oversee credit card batch settlement and reconciliation to bank activity and sales records
- Partner with merchandising, receiving, and operations teams to maintain accurate product costs in NetSuite and related systems
- Review inventory transactions and costing activity to support accurate financial reporting and cost of goods sold
- Support financeside inventory analysis, margin review, and opentobuy reporting in partnership with the Head of Finance and Operations and merchandising leaders
- Oversee bank account and credit card reconciliations and resolve discrepancies on a timely basis
- Assist with budgets, forecasts, reforecasts, variance analysis, and ongoing reporting needs
- Serve as backup support for payrollrelated processing and employee data administration in Paychex and related systems
- Prepare and file applicable taxes, including state use tax, New Jersey litter control tax, and other required filings
- Coordinate documentation and support for the annual audit and other compliance needs
- Identify opportunities to improve finance workflows through stronger systems use, process improvement, automation, analytics, and thoughtful application of AIenabled tools where appropriate
- Partner with the Head of Finance and Operations on implementation, testing, documentation, adoption, and stabilization of financerelated systems improvements
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required
- Minimum of five years of progressive accounting experience required
- Experience in a retail, multilocation, consumer products, or highvolume transaction environment strongly preferred
- Handson NetSuite ERP proficiency is required. This is a nonnegotiable qualification for the role, and candidates without meaningful NetSuite experience will not be considered
- Strong experience with ERP systems in a finance and accounting environment
- Advanced Excel skills, including modeling, reconciliation, analysis, and reporting
- Experience with analytics and reporting tools used to support financial analysis and operational visibility
- Experience using Paychex or a comparable payroll and HRIS platform; Paychex experience strongly preferred
- Demonstrated process improvement orientation, with the ability to strengthen workflows, reduce manual work, and improve accuracy
- Strong analytical and problemsolving ability, with sound accounting judgment
- High level of accuracy, organization, and followthrough
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fastpaced environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Professional presence and the ability to work effectively across finance, operations, merchandising, and leadership
- Comfort using modern systems and technology to improve efficiency, reporting quality, and workflow effectiveness, including practical experience with automation, analytics, and AIenabled tools in a professional setting
Additional Employment Requirement
Because this position has access to financial systems, cash controls, payroll data, and other sensitive business information, employment is contingent upon successful completion of standard pre-employment screenings, including a credit check, where permitted by applicable law.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding E-3 Visa Sponsorship as a Finance And Accounting
Get your credentials recognised before applying
A U.S. employer will need to verify your Australian CPA or accounting qualifications meet specialty occupation requirements. Have a credential evaluation completed by a NACES-approved organisation before you start interviewing so you can provide it quickly when asked.
Target employers who file LCAs for finance roles
Search the DOL's Foreign Labor Certification Data Center for certified LCA filings under SOC codes for accountants, financial analysts, and auditors. Employers with recent LCA certifications in finance have already navigated the process and are more likely to sponsor again.
Use Migrate Mate to file your LCA and paperwork
The E-3 requires a certified LCA before your consulate appointment, and timing errors at this stage delay your start date. Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to handle your LCA submission, DS-160, and consulate preparation without coordinating multiple service providers.
Address the specialty occupation question early in interviews
Some employers hesitate on E-3 sponsorship because they're unsure whether a finance or accounting role qualifies as a specialty occupation. Bring documentation showing the role requires a degree in a specific field, not just any bachelor's degree, to resolve this during the offer stage.
Prepare for prevailing wage requirements in your offer negotiation
Your employer must certify on the LCA that your offered wage meets the DOL prevailing wage for the role and location. Understand the wage level tiers for your specific accounting or finance title so you can negotiate an offer that clears the threshold without surprises at filing.
Renew your E-3 when changing finance employers
Unlike some visa categories, E-3 status is tied to a specific employer and role. When you change jobs, your new employer must file a fresh LCA and you'll need a new visa stamp at a consulate. Plan the transition timeline to avoid gaps in your authorised work status.
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Find Finance And Accounting JobsFinance And Accounting E-3 Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find finance and accounting jobs with E-3 visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for Australian professionals searching for E-3-sponsored roles in the U.S. You can filter by job title, location, and industry to find finance and accounting positions where employers are open to E-3 sponsorship. This is faster than manually searching general job boards where visa sponsorship filters aren't specific to E-3 eligibility.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Do finance and accounting roles qualify as specialty occupations for the E-3?
Roles like financial analyst, accountant, auditor, tax specialist, and corporate controller generally qualify because they require at minimum a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, economics, or a directly related field. Roles where a general business degree satisfies the requirement regardless of major can be harder to support. The stronger the degree-to-role connection in the job description, the cleaner the specialty occupation argument.
How does the E-3 compare to the H-1B for Australian finance professionals?
The E-3 has a dedicated 10,500-visa annual allocation that has never been exhausted, meaning there's no lottery and no random selection. H-1B applicants in finance compete in an oversubscribed lottery with historically low odds. The E-3 also allows you to apply at any time of year, so you're not locked to an October start date the way H-1B cap-subject petitions are.
Can I transfer my Australian CPA or CA qualification to support an E-3 application?
Your Australian CPA or Chartered Accountant designation is recognised in the U.S. as evidence of professional-level qualifications, but USCIS and consular officers assess the underlying degree, not the professional membership alone. A three-year Australian bachelor's degree in accounting is generally accepted as equivalent to a U.S. four-year degree when supported by a NACES-approved credential evaluation.
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