Senior Corporate Accountant Jobs in New York
Senior Corporate Accountant jobs in New York represent one of the most active markets in the country, concentrated in financial services, professional services, media, real estate, and corporate headquarters operations at every level from staff accountant through senior and manager. New York City drives the overwhelming majority of demand, with secondary clusters in White Plains and Stamford-adjacent roles tied to Westchester County, and large employers such as JPMorgan Chase, Deloitte, and MetLife maintaining substantial finance and accounting teams in the state year-round. The most in-demand specialties are financial reporting under U.S. GAAP, technical accounting and close management, and internal controls. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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The anticipated base salary range for this position is $150,000 to $185,000 annually, depending on the candidate’s location, experience, qualifications, and job-related skills. This position is also eligible for an annual performance-based bonus and a comprehensive benefits package.
Ready to turn your passion into a career? Do you dream of working in a dynamic and fast-paced logistics environment, supporting major events in sports, music, automotive, fine art, and film? Want the chance to collaborate with some of the biggest names in entertainment, media and luxury? Look no further! We’re looking for talented and passionate individuals like you to join our logistics team.
The Rock-It Company provides mission-critical specialty logistics for complex, time-critical operations around the world. Built on a 48-year legacy, Rock-It brings together specialized expertise across concert touring, major sporting events, broadcast, film and television, experiential activations, workforce infrastructure and rapid response, as well as the transport and protection of fine art, rare automobiles and other irreplaceable assets. With a network spanning more than 160 countries, Rock-It provides the expertise and global execution required when there is little margin for error.
The Finance organization is building a scalable, globally integrated accounting function to support the continued growth and evolution of the business. We are focused on standardizing accounting processes across regions, strengthening internal controls, accelerating the financial close, and enhancing the quality and consistency of financial reporting.
We are seeking a Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting to lead the monthly and quarterly close and oversee key areas of corporate and operational accounting. Reporting to the Global Controller, this role will serve as the engine of a timely, accurate, and well-controlled global close. The Senior Manager will own the general ledger, close calendar, and day-to-day accounting activities that keep the Company’s financial records reliable and audit-ready.
This individual will lead, mentor, and develop a team of accounting professionals while partnering closely with regional finance teams, Financial Planning and Analysis, Treasury, Tax, Payroll, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and business operations. The successful candidate will combine strong technical accounting knowledge with hands-on operational leadership and a continuous-improvement mindset.
Location: New York City, New York
Work Schedule: Schedule fluctuates based on workloads during weekdays with afterhours / weekend work as needed
Responsibilities
- Own and streamline the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, including the global close calendar, journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, consolidating entries, and financial statement tie-outs. Developing a standard set of performance metrics to measure completion status, reconciliation quality, late adjustments, recurring issues, and time required to close.
- Coordinate with regional finance teams to ensure timely and accurate submissions, consistent application of accounting policies, and clear accountability for close deliverables.
- Lead, mentor, and develop the corporate accounting team by establishing clear ownership, review standards, deadlines, and professional-development expectations.
- Oversee key corporate accounting areas, including cash, prepaid expenses, accruals, fixed assets, leases, intangible assets, payroll-related accounts, and other general ledger activities.
- Maintain the integrity of the general ledger and chart of accounts, ensuring transactions are recorded accurately and consistently in accordance with U.S. GAAP and Company accounting policies.
- Oversee multi-entity and multi-currency accounting activities, including intercompany transactions, balance confirmations, settlements, eliminations, and foreign-currency matters.
- Review balance-sheet reconciliations and income-statement variance analyses, ensuring reconciling items are resolved promptly and significant developments are clearly communicated to leadership.
- Strengthen internal controls over financial reporting and operational accounting processes by establishing clear documentation, review procedures, approval requirements, and evidence of control performance.
- Support annual audits and other financial reviews by preparing reconciliations, schedules, and supporting documentation and coordinating timely responses to auditor requests.
- Partner with FP&A to explain actual results, significant period-over-period movements, and matters affecting forecasts or management reporting.
- Support the integration of newly acquired businesses, including the alignment of accounting policies, close procedures, charts of accounts, systems, and reporting requirements.
- Drive process improvement, automation and a controls framework across the accounting function by identifying opportunities to improve accuracy, visibility, and efficiency through NetSuite, close-management tools, reporting platforms, operational systems, and AI-enabled solutions.
Qualifications
- 8+ or more years of progressive accounting experience, including significant responsibility for corporate or general ledger accounting within a complex, multi-entity organization.
- Strong foundation in public accounting preferred; Big Four or other national accounting firm experience is a plus.
- Experience in private-equity-portfolio-company reporting.
- Demonstrated ownership of monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, including close-calendar management, journal entries, reconciliations, consolidations, and financial statement tie-outs.
- Experience working in a multinational environment involving multiple legal entities, currencies, regional finance teams, and intercompany activity.
- People-leadership experience, with a demonstrated ability to mentor, develop, and hold accounting teams accountable for high-quality and timely results.
- Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and experience operating within a disciplined internal-control environment.
Don't meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building an inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
What Rock-It Company Will Offer You:
A growing logistics platform within the entertainment and luxury import/export logistics industry providing unrivaled experience and expertise for live events, touring, sports, luxury auto and art freight forwarding. Our teams serve as the premier freight forwarders handling some of the world’s biggest concerts, festivals, and sporting events for many high-profile clients across the music & sports industries to make the greatest shows and events possible across the world.
Work with some of the most well-known and successful companies in the world. Your work will make an impact and be appreciated by others.
Benefits & Perks That Rock!
- Recharge & Reset: Enjoy a generous PTO package with 18 vacation days, 2 floating holidays, 7 sick days, and 11 paid holidays annually. We know work-life balance is key.
- Your Health, Our Priority: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans are just the start. Get employer contributions to your HSA if you choose a high-deductible health plan, plus access to convenient telemedicine through MDLive and mental health support through our Employee Assistance Program.
- Financially Fit: Secure your future with our 401(k) match and comprehensive employer-funded insurance (Basic Life, AD&D, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability).
- Family Matters: Welcoming a new addition? We offer generous paid parental leave for all parents.
- Perks with a Purpose: Grow professionally with Continuing Education Reimbursement, give back with Charitable Donation Matching, and even snag free tickets to client events (when available)!
- Culture Club: We love to celebrate! Join us for regular company events like birthday lunches, sports outings, volunteer opportunities, and more.
- Optional Add-Ons: Customize your benefits with supplemental insurance (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity) and pet insurance through MetLife.
- Sweet Savings: Score potential discounts on home and auto insurance through Farmers Insurance.
The Rock-It Company is committed to the inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Rock-It will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact hiring@rockitcompany.com. Rock-It provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics under applicable federal, state or local law pertaining to the employee’s state of employment.
The anticipated base salary range for this position is $150,000 to $185,000 annually, depending on the candidate’s location, experience, qualifications, and job-related skills. This position is also eligible for an annual performance-based bonus and a comprehensive benefits package.
Ready to turn your passion into a career? Do you dream of working in a dynamic and fast-paced logistics environment, supporting major events in sports, music, automotive, fine art, and film? Want the chance to collaborate with some of the biggest names in entertainment, media and luxury? Look no further! We’re looking for talented and passionate individuals like you to join our logistics team.
The Rock-It Company provides mission-critical specialty logistics for complex, time-critical operations around the world. Built on a 48-year legacy, Rock-It brings together specialized expertise across concert touring, major sporting events, broadcast, film and television, experiential activations, workforce infrastructure and rapid response, as well as the transport and protection of fine art, rare automobiles and other irreplaceable assets. With a network spanning more than 160 countries, Rock-It provides the expertise and global execution required when there is little margin for error.
The Finance organization is building a scalable, globally integrated accounting function to support the continued growth and evolution of the business. We are focused on standardizing accounting processes across regions, strengthening internal controls, accelerating the financial close, and enhancing the quality and consistency of financial reporting.
We are seeking a Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting to lead the monthly and quarterly close and oversee key areas of corporate and operational accounting. Reporting to the Global Controller, this role will serve as the engine of a timely, accurate, and well-controlled global close. The Senior Manager will own the general ledger, close calendar, and day-to-day accounting activities that keep the Company’s financial records reliable and audit-ready.
This individual will lead, mentor, and develop a team of accounting professionals while partnering closely with regional finance teams, Financial Planning and Analysis, Treasury, Tax, Payroll, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and business operations. The successful candidate will combine strong technical accounting knowledge with hands-on operational leadership and a continuous-improvement mindset.
Location: New York City, New York
Work Schedule: Schedule fluctuates based on workloads during weekdays with afterhours / weekend work as needed
Responsibilities
- Own and streamline the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, including the global close calendar, journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, consolidating entries, and financial statement tie-outs. Developing a standard set of performance metrics to measure completion status, reconciliation quality, late adjustments, recurring issues, and time required to close.
- Coordinate with regional finance teams to ensure timely and accurate submissions, consistent application of accounting policies, and clear accountability for close deliverables.
- Lead, mentor, and develop the corporate accounting team by establishing clear ownership, review standards, deadlines, and professional-development expectations.
- Oversee key corporate accounting areas, including cash, prepaid expenses, accruals, fixed assets, leases, intangible assets, payroll-related accounts, and other general ledger activities.
- Maintain the integrity of the general ledger and chart of accounts, ensuring transactions are recorded accurately and consistently in accordance with U.S. GAAP and Company accounting policies.
- Oversee multi-entity and multi-currency accounting activities, including intercompany transactions, balance confirmations, settlements, eliminations, and foreign-currency matters.
- Review balance-sheet reconciliations and income-statement variance analyses, ensuring reconciling items are resolved promptly and significant developments are clearly communicated to leadership.
- Strengthen internal controls over financial reporting and operational accounting processes by establishing clear documentation, review procedures, approval requirements, and evidence of control performance.
- Support annual audits and other financial reviews by preparing reconciliations, schedules, and supporting documentation and coordinating timely responses to auditor requests.
- Partner with FP&A to explain actual results, significant period-over-period movements, and matters affecting forecasts or management reporting.
- Support the integration of newly acquired businesses, including the alignment of accounting policies, close procedures, charts of accounts, systems, and reporting requirements.
- Drive process improvement, automation and a controls framework across the accounting function by identifying opportunities to improve accuracy, visibility, and efficiency through NetSuite, close-management tools, reporting platforms, operational systems, and AI-enabled solutions.
Qualifications
- 8+ or more years of progressive accounting experience, including significant responsibility for corporate or general ledger accounting within a complex, multi-entity organization.
- Strong foundation in public accounting preferred; Big Four or other national accounting firm experience is a plus.
- Experience in private-equity-portfolio-company reporting.
- Demonstrated ownership of monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, including close-calendar management, journal entries, reconciliations, consolidations, and financial statement tie-outs.
- Experience working in a multinational environment involving multiple legal entities, currencies, regional finance teams, and intercompany activity.
- People-leadership experience, with a demonstrated ability to mentor, develop, and hold accounting teams accountable for high-quality and timely results.
- Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and experience operating within a disciplined internal-control environment.
Don't meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building an inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
What Rock-It Company Will Offer You:
A growing logistics platform within the entertainment and luxury import/export logistics industry providing unrivaled experience and expertise for live events, touring, sports, luxury auto and art freight forwarding. Our teams serve as the premier freight forwarders handling some of the world’s biggest concerts, festivals, and sporting events for many high-profile clients across the music & sports industries to make the greatest shows and events possible across the world.
Work with some of the most well-known and successful companies in the world. Your work will make an impact and be appreciated by others.
Benefits & Perks That Rock!
- Recharge & Reset: Enjoy a generous PTO package with 18 vacation days, 2 floating holidays, 7 sick days, and 11 paid holidays annually. We know work-life balance is key.
- Your Health, Our Priority: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans are just the start. Get employer contributions to your HSA if you choose a high-deductible health plan, plus access to convenient telemedicine through MDLive and mental health support through our Employee Assistance Program.
- Financially Fit: Secure your future with our 401(k) match and comprehensive employer-funded insurance (Basic Life, AD&D, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability).
- Family Matters: Welcoming a new addition? We offer generous paid parental leave for all parents.
- Perks with a Purpose: Grow professionally with Continuing Education Reimbursement, give back with Charitable Donation Matching, and even snag free tickets to client events (when available)!
- Culture Club: We love to celebrate! Join us for regular company events like birthday lunches, sports outings, volunteer opportunities, and more.
- Optional Add-Ons: Customize your benefits with supplemental insurance (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity) and pet insurance through MetLife.
- Sweet Savings: Score potential discounts on home and auto insurance through Farmers Insurance.
The Rock-It Company is committed to the inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Rock-It will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact hiring@rockitcompany.com. Rock-It provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics under applicable federal, state or local law pertaining to the employee’s state of employment.
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- Technology & Software
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What New York Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in senior corporate accountant jobs across New York.
- CPA license issued or recognized by the New York State Board of Public Accountancy required or strongly preferred
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a closely related field required
- Five or more years of progressive accounting experience in a corporate environment
- Deep knowledge of U.S. GAAP, month-end close processes, and financial statement preparation
- Advanced proficiency in ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or NetSuite
- Experience with SEC reporting, consolidations, or technical accounting research is frequently preferred
Senior Corporate Accountant Jobs in New York: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a senior corporate accountant in New York?
Most senior corporate accountant roles in New York require a bachelor's degree in accounting or finance plus a CPA license issued or recognized by the New York State Education Department through its Board of Public Accountancy. The path typically runs from a staff or senior accountant role in public accounting or industry, accumulating the required experience hours for CPA licensure, and then moving into corporate roles. Employers in New York consistently favor candidates who have closed books for a public company or a large private entity.
How much do senior corporate accountants make in New York?
Senior corporate accountants in New York earn a median of about $102,640 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $63,700 for the lowest 10% to over $171,030 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire senior corporate accountants in New York?
Employers hiring senior corporate accountants in New York right now include Newbury Franklin Industrials, GCL, and J.Crew, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. New York's concentration of financial institutions, professional services firms, and large corporate headquarters means demand is spread across a broader range of industries than most other states.
Which New York cities have the most senior corporate accountant jobs?
New York, Buffalo, and Menands have the most senior corporate accountant openings in New York. New York City dominates the distribution because it is home to the headquarters of major banks, asset managers, insurers, and Fortune 500 companies that maintain large corporate accounting teams, while secondary markets like White Plains reflect the finance functions of corporations that have moved their back-office operations to Westchester County.
Are there remote senior corporate accountant jobs in New York?
Yes, and more than most fields, because senior corporate accounting is primarily an analytical and desk-based role that does not require a physical presence on a job site. About 70% of senior corporate accountant openings tied to New York are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, reflecting the broad adoption of flexible arrangements across New York's financial services and corporate sectors. Financial reporting, technical accounting, and consolidation work tend to be the most remote-eligible responsibilities within the role.
How can I get hired as a senior corporate accountant in New York with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is starting as a staff accountant or junior accountant at a large New York employer or public accounting firm, where you build the experience hours required for CPA licensure through the New York State Board of Public Accountancy. Major financial institutions and Big Four firms based in New York City run structured new-graduate rotational and associate programs in finance and accounting. Lateral moves from roles such as financial analyst, accounts payable supervisor, or audit associate are common stepping stones, and sitting for the CPA exam early gives candidates a measurable edge.
Where can I find and apply to senior corporate accountant jobs in New York?
You can find and apply to senior corporate accountant jobs in New York on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers actively hiring in the state. Search the available roles, find the ones that match your background and location, and apply directly.
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