Featured Talent

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CPA with 5 years spanning Big 4 audit and industry accounting. Currently Senior Accountant at a mid-sized, multi-location residential services company, where he is the go-to resource for technical accounting questions. Leads inventory and revenue accounting, owns the Salesforce-to-Sage Intacct integration, prepares monthly budget-to-actual and gross margin analysis, and mentors staff and AR/AP. Champions AI-driven automation of accounting processes. Prior Big 4 Senior Associate auditing SEC registrants (10-K/10-Q) and private clients in banking, technology/media/telecom and manufacturing; supervised associates and reviewed workpapers. Finance & Accounting degree, 3.98 GPA. Relocating to St. Louis and available as early as mid-December. Seeking an Accounting Manager or Assistant Controller role, or a move into FP&A/finance.

Career Highlight 1: Driving AI automation at his current company – its 2nd-highest user of an enterprise AI assistant last month – using it to improve accounting processes, not just complete tasks.

Career Highlight 2: Rebuilt and reconciled a previously unbalanced AR subledger for sustainable audit readiness; found and resolved Salesforce-Sage Intacct integration gaps as primary liaison with the integration partner.

Career Highlight 3: As an intern at a large insurance group, designed a SQL query to track outstanding checks/unclaimed property, cutting typical lag times by 1-2 months; built a formal IT capitalization process.

Why Hire This Candidate (In Their Own Words): “I’m a CPA with a Big 4 audit foundation and hands-on industry experience, and I’m the one my Controller and VP of Finance turn to with technical accounting questions. I learn fast and got up to speed quickly on a lean team. I rebuilt an unbalanced AR subledger to make it audit-ready, fixed our CRM-to-ERP integration gaps, and lead my company’s use of AI to improve processes, not just do tasks. I’m ready to lead a small team and keep raising the bar.”

Strengths: Technical accounting (go-to resource for his Controller and VP Finance); fast learner – sees it once and can do it; early adopter of new technology, driving AI automation; intrinsically motivated – wants to be the best at what he does.

Education: Bachelor’s in Fin & Acctg

Credentials: CPA

Industry Experience: Construction, Public Accounting

Company Fit: Medium and large companies: a mid-sized multi-location private company and a Big 4 firm.

Management Experience: No direct reports yet. Mentors a staff accountant and the AR/AP team; as a Big 4 Senior Associate (~1 yr) supervised and coached audit associates and interns.

Software Experience: Sage Intacct, Salesforce, Alteryx, Power BI, SQL, Excel, Claude (AI automation)

Open To: Hybrid, In-office, Remote