Assistant Controller Jobs in New Orleans, LA

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Tax Manager / Audit Lead

River Ridge, LA
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Permanent / Full Time
90000.00 - 110000.00 USD / Yearly
We are looking for an experienced Tax Manager / Audit Lead to join a public accounting firm in River Ridge, Louisiana. This position combines oversight of tax engagements with leadership on audit assignments, serving as a primary point of contact for clients while guiding staff through execution and review. The role is ideal for a licensed CPA who can manage multiple priorities, mentor team members, and deliver thoughtful service to small businesses, nonprofits, and foreign-owned entities. Responsibilities: • Lead audit engagements by overseeing staff assignments, evaluating deliverables, and ensuring work is completed accurately and on schedule. • Examine audit documentation for quality and completeness while keeping engagements aligned with deadlines and budget expectations. • Present audit observations, risks, and recommendations clearly to client leadership and respond to questions throughout the engagement. • Guide and develop team members by providing instruction, feedback, and support on audit methods and best practices. • Oversee a group of tax clients that includes privately held companies, nonprofit organizations, and foreign-owned businesses. • Review business, nonprofit, and individual tax filings prepared by staff to confirm accuracy, compliance, and consistency. • Provide clients with practical tax planning guidance and assist in addressing notices or other tax authority inquiries. • Partner with firm leadership on staffing decisions, workflow coordination, and maintaining strong client relationships across tax and audit services.
2026-11-02T17:28:38Z

Accounting Manager/Supervisor

Baton Rouge, LA
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Permanent / Full Time
75000.00 - 90000.00 USD / Yearly
We are looking for an experienced Accounting Manager/Supervisor to oversee core accounting operations and strengthen financial discipline for our Baton Rouge, Louisiana team. This role leads the close process, supports cash management, and helps ensure accurate reporting, compliance, and reliable internal controls. The ideal candidate brings strong leadership skills, sound technical accounting knowledge, and the ability to improve processes in a fast-moving IT software environment. Responsibilities: • Guide and develop the accounting team, setting clear expectations and ensuring work is completed accurately and on schedule. • Manage the monthly close cycle by coordinating timelines, reviewing reconciliations, recording accruals, and producing financial statements with variance commentary for finance leadership. • Oversee the general ledger structure and chart of accounts, including user permissions, periodic access reviews, and support for data backup and recovery practices. • Maintain accounting policies and internal control procedures that promote compliance, proper segregation of duties, and independent review of key account balances. • Support treasury activities by monitoring daily cash positions, completing bank reconciliations, and contributing to short-term cash flow forecasting. • Review payroll-related activity before processing and reconcile payroll, benefits, retirement contributions, commissions, and bonus accruals to the general ledger. • Prepare and record technical accounting transactions, including lease accounting entries and required remeasurements under applicable standards. • Assist with lender, investor, audit, and tax reporting by preparing schedules, tracking required calculations, coordinating documentation, and supporting filing deadlines. • Partner with department leaders to monitor spending against budget, contribute to forecasting activities, and provide financial insight that supports informed decision-making. • Identify opportunities to streamline manual accounting work through approved AI tools and contribute to system-related improvement initiatives when needed.
2026-10-20T18:34:04Z

Accounts Payable Manager

Covington, LA
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Permanent / Full Time
120000.00 - 140000.00 USD / Yearly
We are looking for an experienced Accounts Payable Manager to lead a high-performing payables function on the Northshore of Louisiana. This role is responsible for overseeing end-to-end invoice processing, payment execution, and close activities while maintaining strong controls and reliable vendor support. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in procure-to-pay operations, sound leadership skills, and the ability to manage complex issues in a fast-paced environment supervising a large team. The role is in office 4 days/week. Responsibilities:• Lead daily accounts payable operations across the full invoice-to-payment cycle, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with internal controls.• Supervise and develop a team of AP professionals by setting priorities, monitoring performance, and providing guidance on complex transactional issues.• Oversee purchase order matching, invoice exception handling, and resolution of discrepancies involving receipts, pricing, approvals, and vendor documentation.• Manage month-end close activities related to payables, including reconciliations, accrual support, and timely clearing of outstanding balances such as GR/IR items.• Coordinate payment processing activities, including ACH and other disbursement methods, while partnering with treasury to support cash management requirements.• Work cross-functionally with procurement, finance, tax, and operational stakeholders to improve procure-to-pay efficiency and address escalated vendor or partner concerns.• Maintain strong oversight of enterprise ERP and AP workflow tools to support reporting, transaction visibility, and effective control execution.• Escalate high-risk issues promptly, particularly those affecting cash flow, compliance, or business-critical supplier relationships. Our client is well-established and in growth mode and looking for a strong A/P Manager in this newly created role to oversee and increase the efficiency and effectiveness in the Accounts Payable department. If you have an accounting degree and 10+ years supervising a large AP team in complex company, this could be an excellent career move for you! Please apply directly and call Carrie Lewis at 504-383-0612 to discuss. Thank you for your interest in Robert Half!
2026-11-06T16:48:46Z

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