Senior Accountant

About

• Location: Chicago, IL
• Full-time position

The Role

• Financial Reporting:
• Assist with Preparing and analyzing monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements.
• General Ledger Maintenance:
• Ensure the accuracy of the general ledger by reviewing, posting, and adjusting entries as needed.
• Assist in preparing Monthly Financials & Month End Close process.
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy and highly organized while multi-tasking.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with a strong work ethic.
• Provide administrative support for special projects.
• Performs other miscellaneous duties as assigned.
• General Ledger and Bank Reconciliation:
• Conduct GL & bank reconciliations and reconcile other financial accounts to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Budgeting and Forecasting:
• Assist in the preparation of budgets and forecasts and analyze variances between forecasted and actual results.
• Audit Support:
• Assist in internal and external audits by gathering necessary documentation and addressing auditor requests.
• Account Payables Analysis:
• Analyze account balances & transactions to identify discrepancies and resolve issues.
• Accounts Payable Processing:
• Enter vendor payables with 3-way match process Identify and resolve Vendor discrepancies Maintain Vendor account data Process weekly check run Accounts Receivable Analysis:
• Post Cash Receipts
• Post electronic and paper checks to customer accounts Reconcile credit card transactions Identify and resolve Customer discrepancies Contact past due customers
• Accounting Software Utilization:
• Use accounting software and ERP systems to manage financial data.
• MAS 90/SAGE 100 - Crystal Reports helpful
• Collaboration: Must Have: Nice to Have:
• Reports to CFO. Positions Has no reports. Work closely with other departments to provide insights into financial practices and support business objectives.
• Flexible and adaptive to changing events.
• Hands-on accounting experience: An experienced accounting professional consistent with the stated 5–10-year experience target.
• Manufacturing company background: Career experience must be predominantly with manufacturing companies, with little to no background in public companies, nonprofits, or service companies.
• Accounting software and ERP experience: Hands-on experience using accounting software and ERP systems. MAS 90 and SAGE 100 are specifically named in the brief and should be checked during screening.
• Small-company environment: Previous company experience should align with the client's target of companies below approximately $25–30 million.
• Lean accounting team experience: Experience in accounting departments with fewer than three staff members.
• Full-cycle accounting capability: Able to manage the accounting process end to end, rather than having experience restricted to a single accounting function. Relevant coverage includes the general ledger, financial close and reporting, reconciliations, accounts payable and receivable, budgeting and forecasting, and audit support.
• Sustained employment tenure: Must have at least one and preferably a few companies with 3 to 5 or more years of continuous service
• Experience with Crystal Reports