Senior Accountant

TSenior Accountant

Location: Addison, IL

Work Schedule: Hybrid

Salary: $90,000–$100,000

Company Size: Approximately $125M in annual revenue

Position Summary

A growing, multi-location commercial services organization is seeking a Senior Accountant to take ownership of general ledger accounting and the month-end close process for assigned business units. This is a hands-on role with responsibility for financial reporting, reconciliations, variance analysis, and partnering with operational and corporate teams to ensure accurate and timely financial results.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly close process for assigned business units, including journal entries, account reconciliations, financial statement review, variance analysis, and close deliverables.
• Prepare and post month-end journal entries for accruals, payroll, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, commissions, intercompany activity, and other period-end adjustments.
• Prepare and maintain balance sheet reconciliations and research and resolve outstanding reconciling items.
• Review the general ledger, trial balance, financial statements, and supporting schedules to identify inaccuracies, missing accruals, or unusual activity.
• Analyze and explain financial variances, including actual-to-budget, prior-month, and prior-year results.
• Reconcile payroll activity and review cash and banking transactions for accuracy.
• Partner with operations, project management, payroll, AP, AR, and corporate finance teams to resolve accounting and reporting issues.
• Assist with annual audits, system enhancements, acquisitions and integrations, tax compliance, and special accounting projects.
• Identify opportunities to improve the month-end close, internal controls, reconciliations, and accounting processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience with strong general ledger, financial reporting, and month-end close experience.
• Strong knowledge of journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, financial statement review, and variance analysis.
• Advanced Excel skills, including formulas, lookups, pivot tables, and reconciliation/analysis workbooks.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively across accounting, finance, and operations teams.