Senior Accountant

About the job

For over 30 years, Rewards Network has helped restaurants increase their revenue, traffic, and customer engagement through our innovative financial, marketing services, and premier dining rewards programs. We connect diners to fantastic restaurant experiences by offering unique card-linked offers.  Our offers leverage advanced technology and powerful data analytics, providing value to our restaurants, diners, and strategic partners' loyalty programs.

Our Culture 

At Rewards Network, you will find a passionate and diverse group of professionals that enjoy working collaboratively, solving problems, and taking ownership of not only their own careers and success, but the success and continued growth of the organization. We take pride in partnering with the world's most powerful loyalty programs to bring full price paying customers and better ways to access working capital options to local restaurants. We offer a challenging and rewarding environment where you can maximize your potential.

Job Overview

The job helps the accounting team to provide timely and accurate financial information to the company by analyzing data and transactions, preparing journal entries and performing account reconciliations. This is true every month end and at year end when it is critical to support the annual audit of the company’s financial statements.

What you’ll bring to the table: (Responsibilities) 

• Prepares month-end close journal entries and assists with the monthly close cycle 
• Prepares monthly account reconciliations
• Assists in tax related matters 
• Fields questions related to actual departmental expenses incurred, works with Finance to explain differences between budgeted and actual variances
• Prepares accrual/expense analyses as-needed
• Assists in the preparation of year-end audit related documentation 
• Participates in special projects as needed 

Do you have the right mix of ingredients: (Requirements)

• Advanced MS Excel skills preferred, including VLOOKUP and Pivot tables.
• Experience with general accounting software preferred. 
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills required. 
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills required.
• Accountancy degree required.
• CPA certification preferred.
• 3-5 years' experience in related field

What you’ll love about us: 

• Comprehensive benefits package, which includes:
• Competitive Paid Time Off and company holidays
• Generous dining reimbursement when you dine with our restaurant clients 
• 401(k) plan with a company match
• Two medical plan options- Standard PPO or High Deductible Health Plan (HSA with company match for HDHP participants)
• Partnership with Rx n Go, offering certain prescriptions for free
• Two dental plan options and a vision plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts and a pre-tax commuter benefit program
• Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity Insurance Plans
• Short Term and Long Term disability 
• Company-paid life insurance and AD&D insurance, supplemental employee, spouse, and child life insurance 
• Employee Life Assistance Program
• Hybrid working space in our state of the art office downtown located by the Metra and Ogilvie train stations.

Rewards Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). We encourage and strongly support workplace diversity.