Sr. Staff, Accountant

Job Title: Senior Staff Accountant

Reports To: Manager, Accounting

Position Location: Vernon Hills, IL

FLSA Status (Exempt/Non-Exempt): Exempt

Position Summary:

Senior staff accountant involved in close process for several domestic businesses. Responsible for closing certain areas including journal entry preparation and reconciling accounts. Verifies accuracy of financial records and assists in maintaining other month end close related documents. Supports the external audit other data requests by professional service providers. Prepares variance analysis for related accounts and shares results with management and FP&A. Participates in cross functional teams to improve processes and solve business problems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Reconciles, analyzes, and maintains general ledger accounts for multiple domestic entities.
• Analyze and prepare accruals for freight accounts across domestic entities.
• Supports monthly closing activities by preparing, verifying, and entering accurate journal entries into various system general ledgers. Researches accounting issues and ensures adherence to GAAP.
• Maintains audit-ready support schedules behind each general ledger account.
• Assist in audit process and ensures quality and accurate support is prepared and available for the auditors by the requested deadline.
• Assist is identifying process improvements in the accounting close process including to both quality and efficiency.
• Document reconciliations, journal entries, and performed tasks in the Blackline system to allow for ease of review.
• Reviews variances in accounts and investigated unusual fluctuations. Prepares concise and adequately detailed responses for use by accounting management and finance teams.
• Benchmarks results against prior periods and/or alternate data sources. Ensures concise and informative schedules. Reviews and analyzes specific accounts as well as overall operating results. Presents complete recommendations avoiding piecemeal iterative interactions with management.
• Assist with consolidation process including uploading ledgers into consolidation tool, analyzing consolidated data, and maintaining certain consolidated summary schedules.
• Supports financial, control, and operational audits as needed.
• Serve as a business partner to operational leaders by performing a variety of analysis and providing informational data to operational users to allow them to make informed business decisions.
• Maintain supplemental cash flow support on a quarterly basis.
• Prepares detailed schedules to support audit and tax requirements.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance from an accredited higher learning institution
• CPA strongly preferred
• Minimum 5-7 years of Accounting experience
• Public accounting experience preferred.
• Exposure to various accounting software packages with at least an intermediate knowledge of Excel
• Experience with Workday and BlackLine preferred
• Experience with acquisitions and business combinations accounting preferred.
• Must possess a solid grasp of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Must possess excellent attention to detail and analytical skills to reconcile, analyze and maintain all general ledger entries, make appropriate recommendations to improve the process, to analyze income and balance sheet accounts, and prepare various analytical reports
• Must possess good interpersonal skills to deal effectively with different levels of management within the organization and to interact well with financial personnel from other locations
• Must possess excellent organizational and planning skills to be able to handle a variety of responsibilities concurrently, adhere to deadlines and to assist in closing the books in a timely manner on a monthly basis
• Must possess strong communication skills to develop and document policies and procedures, and to explain findings of analysis to others
• Must have a strong desire to work as part of a team with unwavering ethical behavior
• Must demonstrate financial modeling, problem solving, and quantitative skills
• Thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, efficiently works under pressures, within deadlines or other time essential constraints.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to clearly and concisely communicate to all levels of the organization.
• Strong work ethic and an ability to excel within a rapidly changing and growing organization.

This position has not been approved for Relocation Assistance.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not an exhaustive list of all of the duties and responsibilities associated with it.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.