Staff Accountant
Job in
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60684, USA
Listed on 2026-01-20
Listing for:
Robert Half
Seasonal/Temporary
position Listed on 2026-01-20
Job specializations:
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Accounting
Financial Reporting, Financial Analyst, Accounting Manager -
Finance & Banking
Financial Reporting, Financial Analyst, Accounting Manager
Job Description & How to Apply Below
The salary range for this position is $80,000 - $85,000 plus bonus, and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance.
To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to john.sadofsky
Responsibilities:
+ Ensure monthly activities are recorded in accordance with the company's accounting policies and prepare relevant journal entries for areas including recording and tracking of accrued expenses, work in process (WIP), revenue accruals, and prepaid expenses, amongst others.
+ Prepare monthly trend analysis reports
+ Assist in the preparation of the monthly and quarterly reporting package by investigating and documenting income statement and balance sheet variances and statement of cash flows.
+ Display a knowledge of intercompany processes and effectively ensure all intercompany transactions are appropriately offset
+ Prepare quarterly and annual supporting schedules as required for financial reporting department in accordance with 10-Q and 10-K disclosure requirements
+ Assist with internal and external audit requests.
+ Assist in maintaining an effective control environment by executing controls to ensure compliance with established accounting policies
+ Reconcile assigned balance sheet accounts monthly
+ Effectively document reconciliations and other supporting schedules to enable reviewers to quickly understand and assess them
+ Understand the full end to end process for recording transactions and develop and propose process improvements
+ Perform analysis of balance sheet accounts to enable others to understand the nature of transactions and key drivers of activity
+ Perform adhoc requests and special projects as requested, such as documentation of business processes, process improvement recommendations
Requirements
Qualifications:
+ Bachelors Degree in Accounting or Finance required
+ CPA or working towards one's is desired
+ 2-4 years of accounting experience
To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to john.sadofsky
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