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Senior Accountant

Job in St. Charles, Saint Charles, Kane County, Illinois, 60174, USA
Listing for: Lighting Innovations
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-02-01
Job specializations:
  • Accounting
    Accounts Receivable/ Collections, Accounting & Finance
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 83000 - 95000 USD Yearly USD 83000.00 95000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Location: St. Charles

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$83,000.00/yr - $95,000.00/yr

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POSITION SUMMARY

Responsible for executing and continuously improving all day-to-day accounting operations, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger management, and month-end close activities. Ensures compliance with GAAP and tax regulations while supporting interdepartmental coordination and operational accuracy.

Essential Functions Statement(s)

Core Accounting & General Ledger (GL) Management

  • Own all daily, weekly, and monthly accounting operations
  • Prepare and post journal entries, including:
  • Month-end close entries
  • Intercompany expenses
  • Bank withdrawals
  • Credit and debit memos (sales and commissions)
  • Track and code all CAPEX-related expenses
  • Reconcile all accounts monthly

Accounts Receivable (AR)

  • Process sales invoices in Epicor and save/edit batches
  • Print sales orders and verify commissions, freight, and totals, coordinate corrections with agent services
  • Post and apply all deposits, including Fed Ex/UPS Online payments
  • Deposit checks via scanner or banking portal; track checkbook activity
  • Update and balance the OPEN AR spreadsheet and AR Aging
  • Run and email A/R customer statements
  • Follow up with customers regarding payments and collections
  • Monitor credit hold status and release customers as appropriate
  • Run credit reports and generate proforma invoices for new customers

Accounts Payable (AP)

  • Scan and save all A/P invoices in DSR
  • Enter A/P invoices into Epicor
  • Review all new purchase orders, assign GL codes, and approve
  • Create and process weekly supplier check batches
  • Update and balance AP Aging with daily commission entry
  • Enter proforma invoices for customers requiring pre-payment
  • Work with Purchasing and Shipping to resolve discrepancies or variances

Commissions Management

  • Manually enter daily commission data for each invoice
  • Run commission reports and identify payments owed to agents
  • Create commission batches and email agents the commission reports and supporting invoices

Banking & Payment Processing

  • Pull and review all bank transactions
  • Monitor and resolve ACH/check positive pay exceptions
  • Process and post credit card payments; email receipts to customers

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Support

  • Collaborate with Shipping and Purchasing to reconcile order/invoice mismatches or large variances
  • Provide ongoing support for additional accounting tasks and projects to meet organizational objectives
  • Other duties as assigned.

Position Qualifications

  • Pride in your Work
  • Team Player

Skills & Abilities

Education:
Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance preferred, but not required.

Experience: 10+ years of Accounting or Finance experience with at least 3 years in a manufacturing environment functioning as an Accountant.

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Seniority level
  • Seniority level

    Mid-Senior level
Employment type
  • Employment type

    Full-time
Job function
  • Job function

    Accounting/Auditing
  • Industries Accounting and Manufacturing

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Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

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Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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