Senior Accountant - Corporate

Panduit • Tinley Park, IL

6d • $85,000 - $105,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Corporate Accountant drives accurate, insightful accounting across fixed assets, leases, accruals, and corporate cost areas. This role leads key close activities, cash flow and balance sheet analysis, controls, audit support, and process improvements while using automation and AI-enabled tools to make accounting smarter and more efficient.

Ready to make an impact? Bring your accounting expertise, embrace innovation, and help shape the future of corporate accounting. Join us and make your mark—apply today!

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business or accounting required.
• CPA required.
• 3-5 years in accounting role.
• Strong Microsoft Excel and ERP experience required.
• Strong analytical, time management, prioritization, and organization skills.

Nice To Haves

• Public accounting and/or manufacturing industry experience preferred.
• Corporate accounting experience preferred; familiarity with Fixed asset accounting, cash flow, or general ledger experience a plus.
• Oracle Fusion experience preferred, including FCCS and ARCS exposure.
• Power BI, Tableau, Python, SQL, or ERP implementation experience a plus.
• Experience with AI, automation, and data-driven decision-making a plus.
• Spanish proficiency a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own assigned month-end close activities for fixed assets, leases, corporate accruals, and other corporate accounting areas, including preparing journal entries, completing account reconciliations, validating supporting schedules, and resolving reconciling items.
• Manage accounting and analysis for assigned corporate cost areas, including fixed assets, leases, legal expenses, and related accruals.
• Review and ensure completeness of lease records in Visual Lease using current agreements, payment expectations, and inputs from CBRE; validate accuracy of lease support and coordinate updates as needed.
• Analyze actual results against forecast and prior periods for topical areas, investigate significant or unusual activity, and clearly explain key cost drivers and changes in accrual estimates.
• Maintain complete, accurate, and audit-ready support for assigned accounts and accruals, including calculation methodologies, assumptions, approvals, agreements, and period-over-period changes.
• Prepare the monthly cash flow statement, identify significant fluctuations, and validate alignment with the balance sheet and income statement. Prepare balance sheet variance analysis for management review.
• Perform control reviews for assigned processes, identify accounting or documentation gaps, implement corrective actions, and help ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP and company accounting policies.
• Improve and document end-to-end accounting processes, including updating policies, standard operating procedures, control documentation, and ownership requirements.
• Use Oracle Fusion, FCCS, ARCS, Smart View, Excel, automation, and AI-assisted analytical tools to reduce manual work, strengthen controls, and improve the quality and timeliness of accounting analysis.
• Review accounting work prepared by other team members, as assigned; provide constructive feedback; assist with issue resolution; and share accounting and systems best practices.
• Support internal and external audits by preparing requested schedules and documentation, responding to questions, and helping resolve audit observations related to assigned areas.

Benefits

• Competitive Pay & Benefits: Enjoy a robust Total Rewards Program that includes health, financial benefits, and more.
• Work-Life Balance: Flexible work options to help you achieve the perfect work-life balance.
• Generous Time Off: Take advantage of our generous vacation, sick days, holidays, plus a volunteer day to give back to the community.
• Retirement & Growth: 401(k) match, profit sharing, and abundant growth and development opportunities to help you advance your career.
• Parental Leave: Because we care about your family and your future.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior