Senior Accountant

Redwood Logistics•Chicago, IL

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Accountant working within Redwood Logistics, you will be responsible for representing the interests of Redwood Logistics and protect the organization’s value by keeping information confidential. You will share the responsibility for accounting activities and be dedicated to ensuring generally accepted accounting principles and procedures along with company policy. You will support the growth strategy through company policies, quickly adapting to internal policy changes in response to business demands.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Finance/Accounting
4-5 years of experience as a Staff Accountant and/or Auditor
Knowledge of financial reporting standards US GAPP, financial reporting controls and process improvement
Experience using Great Planes Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite, MS Excel & MS Access
Ability to effectively manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with minimal supervision
Knowledge and ability to use applicable information technology systems to optimize accounting and reporting processes

Nice To Haves

CPA preferred

Responsibilities

Prepare revenue and expense accruals, vendor accruals, amortization of prepaid expenses, fixed assets depreciation and amortization of goodwill, processing rebates, cash reconciliations, reconciling intercompany, term debt interest and principle accounting, elimination journal entries and other monthly accounting tasks in compliance with GAAP and company policies.
Perform general accounts, vendor and business analysis substantiation keeping good records and procedures.
Assist and support all Financial Planning and Analysis team’s initiatives in capturing business activity in order to report and analyses financial performance of all business units against budgets and forecasts.
Assist Financial Planning and Analysis team in preparing budget and forecasts.
Participate in annual audits and tax preparation providing substantiation documentation and reconciliation to public accounting teams.
Maintain a calendar of various state and cities tax filings and comply with tax authority requirements in regards to franchise tax, business tax and other tax compliance.
Research questions from internal/external customer inquiries in respect to monthly performance of all business units.
Other duties may be assigned as needed in order to meet future business needs.

Benefits

Access to experts and resources for your Learning & Development journey
Opportunity for internal mobility
Employee referral bonus program
Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
Annual fundraising and volunteer events to give back to communities
Paid time off, floating holidays, time off to volunteer and rollover
Paid parental leave
Medical, dental, vision and 401k plans (with match)
Flexible spending account, mass transit and dependent care plans available
Health savings account, with a annual company contribution for plan participants
Short-term and long-term disability; life insurance policies subsidized by company
Additional benefits including pet insurance, accident care, access to legal advice and more