Senior Accountant
Lakeshore Recycling Systems•Rosemont, IL
•Onsite
About The Position
The Senior Accountant provides support to the Accounting Manager and assists with timely and accurate financial reporting including financial statements, variance analysis, and ad-hoc reports. This role is also a key player in contributing to the overall implementation of the Accounting team’s objectives. The Senior Accountant will ensure that procedures and practices promote safety and soundness to mitigate fraud or inaccurate reporting by utilizing independent judgment and professional expertise.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting
- 3-5 years of progressive accounting experience
- Prior experience with account reconciliation required
- Must have strong experience with Microsoft Word and Excel (Vlookups, SUMIFs, Pivot Tables)
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Demonstrated time management skills with the ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to work well independently and with a team
- Enthusiastic, adaptable, and see challenges as an opportunity to grow
- Results-oriented and able to establish rapport with colleagues
- High level of personal integrity to inspire confidence, respect, and trust
- Ability to document finance and accounting processes
- Able to creatively and innovatively solve problems and resolve issues
Nice To Haves
- CPA preferred but not required
- Experience with Sage 300, TRUX, Tower, QuickBooks, or other large automated accounting system is a plus
- Willingness to travel to other locations as needed
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and participate in the monthly close process including preparing monthly journal entries, completing account reconciliations, and updating various monthly financial reports
- Perform monthly reconciliations of balance sheet accounts
- Complete reconciliations of expense accounts for reviewing financial results
- Prepare and record asset, liability, revenue, and expense entries by compiling and analyzing accounting information
- Reconcile inter-company receivables and payables
- Research unreconciled balances
- Document accounting and control procedures
- Assist with new ASC 606 Revenue Recognition analyses and implementation
- Recommend financial actions by analyzing accounting options
- Assist with annual audit
- Assist with the integration of future acquisitions
- Answer accounting procedure questions by researching and interpreting accounting policies and regulations
- Other duties as assigned
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
