Senior Staff Accountant

EDP Current Openings • Chicago, IL

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About The Position

Why This Role Matters You won’t just be closing the books, you’ll be the person ensuring leadership can trust the financial story behind our service centers. Your work will directly influence decisions on operations, growth, and new acquisitions. If accuracy, problem-solving, and improving how things work matter to you, this role gives you real ownership and visibility. What Success Looks Like Within your first 90 days, you’ll own the monthly close for your portfolio end-to-end, delivering accurate financials on schedule. You’ll proactively identify and explain variances, not just report them. By that point, you’ll also be recognized by both corporate leadership and service center teams as a reliable, go-to partner for financial insights and process improvements. What You’ll Actually Do in Your First 30 Days Take over key pieces of the monthly close (journal entries, reconciliations, and data collection for assigned locations) Build working relationships with service center leaders and internal accounting teams Learn current reporting workflows and identify at least one opportunity to streamline or improve accuracy Begin reviewing variances with guidance and contribute to root-cause analysis What You’ll Do (Ongoing) Own accounting and financial reporting for your assigned service centers Lead monthly close activities: journal entries, reconciliations, and data consolidation Investigate and explain variances between actuals and budget/forecast Ensure compliance with GAAP, internal controls, and standard operating procedures Partner with the Controller and team on audits, process improvements, and financial controls Serve as a key liaison between field operations and the corporate accounting team Support integration of newly acquired businesses into accounting processes

Requirements

• 2+ years of hands-on accounting experience (month-end close, reconciliations, or similar)
• Bachelor’s Degree with a major in Accounting (or related discipline)
• Working knowledge of GAAP and ability to apply it to real transactions
• Experience managing deadlines tied to reporting cycles (e.g., month-end close)
• Strong Excel skills (e.g., data analysis, reconciliations, reporting)
• Ability to clearly explain financial variances to non-accounting partners

Nice To Haves

• CPA or actively working toward it
• Public accounting experience (mid-tier or Big 4)
• Experience supporting audits or regulatory compliance
• Exposure to multi-location or multi-entity accounting environments
• Experience improving processes, controls, or reporting workflows

Responsibilities

• Own accounting and financial reporting for your assigned service centers
• Lead monthly close activities: journal entries, reconciliations, and data consolidation
• Investigate and explain variances between actuals and budget/forecast
• Ensure compliance with GAAP, internal controls, and standard operating procedures
• Partner with the Controller and team on audits, process improvements, and financial controls
• Serve as a key liaison between field operations and the corporate accounting team
• Support integration of newly acquired businesses into accounting processes

What This Job Offers

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