Senior Staff Accountant

Titan Security Group•Chicago, IL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Staff Accountant owns core general ledger and close responsibilities across multiple operating entities. Reporting directly to the Corporate Controller, this hands-on role prepares journal entries and reconciliations, manages monthly multi-state sales and use tax compliance, supports lease and acquisition accounting, and prepares schedules for external audits and lender reporting. The position works with large general ledger, payroll, and billing datasets and communicates with payroll, HR, billing, operations, and outside advisors. The role is based on-site at Titan Security’s West Loop office in Chicago, Illinois, within the Finance & Accounting department. The position also supports process improvements, budgeting, forecasting, and special projects.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
4–7 years of progressive accounting experience, including ownership of month-end close and balance sheet reconciliations.
Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP, including ASC 842.
Advanced Excel skills, including PivotTables, XLOOKUP or INDEX-MATCH, and SUMIFS, and comfort working with files of several hundred thousand rows.
Clear written communication, including documenting accounting conclusions for auditors and management.

Nice To Haves

CPA, or CPA-eligible and actively pursuing licensure.
Multi-entity and multi-state experience.
Payroll and labor-cost accounting experience in a high-volume, hourly workforce, such as security, staffing, facilities, or similar services.
Exposure to union or collective bargaining environments.
Multi-state sales and use tax compliance experience.
Public accounting audit experience, acquisition integration experience, or accounting system conversion experience.
Familiarity with ASC 805 and ASC 606.
Power Query experience.
WinTeam (TEAM Software) experience; experience with other ERP or accounting systems, including QuickBooks, is also considered.

Responsibilities

Prepare and post monthly journal entries, accruals, prepaid amortization, and intercompany entries across multiple legal entities.
Perform monthly bank reconciliations for multiple operating accounts and balance sheet reconciliations; research and clear reconciling items promptly.
Reconcile payroll and labor-related accounts, including wages, payroll taxes, benefits, workers’ compensation, and related accruals.
Reconcile medical, 401(k), and pension benefit plan activity and carrier billings to payroll deductions and HR records.
Review corporate purchasing card activity for proper coding, documentation, and policy compliance.
Meet month-, quarter-, and year-end close deadlines.
Prepare monthly multi-state sales and use tax filings across more than 15 states, including taxability research, rate-change monitoring, and filing-frequency tracking.
Assist with state and payroll tax notices and registrations, and coordinate with outside tax advisors.
Maintain lease accounting under ASC 842, including the company vehicle fleet, and reconcile lease schedules to lessor billing and the general ledger.
Support acquisition accounting and integration, including opening balance sheet work under ASC 805 and conversion of acquired entities onto company accounting systems.
Perform monthly account and P&L variance analysis and prepare supporting schedules for management reporting.
Prepare schedules supporting lender covenant compliance reporting.
Prepare PBC schedules and workpapers for the annual external audit and serve as the auditor point of contact for assigned areas.
Research accounting questions and draft technical accounting memos on assigned topics.
Use WinTeam and Excel to extract, analyze, and reconcile large datasets.
Identify and implement process improvements, automation, and stronger internal controls.
Support budgeting, forecasting, and special projects as assigned.