We're working with a growing Chicago-based financial services firm that is looking to add a Senior Accountant to its corporate accounting team.
This is a unique opportunity for someone with a strong accounting foundation who enjoys being a utility player and wants broader exposure than a traditional Senior Accountant role. The majority of the position focuses on general accounting and financial reporting, with additional responsibility across payroll accounting, systems, and data analytics.
What You’ll Do
- Own key areas of month-end close, general ledger accounting, journal entries, and balance sheet reconciliations
- Prepare and analyze financial reporting while investigating trends and discrepancies
- Partner with payroll to review and post payroll journal entries, reconciliations, and accruals
- Support payroll reporting, documentation, audits, and year-end activities
- Assist with HRIS and people systems, including data integrity and reporting
- Develop reporting and analytics around key financial and workforce metrics
- Support annual audits, budgeting, forecasting, and other accounting initiatives
- Identify opportunities to streamline processes, improve controls, and automate reporting
What They’re Looking For
- 4+ years of progressive accounting or finance experience
- Strong experience with GAAP, financial reporting, general ledger accounting, and month-end close
- Exposure to payroll accounting and payroll-related journal entries/reconciliations
- Experience with systems such as Dayforce, Workday, ADP, UKG, or similar is a plus
- Strong Excel and ERP experience
- CPA preferred, but not required
- Power BI, Tableau, or SQL experience is a plus
- Strong analytical skills and an interest in working across multiple areas of accounting and finance
The Opportunity
- Downtown Chicago
- Monday–Thursday in office / Friday WFH
- $90,000-$110,000 base + discretionary bonus
- Strong benefits, including 401(k) match, flexible PTO, parental leave, student loan assistance, and other offerings
- Brand-new onsite office gym
- Broad exposure across accounting, payroll, systems, and analytics
Senior Accountant in Chicago at Connect Search, LLC
This position is listed as full time and onsite. It was posted 2 days ago.