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Senior Staff Accountant
Job in
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60601, USA
Listed on 2026-11-05
Listing for:
Fullridge Advisors
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-11-05
Job specializations:
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Accounting
Financial Reporting
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Fullridge Advisors, a boutique financial advisory firm, is engaging a Senior Staff Accountant own recurring accounting and monthly close deliverables across a portfolio of client engagements. This role sits at the center of our controllership work: keeping the books clean, closing the month accurately, and producing reliable financials that our advisory and FP&A work is built on.
What you’ll do:- Own the monthly close across clients: journal entries, accruals, prepaids, and account reconciliations
- Maintain the general ledger and ensure books are accurate, tie out, and are close-ready on a predictable cadence
- Prepare GAAP-aligned financial statements and supporting schedules
- Manage AP/AR, bank and credit card reconciliations, and intercompany entries as needed
- Support cash-to-accrual conversion and accrual-basis bookkeeping
- Handle e-commerce accounting workflows:
Shopify/Amazon sales reconciliation, inventory and COGS entries, and payment-processor tie-outs - Communicate directly with client stakeholders and flag issues before they become close-cycle problems
- Deliver clean, review-ready work with minimal supervision
- 2-3 years of hands-on accounting experience (staff accountant, bookkeeper-to-financials, or similar)
- Solid command of GAAP and accrual-basis accounting; comfortable owning a monthly close end to end
- Strong reconciliation discipline and attention to detail
- Proficiency in Excel and accounting systems (Quick Books Online and/or similar); e-commerce/Shopify and inventory data experience a plus
- A self-directed operator who manages their own time, ramps quickly on unfamiliar client systems, and delivers to deadline without day-to-day direction
- Prior experience as a 1099 contractor, subcontractor, or in a similar independent capacity is strongly preferred
- Operating as an established independent contractor; your own business entity is preferred
CPA is not required. A bachelor's degree is required.
Nice to have:- Experience with A2X, Settle, Ramp, Brex, , Gusto, Shopify, Amazon Seller Central
- Supply chain finance exposure: PO management, landed cost modeling, freight, tariffs
- FP&A / three-statement modeling
- Health insurance stipend
- Paid time off and federal holidays
- Standard schedule Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Eastern, with flexibility around client deadlines and month-end close
- Must currently reside in the US and be authorized to work without sponsorship, now or in the future
- Full-time W2 position, fully remote within the US
We are currently unable to hire residents of:
California, New York, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Massachusetts, Illinois, Hawaii, or Alaska
Fullridge LLC d/b/a Fullridge Advisors is an equal opportunity employer.
Position Requirements
10+ Years
work experience
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