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Senior Accountant

Job in Park City, Lake County, Illinois, USA
Listing for: Brilliant®
Full Time, Part Time position
Listed on 2026-09-13
Job specializations:
  • Accounting
    Senior Accountant, Accounting Manager, Financial Reporting, Cost Accountant
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 65000 - 85000 USD Yearly USD 65000.00 85000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Schedule: Hybrid | 2 Days Onsite, 3 Days Remote

We are partnering with an established manufacturing organization that is looking to add a Senior Accountant to its growing accounting team.

This is a newly created position with significant exposure to the Controller and an opportunity to help strengthen accounting processes, procedures, and controls. The team is specifically interested in someone with a strong accounting foundation who enjoys understanding the detail behind the numbers and wants to continue growing into higher-level accounting responsibility.

Responsibilities
  • Support monthly and quarterly close
  • Prepare journal entries and account reconciliations
  • Assist with monthly and quarterly financial reporting
  • Support balance sheet and income statement account analysis
  • Assist with manufacturing and cost accounting, including standard costing
  • Support inventory-related accounting and analysis
  • Assist with cash flow and cash reconciliations
  • Support project and lease accounting activities
  • Help strengthen accounting controls, procedures, and documentation
  • Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and processes
  • Gather information and provide support for internal and external audits
  • Partner across the finance team on additional accounting and analytical projects
Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
  • 2+ years of public accounting/audit experience strongly preferred
  • Manufacturing audit or accounting exposure preferred
  • Strong understanding of account reconciliations, controls, documentation, and accounting procedures
  • Month-end close experience
  • Exposure to cost accounting, standard costing, labor, overhead, or inventory accounting
  • ERP experience
  • SOX/internal controls exposure preferred
  • CPA or progress toward CPA is a plus
  • Driven, hands-on professional interested in continued career growth
Why Consider It?
  • Hybrid schedule with only 2 days per week onsite
  • Newly created position with visibility to accounting leadership
  • Opportunity to help rebuild and improve processes and controls
  • Broad exposure beyond a traditional close-focused Senior Accountant role
  • Manufacturing and cost accounting experience
  • Strong emphasis on professional development and advancement
  • Long-term opportunity to grow into higher-level accounting leadership
Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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