Senior Accountant
Job in
Park City, Lake County, Illinois, USA
Listed on 2026-09-13
Listing for:
Brilliant®
Full Time, Part Time
position Listed on 2026-09-13
Job specializations:
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Accounting
Senior Accountant, Accounting Manager, Financial Reporting, Cost Accountant
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
- 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
- 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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