Senior Accountant in Wood Dale, Illinois

Senior Accountant

The Senior Accountant will own general ledger accounting and the month-end close process for assigned business units within a multi-location organization. This role is responsible for accurate and timely financial reporting, balance sheet reconciliations, close-related analysis, and resolution of accounting issues in partnership with business-unit and corporate teams.

• Own and execute the monthly close process for assigned business units, including close planning, journal entries, account reconciliations, financial-statement review, variance analysis, and completion of all close deliverables within the established close calendar.
• Prepare and post month-end journal entries, including accruals, payroll, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, commissions, intercompany activity and eliminations, and other period-end adjustments.
• Prepare, review, and maintain balance sheet reconciliations, including 16 operating/petty cash accounts and approximately 450 balance sheet accounts across five business units; investigate and resolve reconciling items timely.
• Review the general ledger, trial balance, monthly financial statements, and supporting schedules; identify unusual activity, inaccurate classifications, missing accruals, or other reporting issues prior to finalizing results.
• Analyze and explain significant financial variances, including actual-to-budget, actual-to-prior month, and actual-to-prior-year results.
• Reconcile payroll activity between UKG and D365 prior to posting to the general ledger and review weekly cash and bank activity to ensure transactions are recorded accurately and timely.
• Support project and service accounting activities, including review of labor, material, subcontractor, equipment, job-cost, work-in-process, revenue-recognition, and cost-allocation activity; research and resolve system, coding, and period cut-off issues as needed.
• Partner with business-unit leadership, project managers, payroll, AP, AR, and corporate finance teams to obtain timely close information, answer accounting questions, and resolve reporting issues.
• Support annual audit requests, special reporting, system enhancements, acquisition and integration activities, local tax compliance, and other accounting projects.
• Identify opportunities to improve close efficiency, reconciliation quality, internal controls, and standardized accounting processes across business units.

• Required:
  
  Extensive, hands-on ownership of the monthly close cycle in a multi-site, complex, or high-growth organization with annual revenue of at least $100 million.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance required
• 5+ years of progressive general ledger, financial reporting, and month-end close experience.
• Strong financial reporting background, including journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, financial statement review, and variance analysis.
• Advanced Excel skills, including formulas, lookups, pivot tables, and reconciliation/analysis workbooks.
• Experience with enterprise ERP systems required; D365 Finance & Operations and UKG experience preferred.
• Acquisition and integration experience within a private equity-backed company is a strong plus.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across accounting, operations, and corporate teams.

• Extensive, hands-on ownership of the monthly close cycle.
• Strong financial reporting background.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Experience with enterprise ERP systems.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented.
• Strong communication skills.

• D365 Finance & Operations experience.
• UKG experience.
• Acquisition and integration experience within a private equity-backed company.