Corporate Accountant

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To apply to this hybrid role, please send your resume to John Sadofsky at john.sadofsky@roberthalf.c0m

The warmer Chicago months are pretty much here! Treat yourself this Spring season to a new job opportunity at a Fortune 500 company that was voted one of the best places to work in 2024.

You could find the perfect full-time Staff Accountant position working for this terrific Transport company. Candidates looking for strong compensation, excellent benefits, and career advancement should consider this position. Staff Accountants looking to join a thriving, fast-paced company that recognizes talent and effort will be interested in Robert Half's opportunity for ambitious and detail-oriented candidates.
Based in the Chicago, Illinois area, this role is a career-building, multi-faceted opportunity to work for a company that recognizes and rewards hard work. Candidates with the ability to to prepare journal entries, monthly and year-end closings, bank reconciliation, fixed asset maintenance, and general ledger reconciliation and be responsible for many aspects of internal reporting during the monthly close will be preferred.

In this role, you will participate in compliance, interact with our external auditors for quarterly reviews and annual audits, and review schedules reporting processes. This could be the ideal position for you, if you have a complex understanding of Financial Statements, Cash Flow projections, and Budgets.

Key responsibilities
  • Produce journal entries and perform the month end close under minimal supervision
  • Become well-versed in month end balance sheet account reconciliations
  • Produce analyses for monthly balance sheets and income statements for reporting by management
  • Ad hoc reporting and performing special projects upon request
  • Coordinate and analyze a variety of financial data, then report it in a way that is useful and understandable
  • Partake in various department-wide initiatives
  • Assist with the month end, quarter end and year end closing process by preparing monthly financial close workbooks
  • Organize schedules for monthly payments and capital lease
  • Maintain, implement, and adhere to internal controls. Also ensure that accounting procedures comply with GAAP
  • Produce complex journal entries and account reconciliations which include, but are not limited to, cash, prepaid expenses, and payroll
  • Manage intercompany reconciliation, billings, and transactions

Requirements:

  • Working knowledge of spreadsheets and databases
  • Great attention to detail
  • BA/BS or equivalent in Accounting, Finance or Economics
  • Ability to meet deadlines
  • Experience with ERP systems
  • Solid understanding of Microsoft Excel
  • Fully formed organizational, written and verbal communication skills
  • Self-starter and strong ethical standards
  • Recent and relevant accounting experience

To apply to this hybrid role, please send your resume to John Sadofsky at john.sadofsky@roberthalf.c0m

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