at Robert Half in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Description Put your problem-solving skills to work as a Senior Accountant on the dynamic team at Robert Half, now offering a long-term contract / temporary to hire opportunity. As a Senior Accountant, you will be responsible for cash flow analysis, budgets and forecasting, account analysis and reconciliations, financial statement preparation and consolidation, audit preparation, and internal control maintenance and regulatory reporting. This Senior Accountant opening is located in the Chicago, Illinois area and will offer you great experience, strong compensation, and an attractive benefits package. We are looking for a Senior Accountant who has excellent analytical skills and enjoys working in a challenging and fast-paced environment to support the continued success of the firm. Apply today!
Key responsibilities
- Continually improve the automation of the accounting and reporting process
- Be a part of various department-wide initiatives
- Prepare reconciliations of Balance Sheet accounts
- Other projects as necessary
- Build analysis on financial results (trends, performance metrics, benchmarks)
- Achieve compliance with corporate accounting policies and procedures and controls by working with business partners
- Execute monthly accounting close procedures and deliverables (journal entries, reconciliations, reports) in compliance with GAAP
- Arrange monthly consolidated P& L and Balance Sheet flux analysis for management reporting
- Coordinate quarterly reviews and testing with internal and external auditors Requirements – General ledger experience preferred
- Yardi experience
- Strong familiarity with Microsoft Excel
- Account reconciliation experience highly desired
- Comprehensive knowledge of auditing
- Highly capable of analyzing financial data and quickly creating accurate reports
- Self-starter and strong ethical standards
- Accomplished in analytical, quantitative and social skills
- BA/BS in Accounting, CPA credentials are highly desired
- Proficiency in financial reporting preferred
- Skilled with ERP systems
- Ability to prioritize work and balance multiple projects and deadlines
- Ability to effectively interact, verbally and in writing, with functional department managers
- Minimum 5-7 years of overall general accounting experience
- Experience working in a dynamic and changing company environment a plus
- Understanding of corporate performance management (CPM) and business intelligence systems required
- Highly organized, attentive, has a sense of urgency, flexible and able to deal with frequent interruptions and changing priorities
- SEC reporting and SOX compliance is a plus
Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles.
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