at Jones Lang LaSalle in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
ABOUT JLL
JLL (NYSE: JLL) is a leading professional services firm that specializes in real estate and investment management. We shape the future of real estate for a better world by using the most advanced technology to create rewarding opportunities, amazing spaces and sustainable real estate solutions for our clients, our people and our communities. JLL is a Fortune 500company with annual revenue of $20.8 billion, operations in over 80 countries and a global workforce of more than 106,000 as of December31, 2023.We provide services for a broad range of clients who represent a wide variety of industries and are based in markets throughout the world. Our clients vary in size and include for-profit and not-for-profit entities, public-private partnerships and governmental ("public sector") entities. Through LaSalle Investment Management, we invest for clients on a global basis in both private assets and publicly traded real estate securities.
Work Dynamics is demonstrating tremendous resilience and exciting growth in a challenging economic time. There is massive potential via the huge addressable market as well as advances in digital/technology that are on the horizon. Concurrently, the business and finance teams are focused on transformation to take the organization to the next level. As a result, our Americas Work Dynamics Controllership function has an immediate opening for the right candidate to join us in our critical Finance Transformation and help set the stage to achieve our vision of "Beyond."
What does this job involve
In a high-powered team environment, the successful candidate will apply accounting principles and internal controls theory to real-world scenarios involving our commercial real estate Subservice Line and Variable business lines within the Work Dynamics business. This professional will learn our current processes with a consistently-applied challenging mindset, enabling him or her to identify inefficiencies and inconsistencies. Routine duties will include recording, analyzing, and reconciling financial transactions and balances, as well as reviewing business line and client-level trial balances, financial statements, and other reports that ultimately feed into our externally-reported results. Additionally, this person will help ensure completeness and accuracy of our reporting; assist in the preparation and development of best-in-class Sarbanes-Oxley supporting workpapers; support external and internal audits as required; deliver the year-end reporting with no surprises; and assist across a variety of client-centric business related activities. The ideal candidate will have working knowledge of ASC 606 and a strong foundation in internal controls over financial reporting.
Responsibilities:
Apply the financial policies and procedures of the company; escalate inconsistencies, problems, and recommendations to the attention of management along with proposed solutions
Record and review financial activity each month for an assigned portfolio of business lines and client contracts of varying size and complexity within the Americas Work Dynamics business
Analyze results and trends, and reconcile balance sheet accounts, to ensure our records are complete and accurate
Prepare and assist with month-end close, including leading the generation and/or review of accounts payable, accounts receivable, and other activity
Ensure timely and accurate revenue recognition in compliance with contract terms, Sarbanes-Oxley rules, and U.S. GAAP (ASC 606)
Actively participate in transformational initiatives, including process re-engineering, technology implementation and other ad hoc projects as... For full info follow application link.
JLL Is an Equal Opportunity Employer JLL is committed to developing and maintaining a diverse workforce. JLL strongly believes in equal opportunity extended to all individuals in all aspects of the employment relationship, including recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, discipline, layoff, recall and termination without regard to race, color, religion, belief, creed, age, sex, pregnancy or maternity (including childbirth and related conditions), family responsibility (e.g. child care, elder care), nationality, ethnic or national origin or ancestry, citizenship, marital status, civil partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status, veteran’s status, genetic information, trade union membership, social position, political view or status as a qualified individual with a disability, protected leave status or any other protected characteristic in accordance with applicable law. The company also endeavors to make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities unless the accommodations would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business and ensures that employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements.
