Jr. Staff Accountant

at Insight Global, LLC in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Job Description

Insight Global is seeking a Jr. Staff Accountant for a CPA firm in Chicago, Illinois. The staff accountant’s job duties will typically involve entry-level accounting tasks with the opportunity for growth, but you will be expected to prepare financial statements from scratch using raw data on day one and must have this experience prior to starting. This person will also be responsible for office clerical tasks such as answering the phones, scheduling, and filing, so you must be comfortable assisting on the administrative side. This person must be a self-starter, not afraid to ask questions, organized, and comfortable working on a small team. This role will be onsite Monday-Friday from 8AM-5PM CST.

Main responsibilities include:

• Maintaining accounting records such as bank reconciliations, general ledger accounts, and subsidiary ledgers

• Recording daily transactions in an accounting system, including purchases and sales transactions

• Preparing and analyzing data for profit-and-loss statements, balance sheets, cash flow

• Ensuring that incoming and outgoing reporting follows state and federal regulations

• Assisting in conducting internal audits regularly to determine whether company policies

• Assisting on financial audits and ensuring all accounting tasks and financial records

• Maintaining detailed accounts payable records and ensuring timely payment of invoices

• Assisting in preparing periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly and year-end)

• Assisting with the preparation of budget forecasts used in planning efforts by management teams

• Making recommendations for reducing cost and increasing revenue and assisting clients to improve their operations

• Being familiar with income taxes and assisting in preparing and filing

• Answering and transferring phone calls

• Greeting visitors when they arrive

• Scheduling appointments

• Responding to customer inquiries in a polite and timely manner

• Organizing files

• Maintaining CPE tracker

• Maintaining electronic filing tracker

• Maintaining office supplies inventory

• Binding reports and tax returns

• Copying and printing as needed

• Data entry as needed

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com .

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Skills and Requirements

2+ years of experience in accounting with a strong understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

Experience preparing financial statements from scratch using raw data

Comfortable with office clerical work-scheduling, answering phones, filing, reporting

Proficiency in MS Office products especially Word and Excel

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field Specific Accounting/Finance Software: QuickBooks, AdvanceFlow, Suralink, ShareFile, Drake Software

Tax preparation experience

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We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion,sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military oruniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, andordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.