Senior Accountant – Up to $100K + Bonus | Hybrid

$90,000–$100,000 + Performance Bonus
Hybrid – Potential for 1 Day WFH After Training
401(k) + Health, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance
PTO + Paid Sick Time
Direct Exposure to the Controller & CFO
Broad Role with Excellent Career Growth

Are you seeking a Senior Accountant position where you can engage in more than just reconciliations and month-end close processes?

Our client is a well-established, fourth-generation privately held company with a variety of businesses in construction, service, distribution, ecommerce, and light manufacturing. They offer the stability of a long-standing organization along with a complex, fast-paced accounting atmosphere where you will gain exposure to nearly all aspects of the business.

This role is particularly appealing for individuals who have a background in public accounting and have transitioned into the industry. You will collaborate closely with an experienced Controller and a new CFO, have visibility across multiple business units, and engage in hands-on tasks related to financial reporting, work-in-progress and project accounting, job costing, inventory management, budgeting, forecasting, as well as systems and process enhancement.

Instead of being confined to one aspect of the closing process, you will have the chance to comprehend the entire business operation and gain the experience necessary for advancing in your career.

The company boasts a history of stability, provides performance-based bonus opportunities and excellent benefits, and allows for one day of remote work per week once you are trained and established in the role.

Responsibilities

• Lead and assist with month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing

• Prepare financial statements and relevant schedules

• Perform maintenance of general ledger and reconcile accounts

• Analyze financial outcomes and explain significant variances

• Maintain and analyze work-in-progress schedules, job costing, and project profitability

• Support fixed asset and inventory accounting

• Aid in annual audits and tax preparation

• Participate in budgeting and forecasting activities

• Collaborate with operations and project managers on project costs and profitability

• Enhance internal controls, accounting procedures, and processes

• Engage in ERP, systems, and process enhancement projects

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting

• Approximately 3–6 years of progressive accounting experience

• Preferably, experience in public accounting/audit

• Desired background: 2+ years of public accounting plus 1–2+ years of corporate accounting

• Strong knowledge of GAAP, financial reporting, and month-end closing

• Proficiency in Excel and ERP systems

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

Experience in construction is not required. However, exposure to construction, engineering, manufacturing, distribution, industrial services, or other project-based environments is advantageous.

Knowledge of work-in-progress, job costing, percentage-of-completion accounting, inventory management, sales tax, certified payroll, or government contracts is beneficial, but not mandatory.

Compensation & Benefits

• $90,000–$100,000 base salary

• Performance-based bonus

• 401(k)

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance

• PTO and paid sick time

• Potential for 1 WFH day per week after training

Location: Oak Park IL area