Accountant - CPG - Downtown Chicago
Michael Page
- Chicago, IL
- $80,000-90,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Highly visible role reporting directly to the Director of Finance + CFO exposure
- Remote Working Opportunities (2 days work from home)
- Handle day-to-day responsibilities including vendor payments and reconciliations, sales tax payments and reconciliations, etc.
- Assist the Director of Finance with the month-end closing process, including preparing month-end journal entries in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles GAAP and internal controls, including bank and credit card reconciliations, prepaids, accruals, depreciation, etc.
- Complete/review monthly account reconciliations, including variance analysis.
- Preparation of various ad-hoc analysis as needed from the Director of Finance or CFO.
- Assist the Director of Finance with FP&A with long-range planning and annual budgeting process.
- Ensure integrity of financial data, maintain confidentiality, and exhibit ethics and integrity.
- Impact the overall organization in the most positive way possible, fostering leadership, collaboration, and a culture that is admired by the company and the industry
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field
- 2+ years of accounting experience
- CPG, Manufacturing, or relative industry preferred
- Strong technical skills, attention to detail, and analytical thinking, and the ability to think outside the box and improve existing processes
- Intermediate Excel skills, including pivot tables and VLOOKUP
- ERP system experience (preferred) or other accounting software such as QuickBooks or Sage Intacct
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- CPA preferred or the pursuit of such certification
- Handle day-to-day responsibilities including vendor payments and reconciliations, sales tax payments and reconciliations, etc.
- Assist the Director of Finance with the month-end closing process, including preparing month-end journal entries in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles GAAP and internal controls, including bank and credit card reconciliations, prepaids, accruals, depreciation, etc.
- Complete/review monthly account reconciliations, including variance analysis.
- Preparation of various ad-hoc analysis as needed from the Director of Finance or CFO.
- Assist the Director of Finance with FP&A with long-range planning and annual budgeting process.
- Ensure integrity of financial data, maintain confidentiality, and exhibit ethics and integrity.
- Impact the overall organization in the most positive way possible, fostering leadership, collaboration, and a culture that is admired by the company and the industry