We are looking for a detail-oriented Staff Accountant to support core accounting operations for a manufacturing organization in Bolingbrook, Illinois. This Long-term Contract position will focus on maintaining accurate financial records, supporting month-end activities, and helping ensure strong control over inventory, cost, and balance sheet accounts. The ideal candidate brings a solid foundation in general ledger accounting and can work effectively across day-to-day transactions, reconciliations, and reporting needs.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare and record journal entries to maintain accurate general ledger activity and support timely financial reporting.
- Complete month-end close tasks, including account analysis and follow-up on outstanding items affecting financial results.
- Perform bank and balance sheet reconciliations, investigate discrepancies, and resolve variances in a timely manner.
- Support cost accounting processes by reviewing work in progress, job cost details, and cost of goods sold activity.
- Analyze inventory and product profitability trends to help improve accuracy in financial reporting and operational decision-making.
- Maintain fixed asset accounting records, including additions, disposals, depreciation, and related reconciliations.
- Assist with sales tax reporting and support tax credit documentation as needed.
- Partner with internal teams to validate financial data, strengthen accounting accuracy, and support ongoing process improvements.
- Experience in staff accounting within a manufacturing or product-based environment.
- Strong working knowledge of journal entries, general ledger maintenance, and month-end close procedures.
- Ability to perform bank reconciliations and balance sheet account reconciliations with a high degree of accuracy.
- Background in cost accounting, including work in progress, job costing, and cost of goods sold analysis.
- Familiarity with fixed asset accounting and inventory analysis.
- Understanding of sales tax processes and related accounting support activities.
- Ability to assess financial results through variance review and product profitability analysis.
- Strong attention to detail, organization, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a contract assignment.