Brilliant Financial Staffing has been engaged in a search for a Staff Accountant for our client located in Chicago, IL. Our client is well-established real estate firm. They are looking to add an experienced Staff Accountant to their Accounting team. The Staff Accountant will be brought on a temporary to hire basis! This is a great opportunity to work in a growing, team-oriented, and professional company.
Responsibilities:
- Participate in month end close, including preparation of journal entries, maintenance of general ledger accounts, preparation of account reconciliations
- Support the accounting and financial reporting function
- Maintain SOX compliance and coordinate responses to requests made by internal and external auditors
- Support technical accounting research and policy decisions regionally, revenue recognition
- Coordinate with Business Partnering and Finance Operations teams, as well as Partner with the business to manage relationships for Corporate Solutions variable service lines
- Support system updates and enhancements
- Analyze historical data and current trends to identify risks and opportunities to company operations and financial results
- Evaluate business needs and make recommendations to management regarding process improvement
- Assist with special projects and ad hoc analysis requests
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance is required
- Solid understanding of US GAAP and ability to effectively communicate key issues to finance and business leadership
- Expert in Microsoft Excel and PeopleSoft a plus
- Strong interpersonal skills including diplomacy, the ability to build consensus & leadership skills in a collaborative setting
- High comfort level with senior-level management
- Creative problem solver that can identify sources of information from disparate sources and deliver comprehensive, balanced & actionable analysis
- Analytical mindset with the capacity and agility to work in a fast paced, constantly changing, deadline-driven environment and handle multiple projects/tasks
- Adept at forging strong relationships within a matrix environment; collaborative work style