EXSIF
LOCATION REQUIREMENT - MUST RESIDE WITHIN COMMUTING DISTANCE OF OUR CHICAGO HQ OFFICE FOR A HYBRID (MINIMUM 1 DAY A WEEK) IN OFFICE ENVIRONMENT.
Must be eligible to work in Chicago, IL, without visa sponsorship
Senior Accountant
Reports to: Accounting Manager
Key relationships: CFO, parent company, foreign business partners, and local branch staff
EXSIF is seeking a Senior Accountant to support a multi-entity, international accounting environment. Reporting to the Accounting Manager, this role owns key elements of the monthly, quarterly, and annual close and helps ensure management and parent-company reporting is accurate, timely, and compliant with U.S. GAAP and internal accounting policies. The Senior Accountant will prepare journal entries and reconciliations, account for foreign operations, analyze financial results, support consolidated reporting, and partner across Finance and the business to strengthen controls and improve processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist with month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing activities, including preparation of journal entries, reconciliations, and monthly financial analysis across multiple legal entities and currencies, meeting a deadline-driven close calendar.
- Accounting for foreign branch offices and communications with local staff at branch offices.
- Review reporting schedules prepared by domestic and foreign business partners for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with company policies.
- Prepare balance sheet reconciliations and resolve reconciling items.
- Perform bank reconciliations and cash tie-outs for U.S. and foreign-currency accounts.
- Preparation and analysis of monthly Product and Segment Reports.
- Preparation of SG&A and operational accruals and management reporting materials.
- Interpret, analyze, and communicate financial information, such as variance analysis, clearly and concisely.
- Ensure appropriate internal controls are in place and are effective.
- Evaluate accounting processes, controls, close checklists, reconciliations, and reporting workflows; implement practical continuous improvement opportunities.
- Support internal and external audits.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting – CPA preferred.
- Minimum of 6 years of accounting experience – combined public and private experience preferred.
- Experience with month-end close and financial/business analytics.
- Global accounting and operations experience, including foreign currency accounting is a plus.
- Solid analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Highly organized with a strong attention to detail.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal).
- Process-oriented with a passion for developing best practice.
- Proven IT skills including experience with Power Queries and databases.
- Experience using AI tools to improve efficiency, analysis, and business processes.
- Solid computer skills, including MS Office Suite, Excel proficient (VLOOKUP’s, Sum-ifs, and Pivot tables, etc.).
- Experience with multi-national entity work environment and foreign exchange matters (preferred).
- Experience working with Microsoft Dynamics (preferred).
- Experience with OneStream consolidation platform (plus).
- Experience with designing and creating reports in the Microsoft Dynamics report writer (preferred).
Following receipt of a conditional offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete additional job-related screening processes as permitted or required by applicable law.
