Senior Accountant (For-Profit Audit)

Overview

Senior Accountant (For-Profit Audit)

Reporting to the Audit Manager, this role supports the efficient and timely completion of financial statement audits. The position also includes client service responsibilities and oversight/review of intern and staff work during engagements.

Location

Chicago, IL, Naperville, IL, Milwaukee, WI, Indianapolis, IN, or Rockville, MD (US-Hybrid)

Responsibilities

• Conduct and review audit tests sufficient in scope to support professional opinions regarding the fair representation of client financial statements.
• Supervise and review intern and staff work product and performance.
• Provide strategic and tactical accounting advice and recommendations to clients.
• Consult with clients on various internal accounting related transactions.
• Develop self and others through on-the-job coaching and engagement experiences.
• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with clients to enhance customer satisfaction.
• Build credibility through technical competence, positive insight, and engaging in relevant discussions with clients and engagement teams.
• Deliver exceptional client support virtually and onsite as needed.

Requirements

• BA/BS Degree in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of progressive public accounting background with in-charge responsibilities.
• Strong technical accounting skills with proficiency in US GAAP and audit preparation software.
• Ability to manage multiple engagements, staff, interns, and competing priorities.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• CPA certification or eligibility to sit is highly desirable.
• Experience with for-profit clients is a plus.

Preferred / What Success Looks Like

• Servant leadership: focused on engaging employees, fostering development, and building a positive culture.
• Solutions-focused mindset: identifies opportunities in business problems and can develop, articulate, and implement solutions.
• Collaboration: relationship builder across all levels and business units.
• Instills trust: follows through on commitments, acts with integrity, and is perceived as credible.
• Impact and influence thinking: gains support for ideas and advances initiatives/objectives with or without formal authority.

Compensation & Benefits

Pay transparency (base salary range)

Base compensation range for this role is $77,490.00 – $94,900.00 – $110,200.00 (25%-50%-75%). Final offer amount may vary based on factors including experience and geographic location.

Benefits (examples)

• Flexible Time Off (FTO) policy, with FTO activated on the first day for eligible full-time employees.
• Paid holidays (nine (9) annually) and efforts to permit time off during the last week of the calendar year when client/project work permits.
• Comprehensive wellness program.
• Flexible work arrangements.
• Health, dental, vision, life, and accident/death/disability insurance options.
• HSA employer contribution.
• Paid Parental Bonding Leave program covering birth, adoption, and foster children.
• 401(k) with employer contributions.
• CPA bonus with four (4) paid exam days & four (4) paid study days.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee referral bonus program and client referral bonus program.
• Pet insurance.
• Paid volunteer time: up to four hours annually through a community volunteer program.

Equal Opportunity

An equal opportunity employer (M/F/D/V).