Senior Accountant

Join Our Team at Culligan Ultrapure as a Senior Accountant!

About Us:
Culligan Ultrapure isn't just a name, it's a legacy. As a trusted Culligan Water franchise since 1962, we've grown to over 40 locations across Minnesota, Indiana, Arizona, Missouri, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin and Texas. We specialize in delivering clean, safe water solutions to residential, commercial, and industrial customers-and we do it with heart.

Join Ultrapure as a Senior Accountant in Lombard, IL, where you'll support accurate financial reporting, manage reconciliations, prepare journal entries, assist with audits and SOX compliance, and help strengthen accounting processes in a collaborative, growing organization.

Key responsibilities:

• Prepare and record complex journal entries with minimal direction, ensuring compliance with U.S. GAAP, SEC regulations, and Company accounting policies
• Perform monthly, quarterly, and annual balance sheet reconciliations, independently creating reconciliations from inception and resolving reconciling items in a timely manner
• Ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements, including maintaining documentation of internal controls, supporting control testing, and addressing audit findings
• Partner with internal and external auditors to facilitate quarterly reviews and annual audits, including preparation of audit-ready workpapers and supporting documentation
• Analyze financial results and provide detailed variance explanations for management reporting and disclosure purposes
• Identify, document, and recommend enhancements to internal controls and accounting processes
• Support the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting

Skills / Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance
• CPA certification strongly preferred
• Experience performing balance sheet reconciliations within a publicly traded company environment or prior experience as an audit associate in a public accounting firm
• Experience supporting SOX compliance, including control documentation and audit support
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and internal control frameworks
• Demonstrated ability to book journal entries accurately with minimal oversight
• Proven ability to independently create and maintain detailed account reconciliations
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with ERP systems
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills

Perks & Benefits You'll Enjoy:

• Competitive pay
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid holidays and a generous PTO plan
• 401(k) with a great company match
• Education assistance to help you grow
• Company-provided uniforms
• Employee and customer referral bonuses
• 4.5-day work week - off every Friday at noon!

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