Staff Accountant

Staff Accountant

LaSalle Network is hiring for a Staff Accountant with a consumer products and e-commerce-leading company known for building and scaling innovative home brands across multiple sales channels. Our client is a dynamic, growth-oriented organization where finance plays a critical role in driving success. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated finance professional to join a fast-moving team in Chicago. The position offers the potential for growth and impact within a collaborative environment, with an emphasis on process improvement and automation.

Responsibilities

• Execute month-end close across multiple entities: journal entries, accruals, prepaid and fixed-asset schedules, and balance-sheet reconciliations, supporting consolidated reporting.
• Reconcile high-volume e-commerce and marketplace activity (direct-to-consumer, Amazon, Walmart) — payouts, settlement reports, marketplace fees, and chargebacks/deductions — to the general ledger.
• Process accounts payable and accounts receivable; manage vendor records, expense coding, and customer/marketplace remittances.
• Support inventory and cost accounting for imported goods, including landed cost, freight, and duties; reconcile the inventory subledger to the general ledger.
• Reconcile third-party logistics (3PL) and freight invoices and assist with related cost analysis.
• Prepare bank and credit-card reconciliations and support intercompany cost allocations between entities.
• Assist with multi-state sales and use tax compliance and filings, coordinating with the company's tax automation tools.
• Prepare workpapers and schedules supporting annual tax filings, external reviews, and lender/investor reporting.
• Document and improve accounting processes — identify manual, repetitive work and partner with the CFO to automate it within the ERP and reporting stack.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 2–4 years of progressive accounting experience, including ownership of month-end close tasks.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and core accounting cycles (AP, AR, GL, reconciliations).
• Advanced Excel — comfortable with pivot tables, lookups/XLOOKUP, and reconciling large data sets.
• High attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple entities and deadlines with minimal supervision.

Key Details

• Employment Type: Contract
• Compensation: $30 – $40 hourly
• Location: Chicago, Illinois
• Work Model: In Office