Staff Accountant

Staff Accountant Location: Downtown Chicago PERM Interview: Video/F2F Start: ASAP Initial responsibilities include: Support the Controller in the accounting functions of the Firm’s Management Company, as requested. The Management Company is the primary operating entity of the Firm. Support the monthly close process of the Management Company, which includes: Completing/managing bank reconciliations, preparing portfolio company receivables, American Express, and specific prepaid reconciliation reports and supporting schedules. Working with Information Services, Research, Legal, Finance, and Administration departments to ensure accurate classification of expenses/compliance. Support the Controller in the development of the Firm’s annual budget and the semi-annual reforecast of the budget; monitor monthly budget-to-actual variances and maintain reports to be included in the monthly Executive Summary package. Oversee the Firm’s expense reporting process, which is hosted off-site by Concur. Responsibilities include: Providing administrative and technical support of Concur to all employees, including training new users. Ensuring compliance with Firm’s travel and expense policies by reviewing and approving expense reports, researching audit-flagged reports, and actively monitoring the timely submission of expenses. Preparing the quarterly gifts and entertainment reporting for compliance review. Generating system reports to analyze expense data and firm spend. Testing new product features in advance of product release in live system. Oversee the Firm’s bulk mileage purchase programs, including American Airlines’ AAirpass Program, and United Airlines’ PassPlus Program. Oversee the Firm’s corporate credit card program with American Express. Manage the portfolio company invoicing process; generate portfolio company invoices once a quarter, manage the timely collection of receivables, and record cash entries. Support the Controller in identifying, implementing improvements to the current workflow, and designing new custom reports that will aid in decision making and data analysis. Support the finance team in completing ad-hoc accounting, finance, or tax projects. Calculate and prepare monthly Chicago “cloud tax” payment calculation for review. Manage/add new fixed assets and run monthly depreciation. Candidate Requirements The successful candidate will be an experienced accounting professional with a minimum of one to two years’ experience (4‑year degree in Accounting). Direct experience with Microsoft Dynamics GP and Concur Expense is highly preferred. Client seeks the following attributes in applicants: Tenacity in meeting deadlines, with a strong sense of urgency and good self-management discipline. Strong sense of initiative to identify issues and problem-solve. Highly inquisitive orientation with desire to think analytically and look beyond the obvious. Organized and efficient, with outstanding attention to detail. Effectively handling pressure in changing environments and with different technologies, people, and responsibilities. Exceptional ability to multi-task. Exhibits a professional presence; ability to debate issues in a professional, non‑emotional, non‑political manner. Strong interpersonal skills with a desire to work in a collaborative, collegial, team‑oriented environment. Very good verbal communication, written communication, and presentation skills; experienced at producing professional level documents and presentations. Highly proficient in MS Office (particularly MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook, and MS Excel). Strong aptitude in financial information systems; MS Dynamics GP is the general ledger for the Management Company and affiliated entities. #J-18808-Ljbffr