Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant

Wow Bao is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Senior Accountant to support both corporate accounting and accounting activities related to our food manufacturing operations. The Senior Accountant will assist in the creation of financial records to track the organizations assets, liabilities, profit and loss, tax liabilities and other related financial activities. Responsibilities include reconciling account balances, helping maintain the general ledger and conduct month-end close procedures.

This role is onsite five days a week in our Chicago (River North) office. The ideal candidate is a hands on accounting professional with strong technical accounting knowledge with the ability to work cross-functionally with operations, supply chain, and sales teams in a fast-paced environment.

This is a unique opportunity to join Wow Bao during an exciting period of growth! With our newly opened food manufacturing plant, the ideal candidate will embrace a startup mindset, take ownership, and help shape the future of both the accounting function and the company's long-term success. The Senior Accountant will play a critical role as we continue to build scalable accounting processes and strengthening financial controls.

Innovative. Fast Pace. Growth.

At Wow Bao, we believe food should be bold, exciting, and anything but ordinary. We're on a mission to reinvent the Asian Street Food experiencebringing inventive flavors and high-quality ingredients to every bite.

As the fastest-growing Frozen Asian Snack brand in the U.S., Wow Bao achieved over 370% retail sales growth in 2024, and our products are now available in 16,000+ grocery stores nationwide thanks to strong partnerships with leading retailers.

Our journey began in 2003 with the opening of our first restaurant, and today Wow Bao is a thriving omni-channel brand with a presence in Chicago restaurants, airports, virtual kitchens, and universities. We continue to expand across all verticalsincluding foodservice, retail, and corporate operations.

Wow Bao is proud to be the only brand recognized three times by Fast Casual magazine as a Top 100 Movers & Shakersearning the #1 spot in both 2019 and 2022, and #4 in 2023. This recognition reflects our commitment to innovation, growth, and excellence in what we do.

Join us and be part of a team that's transforming the way the world experiences Asian cuisineone bao at a time.

We foster a culture of caring. Whether it's our guests or our employees, we put people first. We strive to inspire, to motivate, and to appreciate one another every day. We live by the golden rule and treat everyone with kindness, empathy, respect, and a healthy dose of humor. We take our work, not ourselves, seriously.