Senior Accountant – Global Consolidations
North Suburbs of Chicago | Hybrid
A large, global manufacturing and distribution company operating in 100+ countries is seeking a Senior Accountant to join its consolidations and financial reporting team. This is a highly visible seat at the center of the monthly global close.
It's a strong opportunity for an accountant with 2+ years in reporting or consolidations who wants exposure to M&A integration, legal entity restructurings, and the redesign of a large, complex reporting function.
What You'll Do:
- Support the monthly global close, consolidation, and financial reporting across a complex multi-entity structure
- Prepare topside journal entries, intercompany eliminations, and investment eliminations
- Review intercompany balances and reconciliations, and help strengthen intercompany controls and processes
- Build reports and maintain consolidation modules within the company's Oracle-based consolidation platform
- Assess the impact of new accounting and reporting rules on systems and support new standard implementations
- Prepare and analyze financial statements and reports for accuracy, completeness, and compliance
- Partner with Accounting, FP&A, Tax, and Treasury on internal and external reporting needs
- Support key projects including acquisitions, divestitures, internal reorganizations, and system integrations
- Prepare deliverables for auditors, lenders, sponsors, tax authorities, and other stakeholders
What We're Looking For:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business
- 2+ years of accounting experience in financial reporting, consolidations, or technical accounting
- CPA strongly preferred
- Solid working knowledge of US GAAP
- Intermediate Excel (index/match, pivot tables, nested IFs) and comfort with large data sets
- Public company or Big 4 experience with public clients preferred
- Experience with a consolidation system (Oracle EPM, Tagetik, BPC) a plus
- Multinational, multi-entity environment experience a plus
- Cash flow statement, Alteryx, or Tableau experience a plus
Why This Role Stands Out:
✅ High-visibility seat at the center of the global close
✅ Exposure to M&A integration, restructurings, and reporting transformation projects
✅ Cross-functional partnership with FP&A, Tax, and Treasury
✅ Large, growing global organization with strong development and continuing education support
✅ Hybrid flexibility in the North Suburbs of Chicago