Staff Accountant

Hightower Advisors is a wealth management firm that provides investment and financial planning services. They are seeking a Staff Accountant to manage month-end close tasks, prepare bank reconciliations, and ensure the accuracy of financial data while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Month-end close task ownership
• Prepare detailed monthly bank reconciliations in Oracle and Blackline
• Proactively review general ledger transaction details throughout the month to streamline month-end close timelines, and ensure the accuracy and completeness of information recorded
• Balance sheet focus through broader account and activity reconciliations
• Independently resolve accounting discrepancies and irregularities
• Identify trends, opportunities, and risks, and recommend actions to enhance financial performance
• Analyze actual results across multiple reporting segments and provide explanations for variance to plan and prior year (P&L + BS)
• Expense accounting review
• Support annual financial audits, ensuring all audit requirements and inquiries are met in a timely and accurate manner
• Propose improvements to internal controls to mitigate risks and maintain compliance
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate financial data and information flow across the organization

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or equivalent experience
• 1-3 years of experience
• Strong technical and analytical skills
• Time management and multi-tasking ability
• Detail-oriented
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work with a team
• Required - Excel (specifically VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, and Data Sorting)
• Proactively review general ledger transaction details throughout the month to streamline month-end close timelines, and ensure the accuracy and completeness of information recorded
• Balance sheet focus through broader account and activity reconciliations
• Independently resolve accounting discrepancies and irregularities
• Identify trends, opportunities, and risks, and recommend actions to enhance financial performance
• Analyze actual results across multiple reporting segments and provide explanations for variance to plan and prior year (P&L + BS)
• Expense accounting review
• Support annual financial audits, ensuring all audit requirements and inquiries are met in a timely and accurate manner
• Propose improvements to internal controls to mitigate risks and maintain compliance
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate financial data and information flow across the organization
• CPA Preferred
• Preferred – Oracle Cloud, Smart View

Benefits

• Coverage on the first day of employment for medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid parental leave (16 weeks for primary caregiver and 8 weeks for secondary caregiver)
• Mother’s lounge onsite
• Flexible PTO plan
• In-office Monday through Thursday and work from home on Fridays
• Free brand-new gym in the Chicago office
• 401k matching plan
• HSA employer contributions
• Student loan assistance
• Pet insurance

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