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Senior Accountant – Equity & SEC Reporting
📍 North Suburbs of Chicago | Hybrid
A large, global manufacturing and distribution company is seeking a Senior Accountant to own equity accounting and support SEC reporting within its corporate accounting team.
It’s a specialized, technical seat, a good fit for an accountant who wants deeper work than a typical generalist role: stock-based compensation, EPS, noncontrolling interests, and complex accounting research.
What You’ll Do:
- Prepare journal entries for equity transactions and reconcile equity and other assigned accounts
- Calculate quarterly stock-based compensation expense, income attributable to noncontrolling interests, and earnings per share
- Prepare assigned financial statement footnotes and sections of SEC filings, along with supporting files
- Research complex transactions, including complex equity awards, and draft technical accounting memos
- Support review of accounting areas involving significant management judgments and estimates
- Contribute to process improvement and internal controls projects across financial reporting
- Support system integrations and new business initiatives that affect the financial statements
- Partner with corporate accounting, consolidations, tax, and audit teams on technical and reporting matters
- Handle ad hoc reporting and requests for tax, audit, and other stakeholders
What We’re Looking For:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business; Master’s in Accounting strongly preferred
- CPA strongly preferred
- 2–5 years of accounting experience, ideally in technical accounting or external reporting
- Public company SEC reporting experience, or Big 4 experience with public clients
- Strong GAAP knowledge and ability to research complex accounting issues
- Advanced Excel (PowerPivot, Power Query, index/match, pivot tables, modeling) and comfort with large data sets
- Experience with equity accounting, stock compensation, or EPS a strong plus
- SOX 404 and consolidation system (Oracle EPM, BPC) experience a plus
Why This Role Stands Out:
✅ Specialized technical seat in equity accounting, which is rare at this level
✅ Direct SEC reporting and technical research experience
✅ Visible projects tied to growth and transformation
✅ Large, growing global company with strong development and continuing education support
✅ Hybrid flexibility in the North Suburbs of Chicago