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Accounting Manager

Hornblower Cruises and Events
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 11/9/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/9/2025
Description

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Manage, develop, and mentor the senior and staff accountants
  • Leads the month-end close process. Prepare more complex journal entries and manage month-end deadlines.
  • Prepare financial analyses as needed to evaluate results and explain account fluctuations.
  • Responsible for timely review of balance sheet reconciliations.
  • Responsible for accurate and timely filing of all sales, amusement, property and use tax returns
  • Assists with Treasury management and bank Positive Pay cash controls
  • Identifies and implements process improvements to drive efficiency and reduce risk
  • Communicates frequently with city operations to understand business needs, identify new transactions, and explain financial results.
  • Assists with various projects to implement system enhancements, assist operations, and improve internal processes
  • Assists with year-end financial audit and any state tax audits.
  • Communicates regularly and effectively with direct reports and Controller.
  • Develops, implements, and maintains accounting policies and procedures to ensure there is a strong system of internal controls.
  • Performs other ad hoc accounting duties or projects as needed.

Qualifications & Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in accounting required
  • 5 years of progressive accounting experience
  • Public accounting experience preferred
  • CPA is preferred
  • Experience leading and managing accounting teams
  • Self-starter and able to work independently with minimal direction
  • Work in an organized manner with high attention to detail
  • Consistently meet tight deadlines
  • Communicate effectively in oral and written form
  • Manage multiple priorities/tasks
  • Establish and maintain effective working relationships
  • Strong Excel skills and experience with the Microsoft suite
  • Experience with Great Plains is a plus

The RESPECT Service System embodies City Experiences' mission, vision, values and operating principles. By creating a company culture that puts RESPECT at its core, we believe it will drive us to achieve our goal of becoming a Global Experiences and Transportation Leader.

EEO / Disabled / Protected Veteran Employer. Hornblower is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We offer equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals and prohibit discrimination and/or harassment of any type, including but not limited to discrimination and or harassment based upon race, religion, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, pregnancy or relation medical conditions, childbirth, breastfeeding, parental status, veteran and/or military status, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, genetic information or characteristics, political affiliation, domestic violence survivor status, marital status, or other characteristics prohibited by federal, state, or local law. Additionally, as a federal, state, and local contractor, Hornblower complies with government regulations, including affirmative action responsibilities for qualified individuals, where and as they apply. The company also participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations.

Hornblower will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner consistent with fair chance or other applicable laws and regulations.



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This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.



Hornblower is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We prohibit discrimination and or/harassment of any type, including but not limited to discrimination and or harassment based upon race, religion, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, pregnancy or relation medical conditions, childbirth, breastfeeding, parental status, veteran and/or military statue, disability (physical or mental) medical condition, genetic information or characteristics, political affiliation, domestic violence survivor status, marital status, or other characteristics prohibited by federal, state, or local law. Additionally, Hornblower participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations.

 

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