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Staff Accountant - Corporate Accounting

Women of the Vine & Spirits
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 9/26/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/25/2025
Company

Suntory Global Spirits (Beam Suntory)

Location

Chicago, IL

Other

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At Suntory Global Spirits, we craft spirits of the highest quality and deliver brilliant experiences to people around the world. Suntory Global Spirits has evolved into the world's third largest leading premium spirits company ... where each employee is treated like family and trusted with legacy. With our greatest assets - our premium spirits and our people - we're driving growth through impactful marketing, innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit. Suntory Global Spirits is a place where you can come Unleash your Spirit by making an impact each and every day.

What makes this a great opportunity?

The Staff Accountant position provides exposure to the corporate accounting function within a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.The role is responsible for accounting tasks related to the corporate general ledger, including analytical review of accounts, preparing journal entries, reconciling accounts, preparing financial statements, and ensuring appropriate accounting.Areas of accounting include but are not limited to incentives, insurance reserves, prepaid, and other corporate matters.

Role Responsibilities

Corporate Accounting

  • Incentives & Prepaids
    • Monitor global incentive plans' consolidated balances
    • Calculate and record adjustments to reflect the latest estimates
    • Provide guidance to other functions as needed on capitalization process, procedures and policies
    • Obtain underlying support to understand the nature of the prepaid and develop amortization schedules
    • Reconcile related balance sheet accounts and journalize monthly entries
  • Defined benefit plans & Payroll
    • Responsible for accounting of US benefit plans
    • Prepare and maintain account reconciliations with adequate support
  • Insurance, Intangibles, and Financing & Interest
    • Record accounting entries based on reporting from a third-party administrator
    • Prepare and maintain account reconciliations with adequate support
    • Review monthly amortization entries and submit related disclosure schedule
  • Global Reconciliation Administrator
    • Responsible for managing the global reconciliation system
    • Provide system support to controllership and local administrators
  • Serve as the local administrator of corporate ledger account reconciliations
Balance Sheet Analytics

  • Develop budget and forecast for account balances
  • Perform flux analysis of account balances by comparing actual versus budget and prior periods
  • Provide an explanation of account fluctuations to Controllership on a monthly basis

Corporate General Ledger Ownership

  • Prepare journal entries for corporate ledger accounts assigned
  • Prepare account reconciliations
  • Prepare monthly/quarterly/annual schedules and reports for the consolidations group

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in accounting or related discipline
  • One to two years of related experience
  • Working knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards
  • Knowledge of SAP and EPM reporting systems a plus
  • CPA a plus

The salary range for this role, based in Chicago Illinois, is $62,000-$72,000, along with an annual bonus, 401K match, profit sharing, and medical and wellness benefits. The salary range is commensurate with the candidate's location, experience, and skillset. The range will vary if outside of this location.

At Suntory Global Spirits, people are our number one priority, and we believe our people grow together in diverse and inclusive environments where their unique insights, experiences and backgrounds are valued and respected. Suntory Global Spirits is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, military veteran status and all other characteristics, attributes or choices protected by law. All recruitment and hiring decisions are based on an applicant's skills and experience.

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