Career opportunity
Senior Accountant
Posted: September 10, 2026
Senior Accountant – Up to $100K + Bonus | Hybrid
$90,000–$100,000 + Performance Bonus
Hybrid – Potential for 1 Day WFH After Training
401(k) + Health, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance
PTO + Paid Sick Time
Direct Exposure to the Controller & CFO
Broad Role with Excellent Career Growth
Looking for a Senior Accountant role where you can do more than reconciliations and month-end close?
Our client is a successful, fourth-generation privately held company with a diverse group of businesses spanning construction, service, distribution, ecommerce and light manufacturing. They offer the stability of a long-established organization combined with a complex, fast-paced accounting environment where you'll get exposure to virtually every area of the business.
This is a particularly attractive opportunity for someone who started in public accounting and has moved into industry. You'll work directly with an experienced Controller and a new CFO, gain visibility across multiple business units, and get hands-on exposure to financial reporting, WIP and project accounting, job costing, inventory, budgeting, forecasting, systems and process improvement.
Instead of getting pigeonholed into one piece of the close, you'll have the opportunity to understand how the entire business operates and build the experience that prepares you for the next step in your career.
The company has a strong track record of stability, offers performance-based bonus potential and excellent benefits, and provides the opportunity for one work-from-home day per week after you're trained and established in the role.
What You'll Do
Lead and support month-end, quarter-end and year-end close
Prepare financial statements and supporting schedules
Perform GL maintenance and account reconciliations
Analyze financial results and explain significant variances
Maintain and analyze WIP schedules, job costing and project profitability
Support fixed asset and inventory accounting
Assist with annual audits and tax preparation
Participate in budgeting and forecasting
Partner with operations and project managers on project costs and profitability
Improve internal controls, accounting processes and procedures
Participate in ERP, systems and process-improvement initiatives
What We're Looking For
Bachelor's degree in Accounting
Approximately 3–6 years of progressive accounting experience
Public accounting/audit experience strongly preferred
Ideal background: 2+ years of public accounting plus 1–2+ years of corporate accounting
Strong GAAP, financial reporting and month-end close experience
Strong Excel and ERP skills
Excellent analytical, problem-solving and communication abilities
Construction experience is NOT required. Experience in construction, engineering, manufacturing, distribution, industrial services or another project-based environment is a plus.
Exposure to WIP, job costing, percentage-of-completion accounting, inventory, sales tax, certified payroll or government contracts is helpful but not required.
Compensation & Benefits
$90,000–$100,000 base salary
Performance-based bonus
401(k)
Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
PTO and paid sick time
Potential for 1 WFH day per week after training
Location: Oak Park IL area
$90,000–$100,000 + Performance Bonus
Hybrid – Potential for 1 Day WFH After Training
401(k) + Health, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance
PTO + Paid Sick Time
Direct Exposure to the Controller & CFO
Broad Role with Excellent Career Growth
Looking for a Senior Accountant role where you can do more than reconciliations and month-end close?
Our client is a successful, fourth-generation privately held company with a diverse group of businesses spanning construction, service, distribution, ecommerce and light manufacturing. They offer the stability of a long-established organization combined with a complex, fast-paced accounting environment where you'll get exposure to virtually every area of the business.
This is a particularly attractive opportunity for someone who started in public accounting and has moved into industry. You'll work directly with an experienced Controller and a new CFO, gain visibility across multiple business units, and get hands-on exposure to financial reporting, WIP and project accounting, job costing, inventory, budgeting, forecasting, systems and process improvement.
Instead of getting pigeonholed into one piece of the close, you'll have the opportunity to understand how the entire business operates and build the experience that prepares you for the next step in your career.
The company has a strong track record of stability, offers performance-based bonus potential and excellent benefits, and provides the opportunity for one work-from-home day per week after you're trained and established in the role.
What You'll Do
Lead and support month-end, quarter-end and year-end close
Prepare financial statements and supporting schedules
Perform GL maintenance and account reconciliations
Analyze financial results and explain significant variances
Maintain and analyze WIP schedules, job costing and project profitability
Support fixed asset and inventory accounting
Assist with annual audits and tax preparation
Participate in budgeting and forecasting
Partner with operations and project managers on project costs and profitability
Improve internal controls, accounting processes and procedures
Participate in ERP, systems and process-improvement initiatives
What We're Looking For
Bachelor's degree in Accounting
Approximately 3–6 years of progressive accounting experience
Public accounting/audit experience strongly preferred
Ideal background: 2+ years of public accounting plus 1–2+ years of corporate accounting
Strong GAAP, financial reporting and month-end close experience
Strong Excel and ERP skills
Excellent analytical, problem-solving and communication abilities
Construction experience is NOT required. Experience in construction, engineering, manufacturing, distribution, industrial services or another project-based environment is a plus.
Exposure to WIP, job costing, percentage-of-completion accounting, inventory, sales tax, certified payroll or government contracts is helpful but not required.
Compensation & Benefits
$90,000–$100,000 base salary
Performance-based bonus
401(k)
Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
PTO and paid sick time
Potential for 1 WFH day per week after training
Location: Oak Park IL area