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Staff Accountant

Ascendo Resources
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 4/26/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/25/2025

Hiring for a long-standing client of ours in the professional services industry!


Description

  • Prepare, review and analyze monthly financial statements accurately and timely.
  • Maintain work papers that provide detailed support of all balance sheet account balances.
  • Have a thorough understanding of debits and credits so that you can prepare accurate journal entries for amortizations, accruals, etc.
  • Ability to prepare complex bank account reconciliations.
  • Software literate so you can quickly learn how to navigate our proprietary accounting software applications.
  • Write custom payroll and financial reports using our database query program.
  • Review work of other accountants on your team for financial veracity.


Requirements

  • Strong accounting skills and knowledge of GAAP preferred
  • 1 years recent experience being solely responsible for all aspects of a monthly close process including the preparation and analysis of financial statements preferred
  • BS/BA in accounting preferred


Ascendo is a certified minority owned staffing firm, and we welcome and celebrate diversity. Ascendo is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, parental status, military service or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

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