Support accurate financial reporting and day-to-day accounting operations including advanced general ledger work, reconciliations, journal entries, month- and year-end close, financial reporting support, audit assistance, and process improvements. Cross-train across AR/AP/Truck Billing and mentor junior staff.
At TransChicago Truck Group, we keep the trucks and people that power our economy rolling. We’re a full-service commercial truck dealership representing Freightliner and Western Star by providing sales, service, and parts for the trucks that keep goods on the road. We’re a family-owned, fast-growing dealership group that values curiosity, teamwork, and growth. If you’re the kind of person who likes to learn by doing and see the impact of your work every day, you’ve found the right spot.
We’re looking for a Staff Accountant III to support accurate financial reporting and efficient day-to-day accounting operations. In this role, you’ll handle advanced general ledger work, account and bank reconciliations, journal entries, financial reporting support, and month-end and year-end close activities. The ideal candidate brings strong general ledger experience, excellent attention to detail, advanced Excel skills, and the ability to analyze discrepancies and resolve issues independently.
This role will be on-site at our Elmhurst location.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
We’re looking for a Staff Accountant III to support accurate financial reporting and efficient day-to-day accounting operations. In this role, you’ll handle advanced general ledger work, account and bank reconciliations, journal entries, financial reporting support, and month-end and year-end close activities. The ideal candidate brings strong general ledger experience, excellent attention to detail, advanced Excel skills, and the ability to analyze discrepancies and resolve issues independently.
This role will be on-site at our Elmhurst location.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
- Assist the CFO and Controller in ensuring all accounts are current, accurate, and properly reconciled
- Participate in the month-end and year-end close process, including preparation and review of journal entries and supporting schedules
- Prepare and maintain prepaid expense schedules and related amortization entries
- Prepare and reconcile commission calculations and supporting documentation prior to payroll processing, while working closely with the Sales department to review discrepancies, validate adjustments, and ensure accuracy
- Reconcile complex general ledger accounts and investigate variances as needed
- Compile information and prepare financial reports as requested
- Prepare various daily/monthly/annual journal entries and general ledger schedules
- Assist with annual review/audit requests and preparation of supporting documentation
- Crosstrain and provide support within AR, AP, Truck Billing, and General Accounting functions as needed
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and increased efficiency within accounting functions
- Provide guidance and support to less experienced accounting staff as needed
- Perform additional duties and special projects as assigned
Education and/or required experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting required
- Minimum of 3–5 years of accounting or general ledger experience required
- Strong understanding of month-end close and account reconciliation processes
- Experience preparing journal entries and maintaining supporting schedules
- Microsoft Office proficiency required, with strong Excel skills preferred
- Ability to analyze data, investigate discrepancies, and resolve issues independently
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Compensation: $70,000-$80,000. Salary will be determined based on experience, competencies, certifications and education.
- Benefits:
- Medical Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Life and AD&D Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Paid Sick Time
- Paid Holidays
- Additional voluntary benefits: We also offer a variety of other benefits including an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Accident Coverage, Critical Illness, Cancer Insurance, Pet Insurance, and Identity Theft Insurance
Similar Jobs
Artificial Intelligence • Automotive • Greentech • Information Technology • Machine Learning • Software • Cybersecurity
Serves as chief of staff and strategic partner to a senior Sales leader, setting priorities and driving execution. Leads cross-functional sales transformation, productivity, process improvement, competitive response, and organizational change initiatives. Develops executive presentations and data-driven recommendations, aligns Sales, Marketing, Product, Finance, and business partners, and maintains scalable sales processes and playbooks. Leads and mentors Senior Managers and Managers while ensuring initiatives deliver measurable results.
Top Skills:
AIExcelMicrosoft OutlookMicrosoft PowerpointMicrosoft WordSalesforceSalesforce Enterprise Territory ManagementSnowflake
Gaming
Develop and deploy slot-game features in Unity and C#, including gameplay, UI/UX, engine systems, and creator tools. Build server-backend functionality, investigate and extend slot-engine systems, define technical tasks, and quickly resolve bugs. The role requires collaboration, strong communication, and delivery under deadlines, with opportunities to work on live mobile games and performance optimization.
Top Skills:
C#GitPHPUnity
eCommerce • Information Technology • Retail • Industrial
Leads the Search Engineering organization supporting Grainger’s digital experiences. Responsibilities include owning search strategy and roadmap, overseeing indexing, retrieval, ranking, and ML-powered search capabilities, managing engineering managers and senior managers, developing talent, improving agile delivery and operational rigor, and championing DevOps, CI/CD, cloud-native architecture, observability, and scalable systems. The role partners closely with Product, Architecture, and Data Science and represents Search engineering with executive stakeholders.
Top Skills:
AgileAWSCi/CdCloud PlatformsContainersInfrastructure As CodeMachine LearningSemantic SearchServerlessSolrVector Retrieval
What you need to know about the Chicago Tech Scene
With vibrant neighborhoods, great food and more affordable housing than either coast, Chicago might be the most liveable major tech hub. It is the birthplace of modern commodities and futures trading, a national hub for logistics and commerce, and home to the American Medical Association and the American Bar Association. This diverse blend of industry influences has helped Chicago emerge as a major player in verticals like fintech, biotechnology, legal tech, e-commerce and logistics technology. It’s also a major hiring center for tech companies on both coasts.
Key Facts About Chicago Tech
- Number of Tech Workers: 245,800; 5.2% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
- Major Tech Employers: McDonald’s, John Deere, Boeing, Morningstar
- Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, biotechnology, fintech, software, logistics technology
- Funding Landscape: $2.5 billion in venture capital funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
- Notable Investors: Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Arch Venture Partners, MATH Venture Partners, Jump Capital, Hyde Park Venture Partners
- Research Centers and Universities: Northwestern University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Institute of Technology, Argonne National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
