Prepare account reconciliations, journal entries, financial analyses, variance investigations, month-end close support, and monthly or ad-hoc reports. Ensure financial statements comply with US GAAP, resolve discrepancies, improve accounting processes, support external audits, and contribute to special projects while collaborating with business leaders and cross-functional teams.
Reliable Safety & Flow Corporation is looking for a Staff Accountant at our Oak Brook, Illinois headquarter office that is self-motivated to work directly with leaders in the business to ensure all aspects of Financial Statements comply with US GAAP. This individual should be creative, dedicated and able to work with a collaborative culture. He or she must have the ability to prioritize, troubleshoot, and work closely with other team members to identify and resolve issues, improve processes, and share data.
How You Will Help
• Prepare and maintain account reconciliations and related data per company policy and US GAAP and collaboratively work with other functions to ensure reconciling items are quickly resolved
• Prepare journal entries and supporting documentation
• Analyze financial statements and related information specific to assigned areas and investigate discrepancies and variances
• Support month-end close process
• Identify and implement process improvements to drive accuracy and efficiency
• Prepare and communicate monthly and ad-hoc reports
• Work with external auditors and support special projects
• Prepare journal entries and supporting documentation
• Analyze financial statements and related information specific to assigned areas and investigate discrepancies and variances
• Support month-end close process
• Identify and implement process improvements to drive accuracy and efficiency
• Prepare and communicate monthly and ad-hoc reports
• Work with external auditors and support special projects
What You Will Bring
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, CPA preferred
• 0-2 years experience
• Minimum of 1-2 years of experience working on a large ERP solution (D365 preferred)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent with Microsoft applications
• Experience with data analysis tools (e.g. Power BI preferred)
• Ability to multitask and work effectively with others in a team environment
• Self-starter with excellent communication, problem solving and analytical skills
• Detail, deadline and goal-oriented
• 0-2 years experience
• Minimum of 1-2 years of experience working on a large ERP solution (D365 preferred)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent with Microsoft applications
• Experience with data analysis tools (e.g. Power BI preferred)
• Ability to multitask and work effectively with others in a team environment
• Self-starter with excellent communication, problem solving and analytical skills
• Detail, deadline and goal-oriented
Compensation
The base salary range for this position is $63,000 - $78,000 USD annually*.
*The salary range for this position reflects a reasonable estimate of the range of compensation for this role. Reliable Safety and Flow Corporation's philosophy on compensation is based on careful consideration of additional factors such as (but not limited to) an individual’s education, training, work experience, job-related skill set, location, and industry knowledge, as well as the scope and responsibilities of the position and market considerations.
*The salary range for this position reflects a reasonable estimate of the range of compensation for this role. Reliable Safety and Flow Corporation's philosophy on compensation is based on careful consideration of additional factors such as (but not limited to) an individual’s education, training, work experience, job-related skill set, location, and industry knowledge, as well as the scope and responsibilities of the position and market considerations.
About
Bringing together more than 175 years of innovation, quality, and customer commitment under one name and one promise.The company was forged in 1850, as American industry was being connected by pipe, valves, fittings, and the skilled people who knew how to put them in the right place. More than 175 years later, that heritage lives in ASC Engineered Solutions, a comprehensive pipe preparation, joining, hanging and flow-management portfolio supporting the people who build and maintain commercial buildings, industrial facilities, infrastructure, and critical systems. A house of brands, Anvil, Gruvlok, Sharpe, SCI, and ABZ, unified as ASC in 2019, and the portfolio has grown in the years since.In 1920, Reliable Automatic Sprinkler started doing one thing exceptionally well: building the fire safety systems that protect people and property. Sprinklers, valves, and accessories, made in the United States. More than a century later, the discipline has not changed. A century of American-made fire protection products, with multi-generational customer relationships and multi-decade specifications. A century of protecting what matters the most.Two legacies. One Future.*Reliable Safety and Flow Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.*
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