Top Remote Accounting Jobs in Chicago, IL

As a Manager in Accounting Advisory, you will oversee client teams, provide training, and manage financial reporting and consulting services in the healthcare sector.

Manage outsourced accounting for construction clients, ensuring quality financial reporting, providing technical support, leading teams, and identifying operational improvements.

Manage outsourced accounting services for healthcare clients by identifying operational needs, ensuring compliance, and fostering relationships with client executives. Train staff, analyze performance metrics, and improve operational efficiencies while maintaining timely accounting engagements.

Lead advisory engagements for manufacturing clients by reviewing financial reporting, analyzing KPIs, providing technical accounting guidance, recommending process improvements, developing budgets/forecasts, and mentoring staff while collaborating with offshore teams to improve service delivery.

Manages network-wide cost accounting operations and leads analysts producing patient care cost allocations, financial analyses, productivity metrics, and decision-support reporting. Establishes cost accounting methodologies, ensures data credibility through audits and reconciliations, supports reimbursement and capital planning decisions, and collaborates with clinical and hospital leadership. Oversees hiring, coaching, performance management, training, and department operations while using analytical and visualization tools to communicate actionable findings.

Leads SEC reporting and technical accounting activities, overseeing external reporting, U.S. GAAP and SEC compliance, complex financial models, and audit committee communications. Supervises and develops accounting staff, supports month-end close, and manages reporting systems such as Workiva and ERP/planning platforms. Requires a CPA, extensive progressive accounting experience, public-company SEC reporting or audit experience, advanced Excel skills, and strong written communication. The posting also includes inconsistent market operations and sales responsibilities likely copied from another role.

Own technical accounting conclusions for complex transactions, including M&A, financing, revenue recognition, impairment, financial instruments, and foreign currency matters. Prepare SEC-style financial statements, footnotes, disclosures, position memos, and journal entries under US GAAP. Maintain accounting policies, support SOX readiness, partner with global teams and auditors, and resolve issues independently.

Leads accounting and financial oversight for cloud revenue, costs, margins, and related business models. Manages close processes, revenue recognition, controls, policies, audits, and U.S. GAAP compliance while partnering with Sales, Cloud Operations, Technology, and FP&A. Drives scalable process improvements, automation, analytics, and AI adoption, supports forecasting and profitability insights, and develops the accounting team.

Manage revenue recognition and compliance under ASC 606 and GAAP. Review contracts and RFPs, establish standalone selling price frameworks, reconcile Oracle revenue to the General Ledger, support financial close and audits, maintain internal controls, and prepare technical accounting policies. Lead revenue process improvements, acquisition integrations, UAT for new products, risk assessments, and automation initiatives while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Leads corporate accounting for payroll, benefits, restructuring, incentive compensation, bonuses, and non-personnel close activities. Manages two accounting professionals, oversees journal entries, reconciliations, variance analysis, U.S. GAAP compliance, SOX controls, audits, and cross-functional finance partnerships. Drives process improvements, automation, and AI adoption using Oracle Financials and related tools while supporting accurate, timely, and controlled financial reporting.

Leads Root’s SEC and US GAAP financial reporting, technical accounting policy, disclosure controls, audit coordination, and accounting standards implementation. Oversees complex accounting analyses involving insurance, investments, debt, leases, and statutory reporting. Partners with cross-functional leaders, auditors, regulators, and investors while improving reporting systems and close processes. Manages and develops the financial reporting team and prepares Audit Committee and Board materials.

Manage accounting operations including financial reporting, statement analysis, bank reconciliations, tax documentation, AR/AP, payroll, budgeting, and forecasting. The role also involves preparing ad hoc business reports and coordinating with external accounting partners while supporting high transaction and invoice volumes.

Lead and scale ClassDojo’s accounting and tax operations, including monthly close, audits, financial reporting, controls, GL, AP, revenue accounting, payroll, equity, tax, and treasury. Build financial systems, processes, and teams; ensure US GAAP compliance; partner with executives and cross-functional leaders; and support strategic initiatives including M&A, fundraising, secondary transactions, and a potential IPO.

Leads the Finance and Accounting Department, overseeing nonprofit accounting, monthly closes, audits, 990 filings, financial reporting, compliance, client implementations, and service delivery. Manages and coaches a six-person team, sets departmental KPIs, owns P&L responsibilities, improves systems and processes, and contributes to company-wide strategy and service-line growth. Provides hands-on financial consulting to complex nonprofit, political, civic, and charitable clients.

Lead the technical accounting function by researching complex US GAAP matters, documenting accounting conclusions, managing auditor relationships, designing SOX controls, monitoring FASB and SEC changes, and overseeing technical accounting close activities and disclosures. Partner with Finance, Accounting, Legal, and other stakeholders, develop scalable accounting frameworks and training, improve workflows, and support AI initiatives and process automation.

Owns accounting support for the deal desk and quote-to-cash process at a SaaS company. Responsibilities include reviewing contracts for ASC 606 implications, advising Sales and Legal on deal structures, establishing approval workflows, translating contract terms into billing configurations, managing amendments and renewals, and partnering with Sales Operations, Finance, and Accounting. The role also supports commercial governance, SaaS metrics analysis, audit, and cross-functional training.

Leads global pharmaceutical revenue accounting, technical accounting assessments, revenue recognition policies, SEC disclosures, order-to-cash accounting, royalty accounting, and SOX controls. Reviews complex commercial contracts, prepares U.S. GAAP memos, oversees monthly close activities, supports audits, and coordinates with U.S. and international Finance teams. The role also manages accounting for an international pharmacy program and partners with auditors, internal stakeholders, and third-party logistics providers.

Owns day-to-day general ledger operations, month-end close, journal entries, accruals, multi-entity consolidations, intercompany eliminations, balance sheet reconciliations, variance analysis, and full-cycle accounts payable. Supports ERP implementation, audit readiness, internal controls, and cross-functional finance initiatives in a growing multi-state healthcare organization.

Leads audit engagements, reviews AI-generated audit workpapers, owns audit quality and methodology, and defines standards for AI-powered audit workflows. Manages client relationships, makes evidence and risk judgments, mentors accounting engineers, and partners with engineering and product teams to develop, test, and improve automated audit procedures.

Own usage-based revenue accounting, including journal entries, deferrals, recognition schedules, reconciliations, collections, month-end and year-end close. Manage accounts receivable, support annual audits, maintain revenue controls, integrate the billing ledger with Campfire, and automate accounting processes. Collaborate with finance, billing engineering, revenue operations, sales, and customers to ensure accurate and timely revenue reporting.

Performs complex accounting activities supporting general ledger close, including journal entries, reconciliations, fixed assets, leases, accruals, variance reviews, and revenue and expense analysis. Ensures compliance with GAAP, internal controls, and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements. Leads accounting process improvements and regulatory initiatives, researches financial reporting issues, and mentors junior staff.

Performs complex accounting activities supporting general ledger close, including journal entries, reconciliations, fixed assets, leases, accruals, and budget variance reviews. Analyzes revenue and expenses, ensures GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, tests internal controls, and partners with business stakeholders on accounting policies. The role requires a bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related discipline and two years of relevant accounting experience.

Create practical Excel templates, demo files, and use-case scenarios for accounting, FP&A, finance, operations, and marketing. Improve onboarding with clear demos, produce short guides and walkthroughs, and complete a sample Excel task and paid trial as part of the interview process.

Lead high-volume client onboarding by gathering financial data, configuring Uplinq and QuickBooks Online accounts, troubleshooting integrations, resolving scope mismatches, managing timelines, and coordinating handoffs to accounting and tax teams. Build strong client relationships, communicate proactively, apply cash- and accrual-based accounting judgment, and develop practical workarounds to keep implementations moving.

Leads North America accounting operations, including general ledger and operating expense close activities, journal entries, reconciliations, variance analysis, audit support, internal controls, and SOX compliance. Manages and develops a multi-level accounting team, establishes accountability and review standards, resolves accounting issues, partners with FP&A and stakeholders, and drives scalable process improvements across evolving systems and business operations.