Top Remote Senior Accountant Jobs in Chicago, IL

Manage consolidated financial close and reporting for a global multi-entity nonprofit: prepare and review journal entries, reconcile balance sheet accounts, perform intercompany eliminations and revenue reconciliations, manage bank and payment settlements, support audits, and drive process and system improvements.

Prepares external, regulatory, lender, and management financial reports; coordinates monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting; supports close, audits, and healthcare finance projects; analyzes reporting metrics; and builds scalable reporting processes, controls, automation, and documentation. The role requires strong technical accounting expertise, cross-functional coordination, regulatory reporting knowledge, and preferably healthcare experience involving Medicare, Medicaid, or PACE.

Owns general ledger accounting, journal entries, account reconciliations, financial reporting, and month-end close activities. Supports audits, internal controls, GAAP compliance, tax reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and process improvements. The role also assists with ERP enhancements, automation initiatives, financial analysis, and special projects while collaborating across accounting, finance, payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and operations teams.

Manage domestic and international intercompany transactions, reconciliations, settlements, journal entries, accruals, and month-end and year-end close activities. Collaborate with tax, accounts payable, accounts receivable, cost accounting, royalties, and group reporting teams. Resolve discrepancies, support auditors, maintain SOX documentation, administer bank and intercompany systems, and identify process improvements.

The Senior Accountant will support monthly close, journal entries, account reconciliations, clinical trial and operating expense accruals, invoice review, prepaid and fixed asset accounting, lease schedules, financial reporting, audits, and SOX controls. The role partners cross-functionally to analyze clinical trial activity, improve accounting processes, and maintain accurate financial documentation. It requires strong U.S. GAAP knowledge, advanced Excel skills, and accounting experience in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or life sciences environments.

Performs accounting and financial analysis for WVU Medicine, including general ledger maintenance, reconciliations, billing, accounts receivable, budgeting, variance analysis, audits, financial reporting, and contract maintenance. Coordinates month-end processes, monitors financial controls, oversees accounting staff, delegates work, trains personnel, and supports quality improvement initiatives.

Own month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close across multiple entities; reconcile high-volume payment flows (merchant fees, chargebacks, PayPal, payouts); maintain general ledger and intercompany eliminations; prepare journal entries, accruals, and reconciliations; produce US GAAP financial statements; build controls and scalable accounting processes; partner with FP&A; support auditors; evaluate accounting systems and grow the accounting team.

Own general ledger accounting, month-end close tasks, reconciliations, and fixed asset accounting. Manage treasury functions including cash reporting, forecasting, and intercompany transfers. Prepare financial reporting and analysis, support audits and tax compliance, and drive process improvements using ERP (NetSuite), Excel, and automation tools.

The Senior Accountant manages financial transactions, prepares financial statements and reports, provides analysis, and mentors junior staff while undertaking various accounting tasks.

The Senior International Accountant manages global accounting operations, oversees compliance and reporting for international subsidiaries, and optimizes processes while ensuring accurate financial reporting.

The Senior Reinsurance Accountant manages reinsurance administration, accounting, reporting, and ensures compliance with SOX standards, while collaborating with internal and external teams.

Lead month-end close activities, prepare journal entries and reconciliations, manage complex customer invoicing and revenue recognition, analyze profitability and GL variances, support audits, maintain balance sheet workpapers, and improve accounting controls and cross-functional billing reconciliations.

Lead accounting functions including month- and year-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, audit support, technical accounting research, internal controls and compliance, tax support, system implementation testing, due diligence reporting, and process improvement through automation.

Perform and review routine and complex accounting tasks including journal entries, reconciliations, payments, payroll processing, and vendor/department issue resolution. May lead junior staff and specialize in accounting sub-functions while ensuring accurate employee compensation and benefits processing.

Lead technical accounting and controllership functions during audit and system migration. Oversee fixed assets, capitalization policies, complex US GAAP reviews, month-end close, reconciliations, audit preparation, controls design, process improvements, and fraud risk mitigation while partnering with leadership to ensure audit readiness and accurate financial reporting.

Prepare journal entries, account reconciliations, and month-end close tasks; ensure GAAP compliance; support audits; analyze financial statements and GL accounts; produce operational and ad hoc reporting; identify automation/AI improvements to streamline processes; assist accounting leadership and build cross-functional relationships.

The Senior Accountant manages monthly and quarterly financial close activities, prepares financial statements, and ensures compliance with accounting standards, focusing on continuous improvement and cross-functional collaboration.

Serve as a senior accountant owning month-end close for cash, AP, accruals and prepaids, drive automation of close workflows using NetSuite and AI agents, partner with FP&A and cross-functional teams, coordinate audits and tax compliance, and maintain internal controls to support accurate, timely financial reporting.

Lead and support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities, prepare journal entries and reconciliations, produce GAAP financial statements and disclosures, assist with internal controls (SOX) and technical accounting, support audits, perform ad-hoc analysis, and collaborate with FP&A, operations, and legal.

Support VP Finance with month-end close, journal entries, accruals, A/R, A/P, reconciliations, sales tax and payroll support, financial statement generation, audit assistance, cash management, budgeting and forecasting for a growing software firm.

Own revenue reconciliation across payment platforms, prepare quarterly grants reconciliations, assist with complex close entries (investments, lease amortization, intercompany grants, accrued vacation), support audits and Form 990 preparation, drive process improvements, and mentor the Staff Accountant.

Own month-end and quarter-end revenue close for DTC memberships and imaging/scan services; prepare journal entries, deferred revenue schedules, and reconciliations; investigate data quality issues and partner with engineering/product to resolve root causes; support Rillet integration and reconcile payment processors like Stripe; maintain audit-ready revenue schedules and implement process improvements to strengthen controls.

Manage day-to-day accounting operations including general ledger, monthly close, reconciliations, AP, payroll accounting, grant/fund accounting, and audit preparation. Produce financial statements and reporting, support budgeting and forecasts, consolidate multi-currency ESP France results, and improve systems and controls while partnering with leadership and outsourced CFO advisors.

Lead monthly US GAAP financial reporting, prepare annual financial statements and workpapers, perform accounting research and contract reviews, support audits and tax, drive process improvements, manage G/L and financial systems, and participate in ad-hoc finance projects.

Manage monthly and quarterly close activities including AR/AP, payroll, fixed assets, reconciliations, accruals, and journal entries. Process semi-monthly payroll, invoice customers, support tax and compliance filings, prepare audit schedules, document controls, improve and automate finance processes, prepare management reporting and variance analysis, and support revenue recognition and finance systems.