Top Remote Senior Accountant Jobs in Chicago, IL

Supervise staff accountants, review and deliver financial statements, dashboards, KPIs, and forecasts, and maintain strong client relationships. Lead client onboarding, coordinate year-end tax handoffs, provide accounting guidance, train team members, resolve technical issues, and improve firm processes. The role also includes project tracking, client communication, administrative documentation, continuing education, and ensuring timely, accurate deliverables in a fully remote CPA firm.

Leads enterprise accounting transformation engagements by deploying AI Agents, automating accounting workflows, troubleshooting Python, SQL, API, and integration issues, and driving customer adoption and ROI. Partners with CFOs, Controllers, Product, Engineering, Sales, and Customer Success teams; oversees implementation partners; develops recovery plans for at-risk accounts; and influences product strategy. Requires deep accounting expertise, technical implementation skills, workflow automation experience, and travel up to 60%.

Own daily general ledger activity, high-volume loan transaction accounting, bank reconciliations, PPE accounting, lender onboarding, month-end close, balance sheet and revenue reconciliations, financial reporting, and variance analysis. The Senior Accountant will improve accounting processes, automate manual tasks, maintain GAAP-compliant controls, support audits, and perform cross-functional financial analyses.

Supports monthly financial consolidations, US GAAP financial statements, disclosures, reporting packages, account mappings, journal entries, audits, SOX controls, and process improvements. Partners with accounting, FP&A, tax, treasury, financial systems, and external auditors to ensure accurate and timely reporting.

Own the U.S. entity’s monthly close, including journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, fixed assets, prepaids, revenue reporting, AR, AP, and intercompany accounting. Manage cash reconciliations, payments including digital asset transactions, expense administration, vendor records, audit support, and process improvements. Partner with the Controller and cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, multi-entity environment.

Manages accounts receivable and revenue recognition under GAAP and ASC 606, including billing, collections, reconciliations, journal entries, monthly close, and reporting. Resolves billing discrepancies across Salesforce, billing systems, and NetSuite; maintains internal controls; supports audits; communicates with customers; and drives billing-to-cash process improvements and automation.

Own the month-, quarter-, and year-end close, general ledger, revenue accounting, reconciliations, financial statements, and variance analysis. Oversee AP, AR, payroll entries, payouts, audits, tax compliance, controls, and finance systems. Partner with Product and Engineering on marketplace, SaaS, payment, and pricing accounting. Improve close processes, automate reconciliations with AI, and prepare the company for Series C and future audits.

Own monthly close activities across multiple entities, including reconciliations, journal entries, intercompany accounting, consolidations, and crypto subledger maintenance. Reconcile centralized and decentralized trading activity, prepare P&L schedules, manage billing and revenue tracking, support tax and entity structuring, maintain compliance documentation, and assist with payroll operations. Build financial models and reporting tools while coordinating with external accountants and institutional partners.

Owns month-end and year-end close activities, including journal entries, GL schedules, account reconciliations, financial reporting, variance analysis, and audit support. The role also supports M&A integration, technical accounting, policy maintenance, process improvement, internal controls, and ad hoc reporting across a multi-entity structure.

Responsible for month-end and year-end close, general ledger accuracy, journal entries, reconciliations, accounts payable, and corporate card accounting. Owns accounts receivable operations, including invoicing, collections, dunning, customer billing inquiries, aging and DSO reporting, and tax documentation. Supports sales/use tax and VAT inquiries, audits, internal controls, process documentation, accounting research, and automation using AI tools.

Owns warranty and service parts accounting, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, roll-forwards, inventory adjustments, close deliverables, and financial disclosures. Supports audits, forecasting, internal controls, SOX readiness, and cross-functional accounting analysis. The role also improves SAP processes and helps establish scalable accounting controls in a high-growth automotive environment.

The Senior Accountant manages financial reporting, SEC filings, audits, and technical accounting matters while coordinating with various departments. Key tasks include preparing financial statements and documentation for audits, equity and debt accounting, and implementing internal controls.

The Senior Accountant manages general ledger accounts, vendor payments, member contracts, cash matching, journal entries, account reconciliations, and month-end and quarter-end close activities. The role maintains accounting records and workpapers in accordance with GAAP, supports internal controls, responds to internal requests, and assists with billing contracts and ad hoc projects. It requires strong analytical, organizational, communication, and Excel skills, with ERP experience preferred.

Owns multi-state sales tax compliance, including nexus analysis, registrations, filings, provider management, and taxability research. Supports monthly close, treasury backup, bank reconciliations, liquidity monitoring, audits, VAT and income tax compliance, intercompany reconciliations, and transfer pricing. The role also drives process improvements and automation while partnering with outside accountants and advisors across a multi-entity international business.

Owns accounting operations for a multi-entity fintech, including billing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, month-end close, sales tax compliance, revenue recognition, audit coordination, financial reporting, and process documentation. The role manages US and Canadian entities, supports cross-border accounting and tax activities, maintains recurring schedules, prepares board KPI packages, and partners with business teams to ensure accurate billing and collections.

The Senior Accountant leads financial statement audit fieldwork, performs audit testing, manages engagement status, and supervises staff and interns. The role provides accounting advice to clients, reviews work products, supports client relationships, and contributes to employee development, recruiting, training, and mentoring. Candidates need public accounting and in-charge experience, strong US GAAP and GAAS knowledge, accounting expertise, communication skills, and proficiency with Microsoft Office and audit software. Title IV experience is preferred.

Own month-end close, journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, accounts payable, expenses, corporate cards, and audit readiness. Partner with the Controller and Engineering to automate Finance workflows using AI and automation tools. Evaluate and implement Finance technology, support budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and complete process-improvement projects in a SaaS environment.

Own day-to-day accounting operations, cash and treasury controls, tax and regulatory compliance, month-end close, consolidated reporting, forecasting, and equity accounting. Partner with department leaders on budgets, variances, tax optimization, commissions, and billing issues. Oversee a junior accountant while modernizing accounting systems, automating processes, strengthening controls, and improving multi-state sales tax and expense forecasting.

Oversee accounting processes, prepare and review GAAP-compliant financial statements, manage month-end and year-end close activities, perform reconciliations and journal entries, maintain the general ledger, analyze financial data, improve accounting policies and procedures, coordinate audits, and support cross-functional finance projects.

Prepares SEC filings, financial statements, footnotes, and reporting schedules; manages equity accounting and stock-based compensation under ASC 718; researches U.S. GAAP and SEC guidance; supports audits and SOX compliance; and improves accounting workflows using Excel, Workiva, Oracle, Google Workspace, AI, and automation tools.

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.

Manage monthly close activities, reconciliations, financial reporting, general ledger accuracy, and client engagements using Unanet, QuickBooks, and cloud accounting tools. Support government contractor compliance, indirect rate calculations, and cost accounting standards while reviewing workpapers and coordinating deliverables. Provide staff oversight and coaching, maintain client relationships, and communicate financial information clearly across multiple accounts.

Own day-to-day accounting operations across accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, cash reconciliation, employee expenses, month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, and audit support. The role also improves accounting controls, processes, and automation while partnering with finance leadership and cross-functional teams in a remote-first environment.

The Tax Senior Accountant supports corporate tax compliance, state audits, federal and state filings, tax research, ASC 740 income tax provisions, account reconciliations, and tax technology improvements. The role prepares and reviews tax workpapers, returns, estimates, disclosures, and responses to tax notices. It partners with auditors and internal stakeholders, resolves tax matters, supports process improvements, and may lead defined projects. Occasional travel to the corporate headquarters is required.

Senior Accountant responsible for U.S. accounting operations, including month-end and year-end close, journal entries, reconciliations, accounts receivable and payable, financial systems, U.S. GAAP compliance, reporting, audit support, internal controls, and process improvements.