Manager, Accounting
Location: Chicago, Illinois Type: Direct Hire Job #28354 Salary: $140,000 IFG US is partnering with a fantastic organization in the western suburbs of Chicago on an Accounting Manager position. Reporting to a Senior Manager, this role will manage a team of 4 Accountants and be mainly responsible for the revenue accounts. This is a high exposure role throughout the organization. Not only are you working with high caliber colleagues, but there is tremendous opportunities for vertical career advancement. They are hybrid Tues – Thurs in the office each week, with the close week (1st 7 days of each month), done fully remote! Responsibilities Responsible for 2 of their largest key accounting estimates (unbilled revenues and bad debt reserves) as well as accounting for the acquisition of energy and renewable energy credits. Oversee the writing of memos, will approve journal entries and account reconciliations, and will ensure that key financial controls are operating effectively. Work closely with their business partners in finance, billing, IT and credit/collections departments. Gets involved in ad hoc projects, including billing system validation and preparing for new general ledger system in 2026. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance Master's degree and/or CPA is highly preferred 7+ years in accounting, financial reporting or related field. Public Accounting and/or large public company accounting experience required. Experience with Financial Statement Consolidations and/or Derivative Accounting is a plus. People management experience required. Apply Now
Senior Accountant
Location: Chicago, IL Type: Direct Hire Job #28352 Salary: $90,000 Are you ready to leverage your public accounting experience in a leadership role with a growing, start-up with a pipeline to continue to make several acquisitions in 2025? IFG’s client is hiring a strong, energetic Senior Accountant experience who can hit the ground running in a revenue accounting role. You will work on all aspects of the revenue accounting process, including contract review for revenue implications under ASC 606, review of accounting system set-up of contractual terms, month-end and quarter-end close activities, and post-close financial reporting. This position requires impeccable attention to detail, a technical understanding of ASC 606. This will be a leadership opportunity as the Senior Accountant will assist the Controller with integrating the acquisitions into the company in every facet of accounting. This created a fast-paced culture ripe for earning career growth and promotion within the organization. This job can be performed REMOTELY the vast majority of the time, however their headquarters is in downtown Chicago and the Senior Accountant can choose to work in the office if they that is their preference. *Our client is ONLY CONSIDERING CANDIDATES LOCAL TO CHICAGO, IL. Responsibilities: Revenue recognition Policy, allowances, reserves Acquisition integration Preparing financials Month-end close Creating best practices Requirements +3 years of accounting experience that includes month-end close Public accounting strongly preferred CPA strongly preferred Bachelor’s in accounting related field required NetSuite strongly preferred Self-starter For immediate consideration, qualified candidates please email your resume to ericmaleski@ifgus.com Apply Now
Staff Accountant
Location: Chicago, Illinois Type: Direct Hire Job #28350 Salary: $80,000 IFG US is partnering with a fantastic organization in the western suburbs of Chicago on a Staff Accountant position due to a recent promotion. Reporting to an Accounting Manager, this role provides a great introduction to Corporate Accounting. Not only are you working with high caliber colleagues, but there is tremendous opportunities for vertical career advancement. They are hybrid Tues – Thurs in the office each week, with the close week (1st 7 days of each month), done fully remote! Responsibilities Close the books responsibilities including journal entries, reconciliations, balance sheet/income statement fluctuations, and financial statement reporting. Assist with managing oversight of close the books for the operating unit overall. Partner with several departments across finance and accounting to monitor critical close deadlines and ensure key financial controls are operating effectively. Involved in ad hoc projects, annual studies, and regulatory filings/data requests. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Accounting or equivalent Master's degree and/or CPA is highly preferred 2-4 years of related experience Public Accounting and/or large public company accounting experience required. Apply Now
Associate Staff Accountant
Location: Chicago, Illinois Type: Direct Hire Job #28349 Salary: $70,000 IFG's Fortune 500 client is looking for a Staff Accountant to join their team. In this role the candidate will perform accounting tasks such as recording financial transactions, preparing financial statements, reconciling accounts, and ensuring compliance with internal controls. Support financial planning and analysis, enhance internal processes, and collaborate with other teams on accounting activities. Sells: A large, multi-national corporation providing significant opportunities for upward mobility, not only within the accounting department but across the entire organization. The company prioritizes hiring top-tier talent from other prominent multinational firms or alumni of Big 4 accounting firms, ensuring you will collaborate with and learn from industry-leading professionals. In-office policy: 3 days a week in office. Compensation: Up to $85,000 (based on experience; Client will only consider this top of the range for a candidate with public accounting experience and a CPA and/or Master's degree) Primary Duties and Accountabilities: Assist with monthly financial close processes, ensuring accuracy and timeliness. Prepare and review account reconciliations while ensuring compliance with control requirements. Compile and analyze financial reports for internal and external purposes. Work with auditors and other departments to achieve goals. Support special projects and implement updates to accounting standards. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or equivalent. Understanding of accounting principles, standards, and controls. Ability to document technical issues and use technology for efficiency. Strong teamwork, organizational, and communication skills. Commitment to quality, integrity, and professionalism. Apply Now
Senior Financial Analyst
Location: Northbrook, IL Type: Direct Hire Job #28346 Salary: $135,000 Industry: Marketing / Promotional Products Location: Near North Chicago Suburbs (hybrid office and work-from- home) Position Title: Senior Financial Analyst Position Type: Direct Hire (employee) OR Contract Consultant (possibly contract-to-hire) Position Summary: This is a new position and the first true financial analysis position (there is a large accounting team). Company will hire as soon as the right candidate is identified. The position will report directly to the CFO with a dotted line to the CEO. This is a high visibility role with significant opportunity for impact on the company’s ongoing development and growth. Scope of Position (limited detail as role will evolve around selected candidate’s skills and experience): Excel Expert: The C-Suite includes Excel experts, and the SFA will be responsible to operate and develop advanced Excel files and templates. Expertise requirements go far beyond pivot tables and lookups, including the maintenance and creation of complex linked financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flow). Excel will also be leveraged for creation, maintenance and analysis of budgets and forecasts utilizing advanced Excel modeling skills. PowerBI Expert: A primary responsibility of the new SFA will be leveraging PowerBI to provide high impact visualizations of financial statements and related financial information. Currently, data is downloaded from the company’s ERP software into Excel, and limited use of PowerBI is utilized to create visualizations from Excel files. For future state, the SFA is expected to leverage PowerBI to extract data directly from the company’s ERP software to create critical visualizations. Financial Analysis: This is first and foremost an SFA position and not an accounting position. The SFA will liaise with the large accounting team and is expected to understand all 3 standard financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flow). Budgeting and Forecasting: SFA will play a lead role in creating and maintaining budgets and forecasts on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis. While the 2025 budget (fiscal 12/31 year-end) has been approved, the SFA will have an integral part in calculating and analyzing existing KPIs and in development new KPIs to assist drive critical business decisions. Financial Reporting: In addition to involvement in the creation and analysis of financial statements and reports, the SFA will “own” the quarterly Board reporting package including presenting financial information to the Board. The financial reporting package will leverage PowerBI for effective visualization for communication to C-Suite and Board. Automation between ERP and PowerBI is an expected development in the financial reporting function. For immediate consideration, email your resume in Word format to Cameron Wall at cameronwall@ifgus.com. Apply Now
Manager, External Financial Reporting
Location: Chicago, Illinois Type: Direct Hire Job #28345 Salary: $130,000 IFG's Fortune 500 client is looking for a Manager, External Financial Reporting to join their team. In this role the candidate will be responsible for the SEC reporting for the company, including drafting disclosures, processing changes, ensuring accuracy and consistency throughout the document, maintaining quarterly list of disclosure items and coordinating with the printer. Additionally, the role will collaborate with Business Units, Controller's Group, Investor Relations, Treasury, internal and external legal counsel, and the internal and external auditors to accomplish goals and ensure efficiency and effectiveness of information exchange. Sells: A large, multi-national corporation providing significant opportunities for upward mobility, not only within the accounting department but across the entire organization. The company prioritizes hiring top-tier talent from other prominent multinational firms or alumni of Big 4 accounting firms, ensuring you will collaborate with and learn from industry-leading professionals. In-office policy: 3 days a week in office. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or equivalent. Master's degree and/or CPA strongly preferred 7+ years of progressive professional experience, with public accounting or a combination of public accounting and large company experience. People management experience required. Apply Now
Director of Accounting
Location: Hoffman Estates , Illinois Type: Direct Hire Job #28344 Salary: $180,000 IFG US is partnering with a client seeking a Director of Accounting for a hybrid opportunity in the NW Chicago suburbs. The Finance Department is a fast-paced environment supporting global operations. The ideal candidate should be a proactive self-starter with an ability to solve tough or one-off issues. The Finance team comprises GL accounting, Technical Accounting & SEC Reporting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Internal Controls (SOX) and Tax over three countries. Primary Responsibilities: Perform the tasks required to achieve month end close by day 5; Revenue segmental reporting analysis by product and region on a monthly basis; Work with other departments and analyze provisions requiring level of judgement such as freight; SIP and E&O; Review of supplier statements and ensure all significant accruals captured; Revenue recognition analysis and monthly entries for revenue and COGS; Margin analysis; Review of actual v budget variances; Oversee and co-ordinate subsidiary reporting, including loading of results into NetSuite; Review of inventory, including rate review; GRNI and SIT accruals; Knowledge/Skill Requirements: Requires a CA/CPA qualification (big 4 preferred) 8+ years mix of public & industry accounting experience, preferably in a manufacturing setting. Multinational Company and/or international experience a plus Must be hands-on Accurate and detailed in work ethic Excellent Microsoft Office skills (NetSuite a plus) High attention to detail, works accurately and quickly and has good organizational skills Management and interpersonal skills necessary to motivate and train others in performing key financial activities Collaborative, results driven team player with the ability to influence others Ability to set and meet deadlines including ability to manage multiple tasks to completion at the same time Excellent verbal and written communication skills Apply Now
Revenue Accountant
Location: Hoffman Estates , Illinois Type: Direct Hire Job #28343 Salary: $105,000 IFG US is partnering with a client seeking a Revenue Accountant! This is a hybrid opportunity in the NW Chicago suburbs. Experience: Experience with ASC 606 Sales incentives & Rebates NetSuite ARM (highly preferred) Apply Now
Manager, Financial Reporting and Technical Accounting
Location: Hoffman Estates , Illinois Type: Direct Hire Job #28342 Salary: $140,000 IFG US is partnering with a client seeking a Manager of Financial Reporting and Technical Accounting to join their team! This role will be primarily responsible for supporting the timely, accurate and consistent preparation of financial statements and reports required by the company, its external auditors, the SEC, and other regulatory authorities. This individual will support the creation of the footnotes, MD&A, and other relevant disclosures necessary for a publicly traded company and work closely with the company’s external auditors. This individual will also research and draft whitepapers on technical accounting issues. The position will report to the Corporate Controller based in the US. Hybrid work schedule in NW Chicago suburbs. Primary responsibilities: Prepare and coordinate the quarterly/annual electronic production of SEC filing documents (Forms 10-Q, 10-K, etc.), including financial statements (balance sheet, income statements, statement of shareholders’ equity and statement of cash flows), footnote disclosures and MD&A Prepare press release financials, including GAAP to Non-GAAP reconciliations and related Form 8-K Provide technical accounting support and research and draft whitepapers for new, critical or unusual accounting issues; research and document changes on accounting rules and regulations, including new FASB pronouncements and SEC rules and disclosure requirements Participate in quarterly reviews and year-end audit supporting the Director of Accounting and Corporate Controller Assess and help implement or update internal controls, standards, and efficiencies. Maintain compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX 404) by maintaining effective internal control over our financial reporting process. Develop, strengthen and maintain the integrity of the financial reporting process and internal controls over the financial reporting process Prepare debt compliance support and compliance certificates Coordinate and lead annual UK statutory audit and bank audit Work with other departments and analyze provisions requiring level of judgement such as revenue recognition, freight; SIP, E&O; equity accounting Secondary support for revenue recognition analysis and monthly entries for revenue and COGS; equity-related calculations and disclosures, including share-based compensation expense, earnings per share and equity-related disclosures for inclusion in Forms 10-Q and 10-K Knowledge/Skill Requirements: Bachelors degree or above in Accounting, with an active CA/CPA license/registration 6+ years of experience in a mix of public or industry accounting experience, preferably with manufacturing company experience in a publicly traded company; Multinational Company a plus with familiarity with foreign exchange translations Experience participating in the annual audit and quarterly reviews with external auditors and preparing the annual and interim financial statements Must be hands-on and possess a strong analytical, logical, and data driven sense Excellent Microsoft Office (Word and Excel) skills; Experience with NetSuite, Equity Compensation systems and SEC Reporting tools (e.g., Active Disclosure) a plus High attention to detail, works accurately and quickly and has good organizational skills; Ability to set and meet deadlines including ability to manage multiple tasks to completion at the same time Interpersonal skills necessary to work well with others in obtaining information and performing key financial activities, specifically the finance, tax, treasury, FP&A and legal teams Collaborative, results driven team player with the ability to influence others Strong technical accounting skills with demonstrated solid current and comprehensive understanding of US GAAP and IFRS, including recently issued accounting pronouncements Knowledge of Sarbanes Oxley and internal control frameworks Understanding of SEC rules and regulations including practical SEC reporting experience preferred Apply Now
Senior Staff Accountant
Location: Chicago, Illinois Type: Direct Hire Job #28341 Salary: $85,000 IFG US’s client is seeking a highly skilled Senior Staff Accountant to join their dynamic team. Reporting directly to the CFO and with a dotted line to the Director of Revenue Accounting, this role is pivotal in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial data. The Senior Staff Accountant will be responsible for reviewing, reconciling, and maintaining accounting standards to uphold the integrity of financial information. Key Responsibilities: Verify and analyze financial data to ensure the accuracy and integrity of accounting information. Assist in the preparation of analyses, estimates, and journal entries during the month-end close process. Review trial balance details to confirm the accuracy of GL accounts for posted transactions and resolve any discrepancies. Prepare reconciliations for bank accounts, accruals, fixed assets, and other accounts, ensuring accurate accrual capture during month-end close. Collaborate with relevant departments to analyze and resolve cost and inventory variances, including COGS/inventory transactions, purchase price variances, and manufacturing variances. Work closely with accounts payable and accounts receivable teams. Assist in annual audits and tax preparation processes. Support the preparation of financial statements and consolidations. Participate in margin and profitability metrics analysis. Review, validate, and assist with the filing of sales tax returns. Contribute to the development of processes and procedures to enhance financial controls and data integrity, implementing changes and tracking performance. Perform other duties as assigned. Required Skills and Qualifications: Strong manufacturing experience with a deep understanding of inventory and cost accounting. Knowledge of internal controls and audit procedures. Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet strict deadlines. Ability to maintain professionalism, integrity, and confidentiality at all times. Exceptional attention to detail is critical to success in this role. Strong interpersonal, communication, and conflict resolution skills. High ethical standards and integrity. Ability to think creatively for problem-solving while adhering to accounting practices and internal controls. Education and Certifications: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. Experience: 2-3 years of experience in accounting or finance, including general ledger and reconciliation experience. Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel, and experience with ERP systems. Apply Now