Job Description
Senior Accountant
Join a growing steel fabrication and manufacturing company where you'll play a key role in supporting financial operations, driving process improvements, and helping leadership make informed business decisions. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced accountant who enjoys working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and wants exposure to both accounting and operational finance.
Why Join the Team?
- Opportunity to work for a respected steel fabrication company
- Exposure to both accounting and operational finance
- Strong leadership and a collaborative culture
- Career growth opportunities within a growing organization
- Exposure to inventory, costing, production, and operational accounting
- Collaborative team environment with room for growth
Key Responsibilities
- Lead month-end and year-end close activities
- Prepare financial statements, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules
- Analyze manufacturing costs, inventory, and operational performance
- Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis
- Prepare journal entries and maintain general ledger accuracy
- Identify opportunities for process improvements and efficiencies
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
- 3+ years of accounting experience
- Strong understanding of GAAP and financial reporting
- Advanced Excel skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
Preferred:
- Manufacturing, steel fabrication, or industrial industry experience
- ERP system experience
- Cost accounting or inventory accounting exposure
- CPA or CPA-track candidate
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Waukegan, IL |
| Industry | Financial Services |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://www.cfstaffing.com/ |
About Company
Founded by CPA firms in 1994, Creative Financial Staffing has spent over 30 years helping job seekers and employers succeed. In fall 2025, we rebranded as CFS—a name that reflects our full range of expertise while staying true to the trusted company you know.
CFS is the industry’s leading employee-owned staffing firm, connecting top talent in accounting, finance, technology, and human resources. We provide skilled professionals on both a temporary and permanent basis across diverse industries, leveraging our extensive network to match the right people with the right opportunities.
Our dedication to excellence extends to our award-winning culture, recognized repeatedly for growth, recruiting, workplace environment, and employee support. Honors include Forbes’ “America’s Best Recruiting and Temporary Staffing Firms,” Staffing Industry Analysts’ top U.S. staffing rankings, FlexJobs’ Top 100 Companies for Remote and Hybrid Work, Top Workplaces USA, Newsweek’s Best Practices awards, and more.
Skills
- Accountingunmatched
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Budgetingunmatched
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)unmatched
- Cost Accountingunmatched
- Cost Analysisunmatched
- ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)unmatched
- Financeunmatched
- Financial Operationsunmatched
- Financial Reportingunmatched
- Financial Statementsunmatched
- Forecastingunmatched
- General Ledger Accountingunmatched
- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)unmatched
- Inventory Costingunmatched
- Inventory Costsunmatched
- Inventory Estimatesunmatched
- Journal Entriesunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Manufacturingunmatched
- Manufacturing Analysisunmatched
- Manufacturing Costunmatched
- Operational Supportunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Process Improvementunmatched
- Production Costingunmatched
- Reconciliationunmatched
- Steel Industryunmatched
- Team Playerunmatched
- Variance Analysisunmatched
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