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Senior Accountant

CFS
  • Wheeling, IL
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    Job Description































    Ready to step into a high-impact accounting role where you'll influence operations, inventory strategy, and business performance? This is an excellent opportunity for an accounting professional who wants exposure beyond traditional month-end close and the chance to help shape a growing finance function.

    Senior Accountant


    Why This Opportunity Stands Out:


    • Work directly with senior leadership, including the Controller and Director of Accounting
    • Gain broad exposure to operations, manufacturing, procurement, and business planning
    • Play a key role in building and improving inventory costing, reporting, and financial processes
    • Opportunity to develop deeper expertise in cost accounting, forecasting, and financial analysis
    • Join a stable organization with strong growth potential and a collaborative culture
    • Competitive compensation with bonus opportunity and long-term career advancement potential

    Target Compensation:
    70k-80k plus bonus

    Key Responsibilities for the Senior Accountant:


    • Lead inventory costing and valuation activities, including account reconciliations and transaction analysis
    • Develop and maintain customer and product profitability reporting and standard cost models
    • Support budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning initiatives
    • Prepare journal entries, account reconciliations, and assist with month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes
    • Oversee Accounts Payable processing, vendor payments, and related general ledger reconciliations

    Qualifications for the Senior Accountant:


    • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
    • 2–4 years of progressive accounting experience
    • Strong understanding of cost accounting principles and GAAP
    • Advanced Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs, and financial analysis/modeling


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    Numbers & Facts

    LocationWheeling, IL
    IndustryFinancial Services
    Company Size500 to 999 employees
    Year Founded1994
    Websitehttp://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.

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    Skills

    • Accountingunmatched
    • Accounting Closeunmatched
    • Accounts Payableunmatched
    • Analysis Skillsunmatched
    • Budgetingunmatched
    • Business Planunmatched
    • Cost Accountingunmatched
    • Cost Forecastingunmatched
    • Cost Modelingunmatched
    • Cost Reportingunmatched
    • Develop and Maintain Customersunmatched
    • Financeunmatched
    • Financial Analysisunmatched
    • Financial Controlunmatched
    • Financial Modelingunmatched
    • Financial Planningunmatched
    • Financial Reportingunmatched
    • Forecastingunmatched
    • General Ledger Accountingunmatched
    • Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)unmatched
    • Inventory Costingunmatched
    • Inventory Reportsunmatched
    • Journal Entriesunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • Manufacturingunmatched
    • Pivot Tablesunmatched
    • Procurement Planningunmatched
    • Product Profitabilityunmatched
    • Reconciliationunmatched
    • Team Playerunmatched
    • Vlookupsunmatched

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