Staff Accountant
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About the Role
Financial Advisors Plus is opening a lead Staff Accountant seat in Evanston for someone who finds patterns where others find noise. Trade 9 years of Liquidity Management for $139,000 - $197,000 and you also get finance ownership and a Financial Advisors Plus crew that wants you to win.
Key Responsibilities
- Keep the hybrid commission calc transparent enough to survive a dispute
- Sit beside the Evanston controller on accruals, deferrals, and journal entries
- Analyze financial data using Transfer Pricing to surface trends and risks
- Translate GAAP nuance into guidance the Evanston team can apply
- Support system migrations and automation of finance workflows in Evanston
- Reconcile general ledger accounts and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner
- Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements
- File quarterly sales-and-use tax across every IL jurisdiction we touch
What You'll Bring
- A history of leaving finance processes better than you found them
- Comfort navigating ambiguity when the brief arrives half-written
- Track record that proves you can client-focused ship under deadline pressure
- Comfort with hybrid arrangements and the rhythms of a flexible workplace
- Working familiarity with hybrid schedules and team norms at Financial Advisors Plus
- Comfort owning the unglamorous middle of a hybrid project
Financial Advisors Plus is a high-growth company in Evanston, IL that turns complex finance problems into simple, elegant solutions. At Financial Advisors Plus, asking for a day off doesn't require a doctor's note or a guilt trip.
Lead with the number, $139,000 - $197,000, then add a growth track, a mentor, full benefits, and hours that bend toward your Evanston life.
We bumped this posting hours ago because the role is still very much open.
Click apply, tell your story, and let Financial Advisors Plus be the place it finally clicks.
Skills
- Liquidity Management
- Financial Modeling
- Transfer Pricing
- Variance Analysis
- Process Improvement
- Persuasion
Benefits
- Book and audiobook stipend
- Catered Lunches
- Pet-friendly office
- Emergency savings program
- Car Allowance
- Hackathons and innovation time
- Paid vacation days
- Equity grants
- Equipment and hardware allowance
- Paid jury and witness duty
- Hybrid work schedule
- Signing bonus
- Employer pension contributions
- Service Discounts