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Staff Accountant
Inspired Thinking Group · Chicago, United States
About The Role
Join a fast-paced tech-enabled marketing agency as a Staff Accountant. In this critical role, you will maintain accurate financial records, support month-end close, and ensure compliance with accounting standards. You will be responsible for expense tracking, job/project accounting, financial reporting, tax compliance, and process improvement. This position offers the flexibility of working from home, 25 days of holidays plus bank holidays, health insurance, and various other benefits.
- Support the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close process to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.
- Prepare journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, and variance analyses, and manage fixed assets.
- Process vendor invoices, match POs, reconcile vendor payment, and ensure proper coding to jobs and cost centers.
- The ideal candidate has strong technical accounting skills and understands the unique financial workflows of an agency; project-based billing, WIP, pass-through costs, time tracking, and client-based revenue cycles
- CPA track or certification preferred
- Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment
- Solid understanding of GAAP and general accounting practices
- Familiarity with time-tracking and project management systems preferred
- Excellent attention to detail, organization, and problem-solving skills
- 1-3 years of tax and/or accounting related experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field strongly preferred
- Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, formulas)
- Experience with project-based accounting, WIP, and client billing
- Experience with accounting or ERP systems (NetSuite, Workamajig, Deltek, Intacct, or similar)
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