Accounting Manager

About the role

Clausen Miller P.C. seeks an experienced Accounting Manager to serve as a key financial leader and strategic business partner within our growing organization. This role reports to the CFO and is responsible for financial management, reporting accuracy, internal controls, cash flow oversight, and operational decision support. The ideal candidate combines strong technical accounting expertise with a hands-on, business-oriented mindset. This individual will drive financial performance, accountability, process improvement, and operational excellence while partnering closely with leadership across the organization. This is a tremendous opportunity to build an accounting team with industry best practices as the focus and goal.

Responsibilities

• Lead month-end and year-end close and reporting packages, and participate in multiple audits.
• Manage internal controls and policies while working cross-functionally to identify and implement process improvements and efficiencies.
• Manage Accounting staff.
• Oversee and report on large projects and accounts with visibility to the leadership team.
• Facilitate month-end close and annual audits.
• Identify, create, and maintain internal controls.
• All decisions and adjustments related to the commercial balance sheet.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree; MBA or CPA.
• 5–6 years of experience.
• Team player who can work and communicate with all levels of employees.
• Experience with Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and ERP systems.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health and welfare benefits.
• Company matching 401(k) contributions.
• Generous PTO.

Pay

Competitive annual salary of $90,000 – $130,000 in Chicago, IL. Compensation may vary based on the job-related knowledge, skills, and experience of the individual.