Senior Accountant (Hybrid)

Chicago Community Loan Fund’s (CCLF’s) Senior Accountant will provide advanced accounting support and assist with daily finance, accounting, and office operations, including:

• Manage all subsidiary accounting, including intercompany transactions and consolidation for subsidiaries and providing subsidiary financial statements and assisting with consolidated reporting.
• Review reconciliations, journal entries, and schedules prepared by staff accountants, ensuring compliance with GAAP.
• Review and approve Accounts Payable, ensuring compliance with internal policies.
• Ownership of program accounting, including tracking and reporting program-related revenues and expenses.
• Works across department lines to ensure program grants are recorded and drawn down in accordance with grant agreement and budget guidelines.
• Performs journal entries and account reconciliations for complex accounting transactions, such as loan loss reserves estimates.  
• Assist CFO and/or Director of Accounting with the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports and schedules.
• Research new company changes or ventures and how they will be impacted by GAAP.
• Gathers necessary account information and documents needed to perform annual audits, and assists external auditors.
• Maintains knowledge of generally acceptable accounting practices and procedures.
• Complete other tasks as required.

The above statements reflect the general duties and responsibilities considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job and should not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements of the position. The Organization may change the specific job duties with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.  

Residency Requirement: To be considered and remain eligible for employment with CCLF, the individual must be an established Illinois resident at or by the time the individual commences employment and remain a permanent Illinois resident throughout the individual’s employment with CCLF.