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Brilliant®

Staff Accountant

Pay: Not specified

Posted: 3 days ago

Location: Western Springs, IL (Onsite)

Last Updated: 1 day ago

Hours: Full-Time

Expires: 9/30/2026

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What they do

An Accountant organizes and maintains financial records and prepares financial statements for companies and organizations. Works as a public accountant (prepares financial documents where public disclosure is required by law, such as business balance sheets and tax returns), management accountant (prepares financial information for internal use by a company) or government accountant (maintains records for government agencies).

$79,746 / year median in Illinois

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Job Description

Staff Accountant at Brilliant® Staff Accountant at Brilliant® in Western Springs, Illinois Posted in 1 day ago.

Type:

full-time

Job Description:

CONTRACT LENGTH

Months Overview:

Seeking a Staff Accountant to support a variety of accounting functions, including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable/Billing, journal entries, reconciliations, and month-end close activities. This role will have a strong focus on reconciling transactions and resolving integration issues between NetSuite and other financial systems.

Responsibilities:

Manage Accounts Payable activities, including reviewing and processing employee expense reports and assisting employees with expense-related questions and issues Set up and maintain new employee expense profiles and ensure expense-related information is accurate and complete Handle monthly Accounts Receivable and billing activities Prepare and post journal entries accurately and in accordance with accounting procedures Perform account and transaction reconciliations, researching discrepancies and making necessary corrections Reconcile financial data between NetSuite and integrated third-party systems, identifying and resolving synchronization or posting issues Reconcile two corporate credit card accounts, including manually importing transactions into NetSuite when system integrations are unavailable or not functioning properly Export reports from various systems and use Excel to compare data, identify discrepancies, and validate financial information Assist with month-end close activities as time permits, including reconciliations, journal entries, and other accounting support

Qualifications:

Hands-on experience working with NetSuite is required Strong understanding of general ledger accounting, reconciliations, and journal entries Excel skills, including the ability to export reports, compare data, identify discrepancies, and perform data analysis Accounting or Finance degree preferred, but equivalent hands-on accounting experience will be considered