Senior Accounting Analyst

What We are Looking For:

Weare seeking an Sr. Accounting Analyst to join our accounting team.This role is ideal for a professional with a strong blend of accounting and financial analysis skills.

We’relooking for someone whois detail-oriented, analytical, and naturally curious. They enjoy working with numbers,identifyingtrends, solving problems, and understanding the financial drivers behind business performance.

Compensation:$95,000/yr-$105,000/yr

Here are some things that will make you successful:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, with some Finance background preferred 

• 3+ years of accounting experience, preferably in real estate or property management.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability toidentifyissues, investigate root causes, and implement solutions.

• Advanced Excel skills and experience working with large datasets.

• Strong understanding of financial statements and accounting principles.

• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.

• Ability to communicate findings and recommendations clearly to both accounting and other teams. 

• CPAcertification (preferred)

• Hands-on experience with property management accounting software (preferred)

What you will be doing:

The Sr. Accounting Analyst willbe responsible forcore accounting functions, including account reconciliations, journal entries, financial reporting, and month-end close activities, while also supporting financial analysis, process improvements, and special projects.

Core responsibilities include:

Accounting & Financial Reporting

• Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, reclassifications, and account reconciliations.

• Assistaccounting manager with payroll billbacks

• Draft corporate budget andassistwith monthly classifications and financial review

• Calculate and reconcile monthly CAM charges, percent rent and management fees. 

• Analyze balancesheetand incomestatement accountsfor accuracy and completeness.

• Assistwith month-end and year-end close processes.

• Prepare supporting schedules and financial analyses.

• Review financial statements andidentifyunusual trends, errors, or inconsistencies.

• Ensure compliance with company policies and accounting standards.

Analysis & Problem Solving

• Investigate accounting discrepancies anddetermineroot causes.

• Perform variance analysis and provide meaningful explanations for financial results.

• Identifyaccounting process inefficiencies and recommend improvements. 

• Develop tools, reports, and metrics that improve decision-making.

• Collaborate with asset management, acquisitions, and property management teams to resolve financial issues.

Projects & Process Improvement

• Lead and support special projects related to accounting 

• Assistwith system implementations, process automation, and workflow improvements.

• Evaluate existing processes and recommend scalable solutions.

• Participate in acquisitions, asset management, and other strategic initiatives as needed.

• Create andmaintaindocumentation for accounting procedures and controls.

• Facilitate and oversee new acquisition property setup including all credit accounts, utilities, banking, treasury management, accounting and financial accounts within our software, etc.

Where you will work:

This position will require you to work in-person at our corporate office in River North, Chicago.

Why work for Bender Companies:

• 90% employer-paid coverage of base Medical Insurance plan

• 75% employer-paid coverage of base Dental Insurance plan

• 75% employer-paid coverage of Vision Insurance plan

• 401K with company match