Corporate Accountant

Corporate Accountant

📍 Chicago | 🧾 1 Years Accounting Experience | 🏢 Real Estate

A dynamic and fast-growing real estate investment and development firm is seeking a Corporate Accountant to join their corporate finance team. This role offers an opportunity to gain exposure to a wide range of accounting responsibilities within a collaborative, mission-driven environment that values innovation, transparency, and continuous growth.

Position Overview

As a Corporate Accountant, you’ll be responsible for reconciling intercompany transactions, preparing journal entries, managing monthly close activities, and supporting financial reporting processes across the corporate entities. You’ll collaborate cross-functionally with other departments such as accounts payable, property accounting, and development to ensure accurate reporting and clean books.

What You’ll Do

• Analyze and reconcile intercompany transactions across various business entities
• Prepare intercompany billings, settlements, and monthly reconciliations in accordance with policy
• Collaborate across departments to investigate and resolve variances
• Prepare journal entries with complete documentation in line with U.S. GAAP
• Support the month-end close process and assist with corporate financial statement preparation
• Complete monthly bank reconciliations
• Review general ledger coding and descriptions for corporate expenses
• Respond to internal inquiries and support ad hoc projects with the Corporate Accounting team

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• 1 year of accounting experience, ideally in a corporate or real estate setting
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and Word
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
• Attention to detail and high degree of accuracy
• Ability to multitask and manage shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Comfort working collaboratively in an open, team-oriented culture

Bonus Points For

• Experience handling intercompany transactions
• Familiarity with real estate accounting or multi-entity environments

What’s in It for You

• Remote flexibility and work-life balance support
• Unlimited PTO plus 16 paid holidays
• Competitive compensation with annual incentive bonus
• Robust health, dental, and vision plans starting within 30 days
• Monthly phone reimbursement and wellness allowance
• Paid parental leave and family-first policies
• A culture of inclusion, learning, and impact