Senior Accountant (Lake Forest)

Senior Accountant

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Controllership, the Senior Accountants help support Grainger's strategy by assuring end-to-end processes, controls, and accurate financials. Through review, analysis, interpretation of financial metrics and benchmarking, you will provide valuable insights. This position is Hybrid requiring one day per week at the Lake Forest, IL headquarters and one day per week at the Chicago, IL Merchandise Mart office.

You Will

• Apply GAAP while performing all Controllership activities.
• Ensure assigned GL accounts are reported and substantiated.
• Use Blackline to automate the closing process.
• Prepare month end reporting and present analysis to Senior Management.
• Ensure all important controls over financial reporting are designed and operating.
• Support the quarterly reviews and annual financial statement audit performed by external auditors.
• Complete balance sheet and income statement analytics and explain reasons for large variances.
• Calculate essential metrics and explain deviations to historical periods.
• Perform benchmarking to assess performance against competition.
• Improve processes and deliverables by automating and refining within Controllership and other areas outside of Finance.
• Address internal / external auditor questions on designated controls.
• Assess risks and opportunities and identify essential operational and financial issues to be addressed.
• Overseeing Company Financial Policy Manual, policy updates, status reporting and administration in Workiva system.
• Coordinating international statutory reporting, including supporting standalone audits of international holding companies.
• Accounting, analysis and reporting for employee benefit and postretirement plans.
• Gather census, investment information and other inputs to support assumption development for actuarial valuations.
• Prepare information for the annual proxy filing with the SEC.
• Accounting and analysis of various balance sheet and income statement accounts aligned to Corporate Functions.
• Driving CI projects aligned with Controllership strategy.

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