Accountant

Posted 14 Days Ago
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Chicago, IL
Hybrid
143K-155K Annually
Junior
eCommerce • Hardware • Information Technology • Logistics • Mobile • Software • App development
McMaster-Carr is a one-stop shop for the materials that keep plants running.
The Role
The Accountant role involves financial expertise, month-end close assignments, forecasting, reporting, and contributing to financial planning.
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Who We Are
McMaster-Carr is a leading e-commerce company that industrial customers have trusted for over 120 years. Our products help them get manufacturing lines back up quickly, keep operations running smoothly, and prototype the next generation of innovative solutions. We earn and keep that trust by offering the right products, making them easy to find, and delivering them fast, so customers can solve problems with greater speed, precision, and ease.
Industry-leading e-commerce experience, indispensable product selection, and world-class service bring hundreds of thousands of customers to our site each day. But we're never standing still. Curious, exceptional people are at the heart of our evolution. They turn new challenges and disruptive technologies into opportunities to refine our operations, expand our offering, and deliver a better experience for every customer.
What You'll Do
As part of our accounting team, you'll play a key role in high-impact work.
  • Become a leading financial expert for the company on topics ranging from transportation costs to R&D investment
  • Have end to end ownership of month-end close assignments from recording to reporting
  • Contribute to financial planning, forecasting and performance tracking
  • Create clear, actionable reports that inform decision-making
  • Help shape the future of finance in a modernizing industrial supply business

Who You Are
We are seeking bright, curious, and ambitious individuals eager to make an impact. Ideal candidates have:
  • CPA license (or progress toward completion)
  • 2+ years of relevant experience in industry or public accounting
  • Strong accounting fundamentals and advanced Excel skills
  • Excellent communication and analytical skills--able to clearly explain complex or ambiguous data
  • Experience with SQL (preferred)

Cash Compensation
  • Total cash compensation is generally around $143,000 to $155,000 and includes profit sharing based on company profitability.

Additional Benefits
Growth & Learning
  • 100% tuition reimbursement
  • Informal and formal mentorship
  • Employee resource groups

Health & Wellbeing
  • Medical, dental, pharmacy, and vision plans with no monthly premiums
  • Inclusive, all-gender benefits

Family & Future
  • Paid parental leave for all new parents
  • Adoption and surrogacy assistance
  • First-time home buyer assistance
  • Industry leading company-funded retirement accounts

Time Off
  • Paid time off for vacation and personal time

For more information on McMaster-Carr, please visit: https://www.mcmaster.com/careers
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and dedicated to providing employees a workplace with reasonable accommodations and free of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. At McMaster-Carr, we do not make employment decisions based on age, ethnicity, citizenship status, military status, gender identity and expression, race, religion, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected group.
(EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity)
This position is not eligible for work authorization sponsorship by McMaster-Carr

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The Company
HQ: Elmhurst, IL
0 Employees
Year Founded: 1901

What We Do

McMaster-Carr is an e-commerce company offering more than half a million products used to keep business in motion. With more than 300,000 daily visits to our website, customers from a variety of industries turn to us when they need to build, design, repair or maintain just about anything because we are the complete, one-stop source for industrial supplies.

Technology teams play a vital role in McMaster-Carr’s success. The software that drives our business is developed in-house by a growing team of versatile engineers. Whether the project is automating distribution operations, improving browsing features on our app or integrating a new data center to serve five national facilities, people flourish when they love to learn and pursue ambitious goals.

McMaster-Carr’s diverse business creates the opportunity to explore new technologies and develop expertise that is both broad and deep. Growth is supported by an inclusive culture of development seen in mentorship, reading groups, guilds and town halls that create community. They pursue career growth through learning and advancement in technical and project leadership.

Why Work With Us

Curious people thrive at McMaster-Carr. Engineers build technical knowledge through learning groups, book clubs, and one-on-one mentoring. Diverse projects offer experience with a wide range of technologies to encourage career-long learning. Great work is celebrated in an inclusive workplace dedicated to equity, growth and employee well-being.

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McMaster-Carr Offices

Hybrid Workspace

Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

Lead Software Engineers and other technology roles benefit from a mix of onsite collaboration with teams and remote work. Other roles may be fully onsite depending on responsibilities.

Typical time on-site: 3 days a week
HQElmhurst, IL
McMaster-Carr is in a thriving suburb with easy access to city living via public transportation and highways. The local community offers a vibrant downtown full of restaurants and pubs, parks, historic homes, art museums and a university.

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