Senior Accountant

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Oak Brook, IL, USA
Hybrid
80K-105K Annually
Senior level
Security • Industrial • Manufacturing
The Role
The Senior Accountant supports supply chain accounting across U.S. and Canadian operations. Responsibilities include month-end close, journal entries, reconciliations, inventory valuation, standard costing, purchase price variance analysis, freight accounting, inventory reserves, vendor rebates, audit support, and ERP corrections. The role partners with Procurement, Operations, Logistics, FP&A, AP, and Corporate Accounting while driving process improvements and resolving financial discrepancies.
Summary Generated by Built In
The Senior Accountant, Supply Chain Accounting serves as key support to Supply Chain, Operations, Logistics, and Procurement — providing financial oversight of inventory valuation, purchase price variances, freight costs, inventory reserves, and excess and obsolete inventory management. This role is responsible for executing critical month-end close activities, completing balance sheet reconciliations, and driving continuous improvement across U.S. and Canadian operations. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment, communicates effectively across functions, and brings a continuous improvement mindset to everything they touch.

How You Will Help
Month-End Close & Journal Entries
  • Execute assigned month-end close responsibilities in accordance with established corporate close timelines.
  • Prepare, review, and post journal entries with complete and accurate supporting documentation.
  • Complete monthly balance sheet reconciliations for U.S. and Canadian entities, investigating and resolving open items timely.
  • Partner with Procurement and Supply Chain teams to validate vendor rebate agreements, monitor rebate performance, and ensure accurate accounting and reporting of rebate accruals and earnings.
  • Assist with annual external audits and borrowing base requests, including preparing schedules and responding to inquiries.
Inventory and Freight Accounting
  • Analyze in-transit inventory balances — domestic, imported, and manufactured — and investigate and resolve uncleared or stale items.
  • Monitor cost variances and investigate uncleared balances by location and product code.
  • Support standard cost maintenance and updates in the ERP, including participation in the annual cost roll process.
  • Perform monthly review of inventory reserves, including excess, slow-moving, and obsolete inventory; identify trends, communicate findings and recommendations to leadership.
  •  Analyze and monitor Purchase Material Reserve (PMR) and Purchase Price Variance (PPV) activity; investigate significant fluctuations, identify root causes, and communicate findings.
  • Investigate and correct accounting rule errors and mispostings in the ERP; partner with IT and operations to implement systemic fixes.
  • Manage weekly freight pay runs and monthly freight accruals; ensure accuracy of freight cost allocations across divisions and locations.
  • Partner with AP and Customer Service teams to monitor unbilled shipments, resolve billing delays, and minimize exposure related to unbilled customer shipments
  • Analyze and resolve accounting variances impacting freight, distribution, and logistics operations.
Process Improvement & Business Partnering
  • Partner with Operations, FP&A, Corporate Accounting and Logistics to analyze financial results and resolve discrepancies.
  • Support continuous improvement initiatives to reduce close cycle timing, resolve systemic accounting issues, and improve reporting accuracy.
  • Assist with special projects, ad hoc analyses, and other accounting and finance responsibilities as assigned.


What You Will Bring
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business.
  • Minimum 3–5 years of progressive accounting experience, preferably in a manufacturing, distribution, or supply chain environment.
  • Hands-on experience with inventory accounting, standard costing, cost absorption, or purchase price variance analysis.
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills including Pivot Tables, advanced formulas, and financial modeling.
  • Experience with ERP systems (M3, D365, Oracle HFM/FCC or similar) and reporting/analytics tools (Power BI or similar)
  • Experience with AI tools (Claude, Copilot or similar)
  • Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills; ability to translate complex financial data into clear business insights.
  • Proven ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.



Compensation
The base salary range for this position is $80,000-$105,000USD annually*.
 
*The salary range for this position reflects a reasonable estimate of the range of compensation for this role. Reliable Safety and Flow Corporation's philosophy on compensation is based on careful consideration of additional factors such as (but not limited to) an individual’s education, training, work experience, job-related skill set, location, and industry knowledge, as well as the scope and responsibilities of the position and market considerations.

About
Bringing together more than 175 years of innovation, quality, and customer commitment under one name and one promise.The company was forged in 1850, as American industry was being connected by pipe, valves, fittings, and the skilled people who knew how to put them in the right place. More than 175 years later, that heritage lives in ASC Engineered Solutions, a comprehensive pipe preparation, joining, hanging and flow-management portfolio supporting the people who build and maintain commercial buildings, industrial facilities, infrastructure, and critical systems. A house of brands, Anvil, Gruvlok, Sharpe, SCI, and ABZ, unified as ASC in 2019, and the portfolio has grown in the years since.In 1920, Reliable Automatic Sprinkler started doing one thing exceptionally well: building the fire safety systems that protect people and property. Sprinklers, valves, and accessories, made in the United States. More than a century later, the discipline has not changed. A century of American-made fire protection products, with multi-generational customer relationships and multi-decade specifications. A century of protecting what matters the most.Two legacies. One Future.*Reliable Safety and Flow Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.*

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business
  • 3-5 years of progressive accounting experience
  • Experience in a manufacturing, distribution, or supply chain environment
  • Hands-on experience with inventory accounting, standard costing, cost absorption, or purchase price variance analysis
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, advanced formulas, and financial modeling
  • Experience with ERP systems such as M3, D365, Oracle HFM/FCC, or similar
  • Experience with reporting and analytics tools such as Power BI or similar
  • Experience with AI tools such as Claude, Copilot, or similar
  • Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills
  • Ability to translate complex financial data into clear business insights
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
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The Company
1,585 Employees
Year Founded: 2026

What We Do

Reliable Safety & Flow Corporation provides connected safety and flow systems for people who design, build, operate, and protect the built world. Its products include fire sprinklers, devices, flexible connections, pipe-joining products, flow-control equipment, valves, fittings, hangers, and supports, complemented by digital performance solutions that help turn specifications into installed systems. It serves owners, engineers, contractors, and distributors across commercial, industrial, infrastructure, healthcare, residential, and public-sector markets.

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