Forensic Staff Accountant

Meaden-

Chicago (IL)

Hybrid

USD 70,000 - 85,000

Full time

40 hours ago

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Job summary

Meaden & Moore is seeking an entry-level Forensic Staff Accountant in Chicago, IL, with up to two years of public accounting experience. The role focuses on evaluating financial losses for insurers and supporting financial analyses across diverse engagements.

The position offers a hybrid work environment, exposure to a broad client base, and opportunities for professional development in forensic accounting and litigation support services.

Qualifications

Bachelor or advanced degree in Accounting or Finance.
Intermediate-level Microsoft Excel and Word skills.
Travel overnight, approximately 10%.

Responsibilities

Assist with evaluating historical financial data and projections.
Support forensic accounting and litigation-related analyses for insurers.
Engage with multiple industries from local to multinational clients.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Self-motivated

Education

Bachelor or advanced degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

Excel

Word

Job description

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Forensic Staff Accountant

Chicago, IL, US

2 days ago Requisition ID: 1068

Salary Range: $70,000.00 To $85,000.00 Annually

Meaden & Moore is a leading accounting, tax, advisory, and business consulting firm serving middle-market businesses, insurance carriers, law firms, and other organizations across the United States. The firm provides a broad range of services including forensic accounting, litigation support, risk advisory, tax, assurance, and business consulting solutions.

Having recently partnered with Unity Partners, Meaden & Moore is entering an exciting new phase of growth. The company is executing a strategy focused on organic expansion, operational excellence, and strategic acquisitions, creating significant opportunities for team members to help shape the future of a rapidly growing firm. As the business continues to grow, Meaden & Moore is investing in talent, technology, and infrastructure to support its next chapter.

About Unity Partners:

Unity Partners is a private equity firm based in Dallas, Texas that invests in founder- and family-owned business services companies across North America. The firm partners with management teams to accelerate growth through operational improvements, technology enablement, talent development, and strategic M&A.

Unlike traditional financial investors, Unity takes a collaborative approach to value creation, working closely alongside management teams to build market-leading platforms. The firm focuses on long-term partnership, operational excellence, and creating sustainable growth for employees, customers, and shareholders.

We are currently seeking an entry-level Staff candidate with up to two years of public accounting experience to work within our Investigative Accounting Group. We offer a flexible, hybrid work environment.

The majority of our engagements involve working with commercial property insurers in evaluating physical damage and business income losses suffered by businesses resulting from catastrophes. Projects may include reviewing and analyzing historical financial and industry information, revenue and expense projections, insurance claim evaluations and economic damage evaluations. Assignments provide exposure to a wide range of industries from small local retail stores to multinational entities.

We are looking for individuals who seek exciting, long-term career challenges in the field of accounting and have a genuine interest in the area of forensic accounting and litigation support services. Successful individuals in this field are naturally outgoing, self-motivated, possess strong communication and analytical skills, and enjoy a wide variety of work experiences and challenges.

Qualifications:

To be considered for this position, candidates must:

Hold a Bachelor or advanced degree in Accounting or Finance
Possess intermediate-level Microsoft Excel and Word skills
Travel overnight, as needed (approximately 10%)

Benefits, Perks, Culture, and Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

Our human capital is the most valuable asset we have. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities and talent that our employees invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture, but our reputation and company’s achievements as well.

We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique.

Determining actual compensation relies on many factors including individual candidate experience, qualifications, and comparable benchmarks. Base compensation for this role typically ranges between $70,000 and $85,000. Additionally, we offer a generous incentive program and various other bonus opportunities which reward exceptional performance.

In addition to compensation and bonus opportunities, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support our employees professionally and personally. Our offerings include:

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