Senior Accountant

Socket.dev; Crete (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Bible League International is seeking a Senior Accountant to ensure accuracy, integrity, and timely completion of key accounting activities, guiding the Accounting Generalist and Accounts Payable Specialist. The role supports month-end and year-end close, audits, and the adoption of AI tools to improve efficiency and consistency.

Based in Illinois, the Senior Accountant reports to the Director of Global Accounting and collaborates across teams to strengthen internal controls and accounting

Responsibilities

• Maintain ownership of key balance sheet and income statement accounts, with responsibility for accuracy and completeness.
• Prepare journal entries for assigned accounting activity.
• Research and resolve discrepancies and reconciling items.
• Review and maintain fixed asset accounting activity, including capitalization, depreciation, disposals, reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
• Oversee accounting for Charitable Gift Annuities, covering related journal entries, reconciliations, liability activity, and supporting documentation.
• Perform final review of general journal entries prepared by the Cash Operations Manager and elevate items

Job description

This is not just a job opportunity, this is an opportunity to transform lives!

Summary

Bible League International equips the under-resourced Church to make disciples, transforming lives through God’s Word! Our team is excited about God’s calling on our ministry and serves Him in His mission for the world, with commitment and joy. We hope you will consider His leading in using your God-given gifts and abilities to help fulfill the Great Commission in serving at Bible League International! For more information about Bible League International, visit https://www.bibleleague.org/. Also take a moment and view our careers video to learn more about our culture through our staff at Bible League.

The Senior Accountant ensures accuracy, integrity, and timely completion of key accounting activities while providing day-to-day guidance for the Accounting Generalist and Accounts Payable Specialist. This role exercises independent professional judgment within established policies, procedures, and internal controls and serves as the first point of escalation for routine questions.

The role contributes to month-end and year-end close activities, coordinates audit requests, and promotes consistency and timeliness through clear procedures, guidance, and follow‑up. It also helps advance the responsible use of approved AI tools and emerging technology to improve efficiency, analysis, and process consistency across accounting functions.

The Senior Accountant operates within established systems and control frameworks, while broader responsibility for accounting policy, global accounting strategy, and overall staffing or organizational structure resides with the Director of Global Accounting.

Duties

Accounting Review

• Maintain ownership of key balance sheet and income statement accounts, with responsibility for accuracy and completeness.
• Prepare journal entries for assigned accounting activity.

• Research and resolve discrepancies and reconciling items.
• Review and maintain fixed asset accounting activity, including capitalization, depreciation, disposals, reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
• Oversee accounting for Charitable Gift Annuities, covering related journal entries, reconciliations, liability activity, and supporting documentation.
• Perform final review of general journal entries prepared by the Cash Operations Manager and elevate items