Senior Accountant

Illinois Tool Works; Mobile (AL); On-site; USD 79,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Benefits

Flexibility

Job summary

Illinois Tool Works in Mobile, AL is seeking a Senior Accountant to own the numbers that drive smarter business decisions across the organization. The role offers a $79,000-$120,000 annual salary, mentorship, benefits, and flexibility.

You'll manage capital expenditures, reconcile inventories, improve forecasting, and support investor reporting. This position embraces collaboration and growth as the team scales with the business.

Qualifications

• Budgeting and forecasting experience with attention to accuracy.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with calm under pressure.
• Strong collaboration across functions to improve financial processes.
• Experience supporting investor reporting and close processes.

Responsibilities

• Keep capital-expenditure approvals flowing with a clear paper trail.
• Reconcile inventory ledger to physical count accurately.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to improve forecasting accuracy.
• Assist with quarterly investor reporting and forward-looking financial narratives.
• Support system migrations and automate finance workflows in Mobile.
• Sharpen month-end close to run in days, not weeks.
• Create close documentation for a new senior hire to follow.

Skills

Attention to detail

Financial analysis

Data-driven

Communication

Job description

Illinois Tool Works is hiring a Senior Accountant to own the numbers that drive smarter business decisions across the organization. Trade 6 years of Budgeting for $79,000 - $120,000 and you also get finance ownership and an Illinois Tool Works crew that wants you to win.

Key Responsibilities

• Keep capital-expenditure approvals flowing without losing the paper trail
• Reconcile the inventory ledger to a physical count without the drama
• Collaborate cross-functionally to improve forecasting accuracy
• Assist with quarterly investor reporting and forward-thinking financial narratives
• Support system migrations and automation of finance workflows in Mobile
• Sharpen month-end close until it runs in days, not weeks
• Build the close documentation a new senior hire could follow blind

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrated calm when a Mobile, AL client changes scope mid-stream
• Detail-oriented approach with a commitment to accuracy
• The discipline to finish the boring 20% that makes the rest matter
• The humility to revise strong opinions when the data argues back

You can trace a lot of AL's finance momentum back to a remote-native little team called Illinois Tool Works in Mobile. Mentorship goes both ways at Illinois Tool Works, and seniority never means having all the answers.

The bottom line: $79,000 - $120,000, mentorship, benefits, and flexibility, wrapped into a Senior Accountant role that grows as fast as you do.

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