Senior Accountant (CPA)

Trading Technologies; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Trading Technologies is seeking a Senior Accountant (CPA) to join our global finance team in Chicago. You will manage core accounting duties across multiple jurisdictions, including month-end close, reconciliations, and audit support, while driving improvements and automation.

The role offers opportunity to work on M&A related projects, system implementations, and process optimization. We value detail-oriented individuals who can scale with a fast-growing tech-driven company.

Qualifications

• CPA certification is required.
• Experience in global or national accounting firm is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Month-End Close responsibilities including journal entries and reconciliations; identify inefficiencies and automate processes.
• Audit Support across US, UK, and French entities; coordinate with local accounting firms and external auditors.
• Lead Process Improvement projects; evaluate close management tools (e.g., FloQast) and maintain SOPs.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with FP&A, legal, HR, and other functions to ensure accurate reporting.

Skills

CPA certification

Global accounting experience

Tools

NetSuite

Excel

Job description

Senior Accountant (CPA)

Department: Finance

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Chicago

Compensation: $100,000 - $115,000 / year

Description

Trading Technologies is a global capital markets technology company operating across the U.S., EMEA and APAC. We are looking for a Senior Accountant who brings strong technical fundamentals and a genuine interest in how things work — someone who understands the process behind the numbers and is always looking for ways to improve it.

This role sits within our global finance team and covers core accounting responsibilities across multiple jurisdictions, including month-end close, reconciliations, and audit support. In addition to day-to-day accounting operations, you will have the opportunity to contribute to special projects such as mergers and acquisitions, system implementations, and process improvement initiatives as the business continues to grow.

We are looking for someone detail-oriented and dependable, with the curiosity and initiative to grow with the team as the business continues to scale.

Key Responsibilities

Month-End Close

• Assist in redesigning financial processes to identify inefficiencies and automate routine tasks such as journal entries and account reconciliations. Leverage tools such as Power Automate, Power BI, or other AI models to streamline processes and drive efficiency.
• Prepare complex journal entries to support period-end close.
• Perform account reconciliation reviews to ensure compliance with accounting policies and US GAAP, with a focus on identifying and resolving process gaps and inefficiencies.
• Perform variance analysis on actuals vs. prior periods, providing clear and actionable commentary to management.

Audit Support

• Support the consolidated U.S. audit and statutory audits for the UK and French entities, serving as a primary point of contact for external auditors.
• Manage local accounting firms to ensure compliance with local filing requirements and deadlines across all jurisdictions.

Process Improvement Projects

• Actively identify inefficiencies in current accounting workflows and propose and implement scalable improvements, including automation opportunities.
• Support the evaluation and implementation of close management tools (e.g., FloQast) to centralize task ownership and reduce manual reconciliation work.
• Document and maintain SOPs for all key accounting processes, ensuring institutional knowledge lives in systems, not people.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Act as a business partner, sharing accounting expertise across global departments. Collaborate with FP&A, legal, HR, and other business stakeholders to ensure accurate internal management and external reporting during close.
• Liaise with international counterparts to ensure consistency in accounting treatment across the global entity structure.
• Support integration activities related to acquisitions and new business lines as the company continues to grow.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Essential Skills & Experience

• CPA certification
• Substantial & progressive accounting experience gained within a global or national accounting, professional services or consulting firm.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Big 4 public accounting experience or a blend of Big 4 and industry is highly desirable.
• Experience in a publicly traded company and/or public accounting firm.
• Experience in a high-growth technology or financial services company.
• Experience supporting M&A integration or post-acquisition accounting.
• Proficiency with NetSuite or similar enterprise accounting systems; advanced Excel skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with keen attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Organized, adaptable, and capable of managing multiple priorities independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Highly accountable, proactive, and change-oriented.

Benefits

Competitive Benefits & Perks

We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.

• Health & Financial Security:
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) & Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Pre-tax transit and parking benefits
• Time Off & Flexibility:
  • Enjoy the best of both worlds: the energy and collaboration of in-person work, combined with the convenience and focus of remote days. This is a hybrid position requiring three days of in-office collaboration per week, with the flexibility to work remote for the remaining two days. Our hybrid model is designed to balance individual flexibility with the benefits of in-person collaboration, enhanced team cohesion, spontaneous innovation, hands-on mentorship opportunities and strengthens our company culture.
  • 22 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) per year, with the option to roll over unused days.
  • One dedicated day per year for volunteering.
  • Two professional development days per year to allow uninterrupted professional development.
  • An additional PTO day added during milestone anniversary years.
  • Robust paid holiday schedule with early dismissal.
  • Generous parental leave for all parents (including adoptive parents).
• Work-Life Support & Resources:
  • Budget for tech accessories, including monitors, headphones, keyboards, and other office equipment.
  • Backup child and pet care, as well as tutoring services.
  • Milestone anniversary bonuses.
• Wellness & Lifestyle Perks:
  • Stipend and subsidy contributions toward personally-owned cell phones
  • Contributions for gym memberships and health/wellness initiatives.
  • Discounted healthcare premiums
  • Healthy meal delivery program subsidies

Trading Technologies (www.tradingtechnologies.com) is a global capital markets platform services company providing market-leading technology for the end-to-end trading operations of Tier 1 banks, brokerages, money managers, hedge funds, proprietary traders, Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs), commercial hedgers, and risk managers. With its roots in listed derivatives, the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company delivers “multi-X” solutions, with “X” representing asset classes, functions, workflows, and geographies. This multi-X approach features trade execution services across futures and options, fixed income, foreign exchange (FX), and cryptocurrencies, augmented by solutions for data and analytics, including transaction cost analysis (TCA); quantitative trading; compliance and trade surveillance; clearing and post-trade allocation; and infrastructure services. The award-winning TT platform ecosystem also helps exchanges deliver innovative solutions to their market participants and technology companies to distribute their complementary offerings to Trading Technologies’ clients.

Trading Technologies is backed by leading global investment firms Thoma Bravo, one of the world’s largest and most experienced software investors, and 7Ridge, a global growth equity firm focused on technology-enabled businesses.

Trading Technologies’ continued focus on product innovation, platform scalability, and long-term growth for customers and partners worldwide.

Trading Technologies (TT) is an equal-opportunity employer. Equal employment has been, and continues to be, a required practice at the Company. Trading Technologies’ practice of equal employment opportunity is to recruit, hire, train, promote, and base all employment decisions on ability rather than race, color, religion, national origin, sex/gender orientation, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, parental status, veteran, or any other protected status. Additionally, TT participates in the E-Verify Program for US offices.