Staff Accountant

HighTower Advisors, LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid parental leave

Flexible PTO

Work from home Friday

Gym in Chicago office

401k matching

HSA contributions

Student loan assistance

Pet insurance

Job summary

HighTower Advisors, LLC is seeking a Staff Accountant to join a fast-paced controllership team in Chicago. You will handle detailed bank reconciliations, AR analysis, GL entries, and monthly P&L reviews for advisor businesses, reporting to the Revenue Manager.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in accounting and 1–3+ years of experience, with strong Excel skills and familiarity with Oracle Cloud. In-office schedule Mon–Thu with work-from-home on Fridays, plus comprehensive benefits and 401k matching.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent experience.
• 1-3+ years of experience in accounting or controllership.
• Strong technical and analytical skills, time management and multi-tasking ability, detail-oriented, excellent written and oral communication skills, ability to work with a team.

Responsibilities

• Prepare detailed monthly bank reconciliations in Oracle.
• Monitor and analyze accounts receivable and maintain relationship with billing team and advisor community.
• Prepare general ledger entries related to cash and revenue.
• Ensure accurate and timely completion of monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Review and analyze monthly P&Ls for advisor businesses and provide variance explanations.
• Review and resolve financial inquiries related to responsibilities.
• Collaborate with internal operations and third-party providers on timing and deliverables.
• Support with annual financial audit where needed.
• Create and foster collaborative, team-oriented relationships.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Technical and analytical skills

Time management

Detail-oriented

Team player

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting

Tools

Excel

Oracle Cloud

Smart View

Job description

Our Story

Founded in 2008, Hightower is a wealth management firm that provides investment, financial and retirement planning services to individuals, foundations and family offices, as well as 401(k) consulting and cash management services to corporations. Hightower’s capital solutions, operational support services, size and scale empower its vibrant community of independent-minded wealth advisors to grow their businesses and help their clients achieve their financial vision. Based in Chicago with advisors across the U.S., we operate as a registered investment advisor (RIA).

Your Future Team

We are seeking a successfulStaff Accountant who is a multi-tasker at heart, withstrong communicationskills and a problem-solving mindset that thrives in a fast-paced and evolving organization.This individual will be within a team of three and reporting directly to the Revenue Manager. This high performing group is a sub-team within the larger Controllership function that has over twenty individuals and is part of the larger finance departments organization.Our ideal candidate is coachable, hasthewillingness to learn, and consistently performs ata high levelunder variable workloads within the expense team. As a rapidly growing company, opportunities for internal growth and career development are plentiful.

WhatYou’llDo

• Prepare detailed monthly bank reconciliations in Oracle
• Monitor and analyze accountsreceivablebymaintaininga close relationship with thebillingteam and advisor community
• Preparegeneral ledgerentries related to cashandrevenue
• Ensureaccurateandtimelycompletion of monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Review and analyze monthlyP&Ls for advisor businesses for accuracy, providing variance explanations where applicable
• Review and resolvefinancial-relatedinquiriesspecific to your responsibilities
• Collaborate with internal operations and third-party providers on timing and support of deliverables
• Supportwithannual financialauditwhere needed
• Create and foster collaborative, team-oriented relationships

WhatYou’llBring

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent experience
• 1-3+ years of experience
• Qualities: Strong technical and analytical skills, time management and multi-tasking ability,detail-oriented, excellent written and oral communication skills, ability to work with a team
• Proficiencies:
  • Required - Excel (specifically VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables,and Data Sorting)
  • Preferred – Oracle Cloud, Smart View

What We Offer

• Coverage on the first day of employment for medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid parental leave (16 weeks for primary caregiver and 8 weeks for secondary caregiver)
• Mother’s lounge onsite
• Flexible PTO plan
• In-office Monday through Thursday and work from home on Fridays
• Free brand-new gym in the Chicago office
• 401k matching plan
• HSA employer contributions
• Student loan assistance
• Pet insurance
• Base salary of $70,000-$85,000 plus discretionary bonus (exact base salary amount will be dependent on experience)

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER:

Hightower is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, citizenship, veteran status, ancestry, age (over 40), physical or mental disability, medical condition (cancer-related), gender identity or expression, genetic information including sickle cell or hemoglobin C trait, or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local law.

You are a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident or possess other unrestricted U.S. work authorization and will not require sponsorship for U.S. work authorization now or anytime in the future.