Staff Accountant: Full-Cycle Finance Ownership & Growth

Egreenservices; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 101,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship program

Life-long benefits

Job summary

JLL in Detroit is seeking a Staff Accountant who can read numbers aloud to leadership, translating complex data into clear insights for executives and stakeholders across the organization.

Key responsibilities include flagging variances as soon as they appear, guiding the year-end audit from PBC list to a signed opinion, owning the tax provision and its footnotes, reading covenant terms carefully to keep lenders calm, and managing full-cycle accounts payable and receivable.

Qualifications

• Strong written communication for high-stakes emails.
• Analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Time-management skills with bias toward action.
• Excellent rapport-building and positive presence.
• Proven SQL judgment when textbook answers don’t fit.

Responsibilities

• Flag variances the moment it appears, not after the quarter closes.
• Shepherd the year-end audit from PBC list to signed opinion.
• Own the tax provision and the footnotes explaining it.
• Read covenant terms closely to keep the lender calm.
• Own the full-cycle accounts payable and receivable process.

Skills

Writer's ear for tone

Analytical thinking

Time management

Interpersonal skills

SQL judgment

Tools

SQL

Job description

JLL in Detroit is seeking a Staff Accountant who can read numbers aloud to leadership, translating complex data into clear insights for executives and stakeholders across the organization.

Key responsibilities include flagging variances as soon as they appear, guiding the year-end audit from PBC list to a signed opinion, owning the tax provision and its footnotes, reading covenant terms carefully to keep lenders calm, and managing full-cycle accounts payable and receivable.