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Senior Accountant

SUMMARY OF ROLE

COMPENSATION: $85,000 - $100,000

Actual compensation will be determined based on a number of factors, including relevant experience, qualifications, education, skills, internal equity, and overall business considerations. 

We are seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Senior Accountant to join our finance team. This role is responsible for managing complex financial operations, including inventory and project accounting, intercompany invoicing, accruals, reconciliations, and month-end close activities. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in accounting, excellent analytical skills, and the ability to coordinate across departments and systems.#LI-Hybrid

This role is hybrid in Northlake, IL. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

As an at-will employer, SIG reserves the right to add to or modify this list to the extent it deems necessary.

• Manage intercompany invoicing related to worker's comp, STD claims, insurance, and pension service costs.
• Reconcile deferred income and deposits across multiple GL accounts and divisions.
• Perform foreign payee reporting and legal/confidential adjustments.
• Reconcile and process deposits, billing, and customer payments related to equipment and special projects.
• Perform monthly and quarterly inventory reconciliations, cost rolls, and LCM/reserve adjustments.
• Review and accrue inventory-related adjustments (price errors, uninvoiced shipments).
• Support physical inventory counts, reconciliation, and reporting.
• Generate project cost summaries for management and assist with final cost roll processes.
• Collect project work hours, calculate and record EQP labor absorption journal entries.
• Track R&D project time allocations; calculate and submit R&D costs for invoicing.
• Accrue expenses for professional services, recruiting, IT, communication, and other recurring/non-recurring categories.
• Prepare and review quarterly true-ups for accrued benefits, insurance, and welfare costs.
• Provide monthly and quarterly financial summaries (e.g., EQP Revenue, Trade Filler Placement) for COGNOS.
• Ensure proper opening and closing of LN INT modules and validate integrations.

YOU BRING THESE SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required; an Associate’s degree may be considered with a strong demonstrated accounting background and relevant experience.
• 3–5 years of progressive accounting experience, preferably in a manufacturing or high-volume transactional environment. Prior experience supporting month-end close activities is required.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills 
• Experience with Infor LN, SAP, and COGNOS a plus.
• Strong desire to improve processes, challenge outdated practices, and help modernize the accounting function.
• Advanced ability to analyze financial data, identify inconsistencies, investigate root causes, and develop corrective actions
• Ability to support internal business partners with accuracy, responsiveness, and professionalism

WE OFFER:

• Generous Day 1 eligibility healthcare & life insurance for you and qualified dependents
• 401K Retirement matching reimbursement 
• Vacation & PSL
• Paid Holidays
• Performance Bonus
• And much more!

SIG COMPENTENCIES

We are looking for people who are willing to consistently achieve results, even under tough circumstances, employees who create a climate where everyone is motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives. If you actively seek new ways to grow and be challenged, if you develop people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals, SIG is the place for you. To deliver better for our customers, our future colleagues build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions. Finally, we are looking for colleagues who build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. Are you someone who applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals? Are you someone who can create new and better ways for the organization to be successful? If the answer is ‘yes’, come and join us.

OUR PROMISE

SIG is the place for you to build something incredible. We offer competitive compensation and an opportunity to partially work from home. If you join us, you will be part of a globally successful international company, which is leading its industry in sustainability, technology, and more. We think of ourselves as the career launchpad - a place to develop yourself fast with real work, real experience, real opportunities to build skills. You will be part of a highly motivated and dynamic team, you will have personal development opportunities, trainings and coaching opportunities from senior team members. If you show skill and willingness to learn, we'll back you all the way.

ABOUT SIG

SIG is a leading provider of packaging systems and solutions for better. We work in partnership with our customers to bring food products to consumers around the world in a safe, sustainable, and affordable way. We are the only packaging system supplier covering carton, pouch, and bag-in-box. Our versatile technology and product innovation capacity enable us to deliver better for customers, for consumers, and for the world. Sustainability guides us, technology empowers us, but it’s the passion and drive of our people that truly enable us to deliver better.

Founded in 1853, SIG is headquartered in Neuhausen, Switzerland, and listed at the SIX Swiss Exchange.