Ideal for a Senior Associate with 4-6 years of accounting experience, preferably with a CPA license and a Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance. **What ma
Work type: onsite
Location: Chicago | HQ
Salary: $115,000 – $122,000/yr
Type: Full-time
Ideal for a Senior Associate with 4-6 years of accounting experience, preferably with a CPA license and a Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance. **What makes it worth a look...** This full-time Sr. Associate, Accounting role at Grubhub offers a salary between $86,500 and $92,000 per year. The position is based in Chicago. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Hold an active CPA license. * Have a strong understanding of GAAP and/or IFRS. * Are advanced in Microsoft Excel and Workday. * Possess experience in public company environments.
About Grubhub
At Grubhub, we champion restaurants from coast to coast. Restaurants sit at the heart of communities. It’s our mission to strengthen their roots, deepen their connections, and increase the positive impact they have on people and society.
Grubhub, part of Wonder, delivers the best local, authentic cuisine right to diners’ doors—and new customers and billions in revenue to local businesses. Featuring over 375,000 merchants in over 4,000 cities nationwide, our innovative technology, user-friendly platforms, and streamlined delivery capabilities have made us an industry leader in the world of online food ordering.
Since we opened our doors in 2004, Grubhub has been opening doors all across the country. Bakery doors in Hyde Park, jibarito joint doors in Queens, and doors of opportunity all across the country. Join our team and help us open more.
The Impact You Will Make:
As an Accounting Manager, you will contribute to the operational controllership function by ensuring the accuracy and completeness of financial records across the general ledger and balance sheet. You will be responsible for executing key components of the month-end close, preparing reconciliations, maintaining internal controls, and partnering with cross-functional teams to support reliable and efficient accounting operations. This role is hands-on and execution-focused, requiring strong accounting knowledge, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. You will work with large datasets and support accurate and timely financial close activities while helping maintain a strong control environment..
Duties will include, but are not limited to:
Operational Close Activities: Execute assigned components of the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes. Prepare journal entries, accruals, and supporting schedules to ensure accurate financial results. Participate in close activities and meet established deadlines.
Balance Sheet Reconciliations: Prepare detailed balance sheet reconciliations with clear supporting documentation. Ensure accounts are properly supported, reconciling items are identified, tracked, and resolved in a timely manner. Maintain accuracy and completeness of assigned accounts.
Internal Controls & Compliance: Adhere to internal control requirements and company accounting policies. Ensure documentation is complete, accurate, and maintained in accordance with audit and compliance standards. Identify potential issues and escalate appropriately.
Technical Accounting & Judgment Areas: Apply U.S. GAAP (and/or IFRS) to routine and non-routine accounting transactions. Assist in evaluating accounting treatment for complex items and ensure consistent application of accounting policies. Document accounting conclusions and supporting rationale where needed.
Audit Support & Stakeholder Coordination: Support internal and external audit requests by preparing and providing documentation, reconciliations, and supporting schedules. Respond to audit inquiries related to assigned accounting areas in a timely and organized manner.
Process Improvement & Transformation: Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes, increase efficiency, and enhance accuracy. Support standardization of recurring activities and contribute to improvements in workflows, systems, and documentation.
General Ledger & Accounting Operations Oversight: Perform general ledger activities including journal entries, account maintenance, and transaction analysis. Ensure proper coding, classification, and recording of financial transactions. Support the integrity of financial data feeding the general ledger.
Specialized Accounting Areas (as applicable): Support accounting for areas such as fixed assets, accruals, prepaid expenses, leases, and gift card liabilities (if applicable). Maintain accurate tracking, reconciliation, and accounting treatment for assigned areas.
What You Bring to the Table:
● Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting (preferred) or Finance.
● Certification: Active CPA license
● Experience: 4-7 years of progressive accounting experience, ideally combining a foundation in a top-tier national public accounting firm with relevant industry experience. Experience auditing or working in a public company environment is preferred. Prior experience in a controllership or operational accounting environment strongly preferred.
● Technical Proficiency: Strong understanding of GAAP and operational accounting principles, with the ability to apply accounting principles to complex transactions. Experience with general ledger systems and ERP platforms (Netsuite), advanced Excel proficiency, strong balance sheet reconciliation and close management experience.
● Data &Technical skills: Experience working with large datasets. Coding and/or SQL skills are highly preferred
● Analytical Acumen: Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and critical thinking skills, with the ability to interpret and analyze financial data.
● Communication & Collaboration: Exceptional communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills, enabling effective collaboration with cross-functional teams and external stakeholders.
● Organizational Prowess: Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and maintain attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.
● Ownership & Initiative: Proactive and self-motivated, with a strong sense of ownership and the ability to work independently.
● Software Skills: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Netsuite, Floqast
Chicago Base Salary: $115,000 - $122,000.
Wonder uses geographic-specific salary structures, which means the salary offered may vary depending on where the job is located. The final salary offer will take into account various factors, such as the candidate's skills, education, training, credentials, and experience.
Benefits
We offer a competitive salary package including equity and 401K. Additionally, we provide multiple medical, dental, and vision plans to meet all of our employees' needs as well as many benefits and perks that are not listed.
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