Lead Accountant

United StatesChicago · Chicagolead
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What You’ll Do As a leader of our accounting team, you’ll play a critical role in high-impact work.

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Responsibilities

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As a leader of our accounting team, you’ll play a critical role in high-impact work.

  • Serve as a financial expert for company leaders on topics ranging from transportation costs to R&D investment
  • Lead the accounting team through full business cycles, such as month-end close, budget and forecast updates, or the annual audit.
  • Own cash reconciliation and reporting, including daily balancing, long-term forecasts, and weekly and monthly reporting.
  • Prepare and review high-level financial statements and reports
  • Create clear, actionable reports that inform decision-making
  • Provide mentorship and guidance to Accounting teammates
  • Shape the future of finance in a modernizing industrial supply business

 

We are seeking bright, curious, and ambitious individuals eager to make an impact. Ideal candidates have:

  • CPA license
  • 10+ years of relevant experience in industry or public accounting
  • Subject matter expertise in accounting fundamentals and advanced Excel skills
  • Exceptional communication and analytical skills, including the ability to clearly explain complex or ambiguous data
  • Experience leading full accounting cycles
  • Demonstrated ability to develop teammates
  • Experience with SQL preferred

What We Offer

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Total cash compensation generally starts at $231,000 and includes profit sharing based on company profitability.

 

What We Offer

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  • 100% tuition reimbursement
  • Informal and formal mentorship
  • Employee resource groups
  • Medical, dental, pharmacy, and vision plans with no monthly premiums
  • Inclusive, all-gender benefits
  • Paid parental leave for all new parents
  • Adoption and surrogacy assistance
  • First-time home buyer assistance
  • Industry leading company-funded retirement accounts

Paid time off for vacation and personal time

 

For more information on McMaster-Carr, please visit: https://www.mcmaster.com/careers

 

 

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and dedicated to providing employees a workplace with reasonable accommodations and free of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. At McMaster-Carr, we do not make employment decisions based on age, ethnicity, citizenship status, military status, gender identity and expression, race, religion, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected group.

This position is not eligible for work authorization sponsorship by McMaster-Carr.

We may collect professional, education and employment-related data, and any assessments made throughout the recruiting process, to evaluate candidacy for employment. To communicate with job applicants, we may collect applicant names, contact information, and other personal identifiers, including those outlined in the California customer records statute. Through voluntary disclosure, we may also collect protected classifications under federal or California law (e.g., race, gender, etc.). For additional details about the personal information we collect and its uses, please click here.

Listing Details

Posted
April 14, 2026
First seen
March 26, 2026
Last seen
April 16, 2026

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Lead Accountant