Staff Accountant - Hoffman Estates, United States - Heritage-Crystal Clean LLC

Description

Crystal Clean (CC) is one of the nation's leading privately held companies in the environmental waste services industry. We are seeking highly motivated individuals with a strong work ethic to join our rapidly growing company. Crystal Clean offers competitive compensation, excellent benefits, and opportunities for advancement.

Purpose: Heritage Crystal Clean is seeking a contribution minded Staff Accountant to join our Accounting Team. The Staff Accountant position works with the accounting department to ensure all Company transactions and financial statements are recorded according to GAAP.

Essential Duties:

Follow GAAP and Company procedures

• Perform sales and volume reconciliations (month end)
• Prepare various internal reports (weekly/monthly)
• Reconcile and analyze balance sheet accounts and accruals
• Data entry of accounting information
• Prepare and post journal entries
• Prepare and post statistical entries
• Expense tracking and analysis within the Oil Business
• Distribution of financial reports
• Oil Business allocation entries
• Liaison for Mobile App for vessels and gauge tables
• Other reasonable duties as assigned by management

Position Qualification Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The following requirements are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Core Competencies

• Capability to conform to established schedules and deadlines
• Ability to read and comprehend detailed financial statements
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities
• Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
• Present a positive image of Heritage-Crystal Clean to fellow employees, external contacts, the general public
• Ability to be tactful yet assertive in this very hands-on role

Work Experience

• Entry level

Education, Certificates, Licenses, or Designations

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• CPA a plus

Specific Skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Intermediate knowledge of other Microsoft Office applications
• Great Plains experience a plus
• Highly detail oriented
• Ability to work cross-functionally with non-accounting individuals/teams
• The ability and desire to be a team player
• Ability to grasp new concepts quickly
• Strong written and oral communication skills

Work Environment: While performing essential duties of this position an individual regularly works indoors and may be required to sit for long periods. Individual will be required to regularly talk, hear, see and often reach with hands, stand, walk, use a computer keyboard, mouse, telephone, and other office equipment. Noise level of the environment is generally quiet. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties.

Crystal Clean LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Crystal Clean expressly values diversity, equity, and inclusion, and encourages the applications of individuals from diverse backgrounds, so that Crystal Clean reflects the communities and customers that we serve.