Staff Accountant

Background

Location: Hybrid – work-from-home and office: 303 E Wacker Dr., Suite 2200, Chicago, IL

Type: Full-time, permanent position

Division: Administration

Reports to: Controller

Overview

Intersport, a leader in sports, entertainment, and lifestyle marketing and media for over three decades, provides expertise in the areas of:

• Agency Services: brand consulting, creative, content production, digital, experiential marketing field marketing, hospitality, social media marketing, and sponsorship consulting
• Properties – owned-and-operated live sports and lifestyle events and media assets airing on broadcast and digital networks

Intersport is seeking to add a smart and driven Staff Accountant (SA) to its Accounting team. The Intersport Accounting team is integral to providing company-wide day-to-day financial operations.

The SA should have a four-year college degree, ideally in accounting, a minimum of two (2) years of full-time relevant work experience in accounting. The SA will focus on basic accounting principles that help feed into the larger, overarching functions of the Accounting department.

Responsibilities

General

• Embody and reflect Intersport’s performance-based culture and commits him/herself and team to the highest standards for all work responsibilities
• Work effectively with cross-functional teams to deliver executional excellence

Accounting

• Full responsibility for quarter and year end closing, including project reconciliation and work in progress entries.
• Make journal entries; manage debits/credits
• Understand and take ownership of cash forecasting and reporting
• Monthly bank reconciliations
• Responsible for general insurance tracking and reporting
• Responsible for company P&L
• Track and invoice inter-company transactions
• Audit & Review of transactions related to all balance sheet accounts
• Ability to interpret financial information and report variances
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, troubleshoot and draw valid conclusions
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Four-year-degree in Accounting/Business or related field preferred
• A minimum of two (2) years’ full-time work experience accounting at the general ledger level
• Proficient in MS Office, particularly Excel
• Attention to detail while maintaining ability to multitask
• Strong organization skills, problem resolution, critical thinking and communication skills
• Independent self-started, but also a team player
• Proactive and anticipatory approach to effectively managing a breadth of responsibilities
• Communicates effectively, in both written and verbal form
• Advanced computer skills, with an aptitude to learn new systems & procedures

Intersport is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Intersport