Staff Accountant

  • Elk Grove Village, Illinois
  • Full Time
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Groot / Waste Connections is now hiring a Staff Accountant in the Elk Grove Village market!

The Position:

We are searching for a high energy Staff Accountant in Elk Grove Village. This would be a position designed to get you ready for a promotion to a District Controller role one of other locions across the company.

Responsibilities:

  • Performing monthly financial close functions through preparion of financial stements for each designed opering locion.

  • Reconciliion of all general ledger accounts.

  • Monthly narrive analysis of significant financial variances to budget and forecast.

  • Monthly completion of a three-month financial forecast.

  • Re analysis and review.

  • Effective ongoing communicion of financial reled informion to business counterparts

  • Managing flow of accounting da to/from remote facilities.

  • Assisting with quarterly Sarbanes Oxley compliance and review

  • Planning and participing in the annual financial budget process

  • Providing training to non-financial personnel on internal control compliance, accounting procedures and financial stement review.

  • Other duties as assigned.

Ideal Candides will have:

  • Bachelors Degree in Accounting or Finance.

  • Recent grads will be considered

  • Public accounting experience preferred .

  • CPA and/or other professional certificions a huge plus.

  • Intermedie to advanced skills in MS Excel and reled accounting business systems.

  • We offer excellent Family benefits including: medical, dental, vision, flexible spending account, long term disability, short term disability, life insurance, 401K retirement

Pay: $65,000 annually

Waste Connections is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive considerion for employment without regard to disability or protected veteran stus.

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Job ID: 523372258
Originally Posted on: 6/2/2026

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