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IDEX Corporate Staff Accountant in Chicago, Illinois

If you’re looking for a special place to build or grow your career, you’ve found it. Whether you’re an experienced professional, a recent college graduate or somewhere in between, IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact.

With interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales, supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40 diverse businesses (https://www.idexcorp.com/our-businesses/business-segments/) around the globe, chances are, we have something special for you.

Summary:

If you’re looking for a special place to build or grow your career, you’ve found it. Whether you’re an experienced professional, a recent college graduate or somewhere in between, IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact.

With interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales, supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40 diverse businesses around the globe, chances are, we have something special for you.

IDEX Corporation is a leading manufacturer of diversified products in industries ranging across health, science, safety, fire and fluidics. Operating in 24 countries, IDEX is an innovative and rapidly growing company, focused on delivering excellence through diverse, winning teams. With a strong reputation for providing career growth opportunities, IDEX is a lean, non-bureaucratic and high performing environment.

Primary Role Objectives:

The Staff Accountant, Corporate Accounting will be responsible for working with IDEX’s global business units to reconcile intercompany charges and expense allocations. This role will ensure proper recording of cash movement in corporate’s accounts. A great entry level position that allows for learning IDEX’s hierarchy of international businesses and gaining knowledge about the corporate office’s standard operating expenses. This role has substantial exposure to cost center owners, as well as to our finance partners located in the field. Opportunities to cross-train within the Accounting function, as well as across corporate financial disciplines. This position will be based at our corporate office in Chicago, IL. Our corporate office employees have the option to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays.

Specific Responsibilities Include

  • Record corporate’s daily cash movement

  • Manage weekly intercompany statements to global business units

  • Reconcile intercompany receivables/payables

  • Provide financial variance analysis, forecasting and budgeting support for corporate department leaders

  • Act as corporate liaison between corporate AP and the field

  • Reconcile key balance sheet accounts

  • Cross-train with team members to enable backup support for Corporate Accounting deliverables

  • Journalize weekly and monthly intercompany expense allocations

  • Maintain misc. schedules, logs, process documents as needed

  • Record other corporate activity as required

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required, CPA eligible preferred

  • Excellent organization and time management skills; attention to detail; ability to adhere to deadlines

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills

  • Demonstrated strengths in problem-solving; ability to work independently with minimal supervision

  • Strong Excel skills

  • Experience with JDE or similar accounting system a plus, but not required

Are you ready to join a different kind of company where our people, our culture, and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world?

IDEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Affirmative Action Employer. IDEX gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other consideration or protected category made unlawful by federal, state or local laws (Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled).

Attention Applicants: If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, please let us know. Likewise, if you are limited in the ability to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, we will determine an alternate way for you to apply. Please contact our Talent Acquisition Team at lfcareers@idexcorp.com for assistance with an accommodation. These contact tools may be used only by individuals with a disability for accommodation requests. Do not inquire as to the status of an application.

Job Family: Finance

Are you ready to join a different kind of company where our people, our culture, and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world?

IDEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Affirmative Action Employer. IDEX gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other consideration or protected category made unlawful by federal, state or local laws (Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled).

Attention Applicants: If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, please let us know. Likewise, if you are limited in the ability to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, we will determine an alternate way for you to apply. Please contact our Talent Acquisition Team at lfcareers@idexcorp.com for assistance with an accommodation. These contact tools may be used only by individuals with a disability for accommodation requests. Do not inquire as to the status of an application.

Job Family: Finance

Business Unit: Corporate

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