Accounting Advisor

Posted 6 Days Ago
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Chicago, IL
Hybrid
1-3 Years Experience
Big Data • Fintech • Information Technology • Business Intelligence • Financial Services • Cybersecurity • Big Data Analytics
The Role
The Accounting Advisor role entails managing core ledger activities including journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial reporting. Responsibilities also include lease accounting, equity compensation, collaboration with external auditors, and process improvement initiatives.
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What We'll Bring:
At TransUnion, we strive to build an environment where our associates are in the driver's seat of their professional development, while having access to help along the way. We encourage everyone to pursue passions and take ownership of their careers. With the support of colleagues and mentors, our associates are given the tools needed to get where they want to go. Regardless of job titles, our associates have the opportunity to learn new things and be a leader every day.
Come be a part of our team - you'll work with great people, pioneering products and cutting-edge technology.
This role is part of our corporate segment accounting team who will engage in core ledger activities including journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations as well as certain financial reporting support activities. The successful candidate will focus on lease accounting, litigation reserves, equity compensation and shares for EPS, investments, debt, hedging and cash transactions. The successful candidate will have interaction with our external auditors, the treasury, tax and technical accounting and SEC reporting teams. The successful candidate is a change agent continuously enhancing process and improving the control environment.
What You'll Bring:

  • 5 plus years of experience. Must have a mix of public accounting, industry accounting and CPA required
  • Strong analytical and modeling skills and strong understanding US GAAP and public company reporting requirements
  • Highly proficient with personal computer word processing, database and spreadsheet software (Microsoft Word and Excel)
  • Assist in the research and documentation of accounting positions for certain matters.
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance


Impact You'll Make:

  • Monthly accounting close - execute timely and accurate recording and reporting of the General Ledger and provide monthly analysis to business partners
  • Prepare complex account reconciliations, perform balance sheet analysis and develop schedules and insights for SEC reporting
  • Establish, modify, document and coordinate the implementation of accounting and control procedures and efficiencies as necessary to meet established company goals
  • Coordinate audit requests for external and internal auditors
  • Partner with FP&A to forecast complex accounting areas including complex modeling and "what-if" analysis


This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.
Benefits:
TransUnion provides flexible benefits including flexible time off for exempt associates, paid time off for non-exempt associates, tuition reimbursement, additional (following any short-term disability) 10 weeks of parental leave with gradual return, adoption assistance, fertility coverage, spousal and domestic partner benefits, charity gift matching, employee stock purchase plan, retirement contributions with employer match, organizational growth potential through our online learning platform with guided career tracks, and access to TransUnion's Employee Resource Groups.
We are committed to being a place where diversity is not only present, it is embraced. As an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability status, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.
TransUnion's Internal Job Title:
Advisor, Accounting

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HQ: Chicago, IL
13,000 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 1968

What We Do

TransUnion is a global information and insights company that makes trust possible by ensuring that each consumer is reliably and safely represented in the marketplace.

We do this by having an accurate and comprehensive picture of each person.

This picture is grounded in our legacy as a credit reporting agency which enables us to tap into both credit and public record data; our data fusion methodology that helps us link, match and tap into the awesome combined power of that data; and our knowledgeable and passionate team, who stewards the information with expertise, and in accordance with local legislation around the world.

Because of our work, organizations can better understand consumers in order to make more informed decisions, and earn their trust through great, personalized experiences, and the proactive extension of the right opportunities, tools and offers. In turn, consumers can be confident that their data identities will result in the opportunities they deserve.

We make trust possible, so businesses and consumers can transact with confidence and achieve great things. We call this Information for Good®—it’s our purpose, and what drives us every day.

Why Work With Us

Our culture is welcoming, energetic and innovative. There’s an overall synergy that flows throughout TransUnion, creating a sense of unity in knowing that we’re all working to achieve the same overall goal. We’re dedicated to providing opportunities for our people to get involved and stay connected with their colleagues across the globe.

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