Staff Accountant

Job Description

Staff Accountant | D&W Fine Pack

The Tone:
This is an early-career Staff Accountant role at D&W Fine Pack, located in Wood Dale, Illinois, with potential for a hybrid work arrangement. D&W Fine Pack is a company focused on building purpose, pride, and strong teams through packaging solutions, guided by values of excellence, success, service, and purpose. This position offers a developing accountant broad exposure to financial reporting, capital accounting, budgeting, and audit support. The successful candidate will play a critical role in analyzing financial information and supporting key corporate financial processes.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid Wood Dale, IL
• Pay: $71000–$106000 yearly
• Team: Works closely with Finance leadership, corporate departments, and plant controllers.
• Mission: Analyzes financial information, prepares financial reports, and maintains records of assets, liabilities, profit, and loss.
• Tech Stack: Advanced Microsoft Excel

What You’ll Actually Do
• Records Maintenance: Maintain accounting records by processing journal entries, performing account reconciliations, and preparing and reviewing financial statements and other financial reports for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with established reporting and procedural standards.
• Capital Support: Support capital tracking, analysis and reporting, including monitoring compliance with corporate capital policies and serving as a liaison to other departments and plant controllers.
• Variance Review: Review monthly financial reports for unusual variances or outliers and conduct research to determine whether adjustments are required.
• Audit Coordination: Support audit, bank examination, and asset valuation processes by communicating required deliverables to internal stakeholders and ensuring that requested information is complete and submitted timely.
• Budgeting Assistance: Assist with developing, maintaining, and analyzing budgets for the corporate departments and prepare related monthly reports.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance field; early-career accounting professional.
• Experience: 0–3 years of accounting experience; relevant accounting internship experience preferred.
• Skills: Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Bonus: CPA designation or active pursuit of CPA certification preferred