Staff Accountant – AP/AR
Woodrige, IL - HYBRID
A growing manufacturing company is seeking a detail-oriented Staff Accountant to support full-cycle Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable operations as it continues to build out its accounting function.
This is a great opportunity for someone with hands-on transactional accounting experience who wants to grow in a fast-paced environment with increasing responsibility over time.
The Role
Reporting to the Accounting Manager, the Staff Accountant will play a key role in ensuring timely, accurate processing of AP/AR transactions, month-end close activities, and account reconciliations. NetSuite experience is strongly preferred.
What You'll Do
- Review and process vendor invoices with correct GL, department, and location coding in NetSuite
- Perform 3-way match against purchase orders, invoices, and receiving documents
- Investigate and resolve pricing, quantity, or coding discrepancies with vendors and internal teams
- Perform monthly vendor statement reconciliations and manage vendor credits and prepayments
- Support weekly payment activity including check runs, ACH payments, and prepayment applications
- Maintain and update vendor master records including W-9s, banking information, and tax details
- Generate and distribute customer invoices for parts, freight, tariffs, tooling, and other charges
- Review sales orders and contracts to ensure accuracy of billing information prior to invoicing
- Respond to customer inquiries related to invoices, billing discrepancies, and payments
- Assist with daily, weekly, and monthly close tasks including subledger-to-GL reconciliations
- Compile annual 1099 data and support year-end reporting requirements
- Identify and support process improvement opportunities within the accounting function
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
- 2+ years of AP and AR accounting experience
- Manufacturing industry experience preferred
- NetSuite experience strongly preferred
- Solid understanding of GAAP, accruals, and month-end close
- Strong Excel skills and attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple priorities independently in a fast-paced environment
Why This Role Stands Out
✅ Ground-floor opportunity to grow with a building accounting team
✅ Broad AP and AR exposure — not siloed into one function
✅ Manufacturing environment with real transactional volume
✅ Hands-on role with increasing responsibility as the department expands
