Staff Accountant - Financial Reporting
Inventrust Properties • Downers Grove, Illinois • Full Time • $65,000–$80,000 / year
Posted on Wed, Nov 11, 2026
Position Summary
The Financial Reporting team is looking for an accounting professional who is curious, detail oriented, and interested in learning public company reporting. This role supports the preparation of InvenTrust's public-facing financial statements and related reporting materials, including quarterly and annual SEC filings. The position is a good fit for someone with strong accounting fundamentals who wants broad exposure to financial statements, disclosures, audit support, controls, variance analysis, and reporting process improvements.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Assist with preparing consolidated financial statements, including the balance sheet, statements of operations, equity, and cash flows.
- Prepare support for SEC filings, footnote disclosures, MD&A, and other public reporting materials.
- Prepare financial statement tie-outs and supporting schedules to help ensure reporting is accurate, complete, and internally consistent.
- Prepare and organize workpapers for financial statement balances, disclosures, audit requests, and disclosure checklist support.
- Assist with monthly and quarterly journal entries, consolidation activity, and variance analysis.
- Support reporting controls, process improvements, technical accounting research, ESG disclosure, purchase accounting, and other projects as needed.
- Work collaboratively with accounting, finance, audit, and operational teams while demonstrating sound judgment and professional integrity.
Qualifications
What we are looking for
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience demonstrating a strong foundation in accounting and financial statements.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to prepare accurate, well-organized support.
- Ability to think critically, ask good questions, and follow through on open items.
- Comfort working with spreadsheets, financial statements, and accounting systems.
- Interest in learning public company reporting and taking on a variety of financial reporting responsibilities.
- Experience with accounting, audit, financial reporting, corporate accounting, public company reporting, or real estate is helpful but not required.
Work Environment
- Hybrid role, generally expected to be on-site 2-3 days per week depending on reporting deadlines and project needs.
We offer an industry leading benefit package that includes, but not limited to: 401k with company match; employee stock purchase program; performance-based bonus; medical; dental; vision; FSA; life insurance; short and long-term disability; tuition reimbursement; paid time off; and generous work-life balance that includes early Fridays and work from home opportunities.
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