Department: Finance ย
Reports To: Assistant Finance Controller
Employment Type:ย Full-Timeย
Location:ย Chicago, IL -ย Hybrid (3 days/week in office)ย
Salary: $95,000 - $125,000ย
About the Roleย
The Senior Accountant will play a crucial role in overseeing the accounting operations. This position combines traditional accounting responsibilities with forward-looking financial analysis and strategic planning, reporting directly to the assistant controller with significant exposure to the CFO.
What You'll Do:
- Oversee month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of financial statements
ย - Manage and review account reconciliations, journal entries, balance sheetย accountsย and tax requests/paymentsย
- Ensure compliance with GAAP standards and internal control proceduresย
- Coordinate with external auditors during annual auditsย
- Review work ofย accounting / shared servicesย staffย for accuracy and completenessย
- Collaborate with IT to enhance financial systems and automate manual processesย
- Participate in special projects and strategic initiatives as neededย
Who You Are:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance,ย CPAย requiredย
- 3-5ย years of progressive experience in accounting and financial analysisย
- Big 4 or top 10 accounting firm experienceย highlyย preferredย
- Advanced Excel skills (vlookup/pivots/sumifs/financial modeling)ย
- Strong knowledge of GAAP and financial reporting requirementsย
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilitiesย
Other preferencesย
- Familiarity with trade lifecycle and settlement accounting forย equities,ย futures,ย andย optionsย
- Experience with broker-dealer regulatory reportingย strongly preferred
Company Perks + Benefits:
- Performance Bonusesย
- Stock Purchase Optionsย
- Medical/Vision/Dental Benefits
- 401k Planย
- 20 Paid Vacation Days (plus an additional paid vacation day the month of your birthday!)ย
- 10 Paid Sick Daysย
- Gym Membership Reimbursementย
- Commuter Benefitsย
- Pet Insuranceย
- Wellness & Mental Health Programsย
- Charitable Donation Matchingย
- Two Paid Volunteer Days Offย
- Daily catered lunch when in the officeย
- Full kitchen with snacks and beveragesย
- In-building gymย
- Shuttle to/from Metraย
Discretionary Performance Bonus:ย 8-12% of base salary based on individual and company performance.
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About IGNA + tasty
IG North America is home to tastytrade, tastylive, and tastyfx-a family of brands built to democratize trading and empower individual investors. Founded in Chicago by the creators of thinkorswim, acquired by London-based IG Group in 2021, we combine startup innovation with the backing of a FTSE 100 fintech operating across five continents serving over 1.3m customers and handling billions of dollars in transactions - built on scale, trust, and proof.
From our headquarters in Chicago's Fulton Market, our team builds award-winning trading platforms, produces live financial education content daily, and creates technology that makes complex markets accessible. tastytrade is our retail brokerage for self-directed investing and trading, with tastylive providing content to educate our customers. tastyfx is the fastest-growing forex broker in the US.
We're a lean, collaborative team that values autonomy, pragmatism, and impact. Whether you're building technology, creating content, serving customers, or supporting operations, you'll work alongside people who are passionate about disrupting traditional finance and genuinely care about helping traders succeed. Our culture rewards initiative, embraces experimentation, and measures success by the value we create for our users. The bar is high - bring a curious and forward-thinking mindset and we'll give you the platform to define what comes next. Join us at IG|tasty - the future gets built here.
Location:Our office is in the West Loop - Chicago's growing center of tech, great cuisine, and high-end bars.
tastytrade | tastylive | tastyfxย
1330 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607
*Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they have every single qualification. Our team is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role, but your experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!