Remote Big Four Accounting Jobs in Roxana, IL (NOW HIRING)

We are seeking a seasoned accounting and finance professional to support a U.S.-based real estate investment company, along with affiliated operating businesses, who combines strong controller-level discipline, hands-on accounting capability, and strategic financial insight. This role requires a professional comfortable managing day-to-day accounting in Intuit QuickBooks while supporting financial reporting, transaction analysis, and multi-entity operations for a growing U.S. real estate and investment platform, including telecommunications operations.

The ideal candidate understands how to maintain clean books and accurate reporting in a U.S.-based business environment, while bringing practical knowledge of real estate transactions, lending structures, and financial controls. This role requires someone who thinks strategically, executes tactically, and operates with a high degree of ownership, integrity, and discretion while supporting the financial operations of a U.S. real estate investment firm.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Management & Accounting

• Manage full-cycle accounting, reconciliations, journal entries, and month-end close
• Maintain accurate financial reporting across multiple entities and operating companies
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports, income statements, and board reporting packages
• Support cash flow management, financial analysis, and KPI reporting
• Maintain internal controls and ensure transaction-level accuracy in QuickBooks
• Track loan schedules, debt balances, and related account reconciliations

Real Estate & Investment Transactions

• Account for and analyze real estate acquisitions, lending transactions, and investment activity
• Support accounting related to hard money lending, debt structures, and investment transactions
• Review contracts, settlement statements, and transaction economics
• Maintain lending and investment reporting schedules
• Support underwriting-oriented analysis and deal-level financial review

Telecom Financial Operations

• Oversee bookkeeping and accounting for telecommunications operations
• Manage recurring revenue, expenses, and telecom financial reporting
• Support profitability reporting and operational financial analysis
• Assist in maintaining financial controls and reporting processes across telecom operations

What Success Looks Like

The right candidate will bring:

• Strong full-cycle accounting and financial control discipline
• Deep attention to detail with hands-on execution ability
• Sound understanding of lending structures, contracts, and transaction economics
• Ability to support multi-entity accounting and reporting
• High ownership mentality, integrity, discretion, and follow-through
• Willingness to operate both strategically and in the details

Required Qualifications (Must-Haves)

• Advanced hands-on proficiency in Intuit QuickBooks and full-cycle accounting and advanced Excel proficiencies.
• Experience with financial reporting, reconciliations, and controller-level accounting discipline
• Working knowledge of real estate transactions, lending structures, loan schedules, and contract-based transactions
• Demonstrated reliability, integrity, and disciplined operating habits, including proactive communication and accountability
• Ability and willingness to personally perform hands-on bookkeeping and transaction processing when needed
• Stable professional remote work environment, including reliable internet and minimum dual-monitor setup (three preferred)

Preferred Qualifications (Nice-to-Haves)

• 5+ years in senior accounting, controller support, or finance operations roles
• Experience supporting multi-entity structures and operating businesses such as telecom or recurring revenue businesses
• Background in hard money lending, financial modeling, or transaction analysis
• Experience with intercompany consolidations
• CPA or Big 4 training from firms such as Deloitte, PwC, or KPMG is a plus

Performance Expectations

Success in this role will be measured by:

• Timely monthly close (within 10 business days)
• Accurate reconciliations across all bank and loan accounts
• Timely delivery of income statements and board reporting packages
• Minimal reporting errors and high reporting accuracy
• Strong ownership of controls, deadlines, and process discipline

Ideal Candidate

This role is best suited for someone who:

• Thinks like a finance leader but works like an operator
• Is equally comfortable in strategic analysis and hands-on accounting execution
• Understands both operating-company accounting and investment transactions
• Thrives in entrepreneurial, multi-entity environments

Treats stewardship of financial information with fiduciary-level seriousness

We are a growing U.S.-based group of entrepreneurial businesses operating across real estate investments, private lending, and telecommunications. Our companies acquire and manage real estate investments, provide asset-backed lending solutions, and support businesses with telecommunications services. We operate with a hands-on, owner-led approach where team members have direct visibility into business operations and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact.