Senior Accountant, SEC Reporting

Senior Accountant – JLL

Location: Chicago - Onsite

What this job involves:

As a Senior Accountant focused on SEC Reporting, you'll play a critical role in ensuring JLL's financial transparency and regulatory compliance on a global scale. This position sits at the intersection of technical accounting, regulatory reporting, and cross-functional collaboration, where you'll help prepare and review the quarterly and annual filings that communicate JLL's financial performance to investors and regulators worldwide. You'll work closely with senior finance leadership, external auditors, and colleagues across HR, Legal, and Investor Relations to ensure accuracy and completeness in all public disclosures. This is an excellent opportunity for a detail-oriented accounting professional with SEC reporting experience to make a significant impact on JLL's corporate reporting function while developing expertise in the complexities of public company accounting for a global real estate services leader.

What your day-to-day will look like:

• Prepare and review quarterly (10-Q) and annual (10-K) SEC filings, including comprehensive supporting work papers for internal and external audit review, ensuring accuracy and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with HR, Legal, Investor Relations, and other departments to ensure complete and accurate proxy statements, 8-K filings, annual reports, and other public disclosures meet all regulatory and communication standards.
• Assist with XBRL tagging processes and conduct thorough reviews of all SEC filings to ensure technical accuracy and compliance with current reporting standards.
• Own specific global corporate accounting processes, including recording journal entries to accurately reflect current period activity and maintaining supporting documentation.
• Partner with internal and external audit teams to ensure adherence to Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, preparing supporting schedules, process flows, and control documentation as needed.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives by identifying and executing process enhancements, working collaboratively with leaders across the global organization to streamline reporting workflows.
• Support department projects and ad hoc initiatives, bringing technical accounting expertise to special projects and emerging reporting requirements.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field with 3-5 years of progressive accounting experience, preferably including public company or public accounting exposure.
• Active CPA certification required (or CPA certification in progress with completion timeline established).
• Demonstrated experience performing accounting and financial reporting disclosure research, with ability to interpret and apply complex accounting standards and SEC regulations.
• Strong analytical skills with proven ability to prepare accurate, detailed work papers and supporting documentation for audit and regulatory review.
• Experience working within multi-national corporations and SEC registrants, with understanding of public company reporting requirements and deadlines.
• Superior multi-tasking abilities and adaptability, with demonstrated capacity to operate independently and manage competing priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with ability to articulate complex accounting concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with OneStream financial consolidation software and/or Workiva reporting platform for SEC filing preparation and collaboration.
• Background in Big Four public accounting or public company reporting departments with exposure to SEC comment letter responses.
• Familiarity with XBRL tagging requirements and taxonomy for financial statement disclosures.
• Self-motivated learner with demonstrated eagerness to stay current on evolving accounting standards, SEC rules, and industry best practices.
• Track record of challenging the status quo and championing process improvements in reporting functions.
• Experience reviewing earnings scripts, investor presentations, and external communications for accounting accuracy and consistency.
• Comfort working across time zones and cultural contexts within a global organization.