Accounting Senior (CAAS - Construction Industry)
Chicago, ILFull-time$65–117K/yrPosted 1w agoStill listed today
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CliftonLarsonAllen is seeking a Senior Accounting Associate for its Client Accounting & Advisory Services group, serving construction-industry clients from an Illinois office. The role handles client accounting operations, transaction processing, reconciliations, financial statements, tax and audit workpapers, and special consulting projects. It also oversees the workflow and quality of work produced by Associates and Analysts.
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Full job description
Job Description CLA is a top 10 national professional services firm where our purpose is to create opportunities every day, for our clients, our people, and our communities through industry-focused wealth advisory, digital, audit, tax, consulting, and outsourcing services. Even with more than 8,500 people, 130 U.S. locations, and a global reach, we promise to know you and help you.
CLA is dedicated to building a culture that invites different beliefs and perspectives to the table, so we can truly know and help our clients, communities, and each other.
CLA is currently seeking a Senior Accounting Associate - Construction Industry, to join our CAAS (Client Accounting & Advisory Services) group in one of our Illinois offices.
Job Responsibilities:
- Client Service: Develops an understanding of each client’s business/organization operations. Competent in management of multiple clients, software, and chart of accounts on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
- Day to Day Transactions: Leads coordination and processing of accounts payable, cash disbursements, accounts receivable, cash receipts and posting/recording of payroll transactions.
- Month End Processing: Coordinates and reviews account reconciliations (i.e. prepaids, accounts receivable, fixed assets, accounts payable, and accruals.) Completes complex account reconciliations (investments, debt, industry specific, etc.) Prepares, understands, and reviews financial statements (basic to complex.) Reviews general ledger, cashflow, allocations, etc. Proactively creates process and procedure documentation and builds their own backup.
- Other Quarterly/Annual Processing: Completes sales tax returns and Form 1099s and preparing audit workpapers, tax return workpapers, and other forms or items as requested by clients.
- Oversee workflow and quality of work of Associates and Analysts. Supervise and ensure the efficiency and quality of work produced by Associates and Analysts.
- Special Projects: Assists with projects for internal audit, due diligence, system selection, and other consultative projects.
Job Requirements:
- 2 years of relevant accounting and/or financial experience is required.
- Bachelor's degree is required. Combination of related experience, education, and training may be accepted in lieu of degree.
Our approach to compensation emphasizes collaboration and career growth. We pay competitive wages and view compensation as an investment in our people. Factors such as geography, experience, education, skills, and knowledge may impact position of pay within the range.
The wage range for this position in Illinois is: $65,100 - $117,000.
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Wellness at CLA To support our CLA family members, we focus on their physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being and offer comprehensive benefit options that include health, dental, vision, 401k and much more.
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How this job compares
Set against the 4,846 open Accounting jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$65–117K/yr
- Illinois median$100–125K/yr125 salary ranges
- US median$95–140K/yr2,426 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $91K, is 21% below the Illinois median midpoint ($115K) — in the middle half of Accounting salary ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 172 open Accounting jobs in Illinois and 4,846 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- Robert Half32 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Accounting postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 3,575 postings).
- Education
- 2,381 of the 4,846 open Accounting jobs (49%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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