Accounting Consultant II

Allstate Allstate · Insurance · IL · Remote

Allstate is seeking an Accounting Consultant II to join their team. This role involves preparing and supporting financial statements, performing financial consolidations, maintaining general ledger activity, preparing journal entries, and executing account reconciliations. The ideal candidate will have a CPA or be CPA-eligible, with experience in financial reporting and general ledger accounting. The role offers broad exposure across business units and finance functions, with opportunities for process improvement and cross-functional initiatives.

What you'd actually do

  1. Prepare and support financial statements (GAAP and statutory), including related schedules and disclosures
  2. Perform financial consolidations, ensuring accuracy and proper elimination of intercompany transactions
  3. Maintain and analyze general ledger activity, ensuring transactions are recorded appropriately
  4. Prepare journal entries, account analyses, and variance explanations to support the monthly close
  5. Execute and review account reconciliations, including those involving complex accounting processes

Skills

Required

  • CPA or CPA-eligible
  • financial reporting
  • general ledger accounting
  • understanding of how financial statements are constructed and interrelated
  • knowledge of accounting principles and transaction flows

Nice to have

  • 2+ years of relevant accounting experience
  • Consolidations experience in a multi-entity environment
  • Experience working in a complex or large-scale organization

What the JD emphasized

  • financial statements (GAAP and statutory)
  • financial consolidations
  • general ledger activity
  • journal entries
  • account reconciliations
  • accounting rules and processes operate correctly
  • process improvement and transformation initiatives
  • CPA or CPA-eligible
  • financial reporting and general ledger accounting
  • how financial statements are constructed and interrelated
  • accounting principles and transaction flows
  • Consolidations experience
  • technical accounting
  • analytical thinking
  • cross-functional exposure