Accounting Consultant II

Allstate

Accounting Consultant II at Allstate responsible for financial reporting, accounting processes, and supporting complex financial operations across multiple entities.

Posted 5/9/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $53,500 - $84,625 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and execute critical day-to-day accounting and reporting activities
Prepare and support financial statements (GAAP and statutory), including related schedules and disclosures
Perform financial consolidations, ensuring accuracy and proper elimination of intercompany transactions
Maintain and analyze general ledger activity, ensuring transactions are recorded appropriately
Prepare journal entries, account analyses, and variance explanations to support the monthly close
Execute and review account reconciliations, including those involving complex accounting processes
Validate system functionality and ensure accounting rules and processes operate correctly
Analyze financial results, identify trends and variances, and provide actionable insights
Collaborate cross-functionally with multiple finance teams and business units
Contribute to and lead process improvement and transformation initiatives

Requirements

What you’ll need

Required CPA or CPA-eligible (actively pursuing or completed educational requirements)
Experience with financial reporting and general ledger accounting
Strong understanding of how financial statements are constructed and interrelated
Knowledge of accounting principles and transaction flows
Ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities
Preferred 2+ years of relevant accounting experience
Consolidations experience in a multi-entity environment

Benefits

Comp & perks

Technology setup including laptop, monitors, headset, keyboard, and mouse
Monthly connectivity reimbursement for work from home
Opportunities for professional development
Flexible working environment

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial reportinggeneral ledger accountingfinancial consolidationsjournal entriesaccount analysesaccount reconciliationsGAAPstatutory financial statementsvariance analysisprocess improvement

Soft Skills

collaborationindependencemulti-taskinganalytical thinkingcommunication

Certifications

CPACPA-eligible