# Accounting Associate Manager - Budgeting & Reporting

The Accounting Associate Manager position reports to the Reporting and Budgeting Manager and supports other department staff. This position acts as a financial liaison to various departments throughout the firm and performs financial reporting as well as budgeting and forecasting. Duties and Responsibilities: Responsible for producing financial reports as well as analyzing data. Ability to turn around ad hoc analyses quickly while maintaining integrity and accuracy of data. Develop and maintain Excel spreadsheets to prepare analyses and reports using advanced Excel functions. Identify opportunities for improvement; provide information and recommendations to management and follow-through on solutions. Review monthly exception reporting to ensure firm policies are being followed. Participate in the firm-wide annual forecasting/budgeting process. Perform monthly account review and variance analysis. Review and analysis of general ledger transactions and accounts, using technical judgment to ensure financial transactions are properly recorded. Develop a strong understanding of Firm operations and the law firm industry. Work on special projects as needed. Responsible for staff developme

- **Id**: 2527052
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/sidley-accounting-associate-manager-budgeting-reporting>
- **Role**: Finance
- **Role family**: Finance
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Chicago, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-30T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-30
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T13:47:52Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 42
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3661
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Legal Services

## Company

- **Id**: 15213
- **Name**: Sidley
- **Domain**: sidley.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/sidley>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

## Salary

- **Min**: 110000
- **Max**: 130000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 130000

## Technologies

- **Microsoft Excel** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 42

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-14T12:24:39Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 51
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.854
- **P room**: 0.6
- **Age days**: 42
- **Expected fill days**: 50
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:late, crowd:junior
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 130000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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