Company Profile: Wealth Management Firm
Position: Senior Accountant
Industry: Financial
Location: New York, NY
Salary: 70-90K
Job Code: 121
Contact Name: Charna Weissman
Contact Email: cweissman@adviceny.com
Contact Phone:
About the Company:
Wealth Mgt Firm, smaller shop only 100 employees
Reports to VP Acctg, very hands-on role. Must be willing to work late.
Job Description:
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Includes the following, other duties may be assigned as needed:
• Take ownership for parts of the monthly G/L closing (e.g. booking/tracking of certain investments, expenses and various expense accruals and preparation of supporting schedules).
• Revenue and Expense Account analysis and reconciliations.
• Review and own the revenue sharing expense process (i.e. keep up to date with contracts and maintain organized, review invoices for accuracy, etc.)
• Prepare quarterly insurance company revenue sharing payments.
• Assist with outside legal bills monthly coordination and approvals for payments.
• Act as new G/L system administrator and report writer/editor.
• Prepare monthly financial reporting package for senior management.
• Prepare monthly business line and departmental reporting package for senior management.
• Prepare annual financial statements and footnotes, standalone and consolidated which includes registered investment advisory and broker dealer subsidiaries as well as affiliated hedge funds.
• Assist in year end audit process (i.e. prepare schedules, reconciliations, analysis of account balances, etc.) and interface with auditors as needed.
• Assist in yearly budget process and prepare monthly budget analysis (including budget vs. actual variance analysis).
• Prepare yearly 15c Profitability analysis.
• Maintain and keep current Corporate Accounting Department’s component of disaster recovery plans.
• Create, maintain and keep current Corporate Accounting Department’s functions and procedures manuals.
• Assist with the quarterly tax estimates process and yearly tax returns process.
• Perform special projects as necessary.
• Monitor changes in accounting, tax and financial reporting principles and assess impact to the Company.
• Maintain compliance with record retention requirements.
• Assist as necessary with daily cash management/projections functions.
• Assist as necessary in Accounts Payable functions and the preparation of FOCUS and 12B-1 Reports.
• Assist in any other related duties as may be required from time to time.
Qualifications:
Ideal candidate will have public/private mix, either CPA or on a CPA track.
Will consider all private if they have strong experience with an asset management firm
Will NOT look at all public.
Great Plains a plus but not required