Senior Accountant

Senior AccountantHighly desirable Family Office opportunity! Newly created Senior Accountant role reporting to the Controller, overseeing general ledger, monthly close, and bank reconciliations across multiple entities. Ideal professional will have 4+ years in a family office, trust, fund administration, or professional services firm environment.Monthly Close And General LedgerManage and execute the monthly closing for all entities according to a defined calendar, using tiered timelines for active, low-activity, and dormant entities.Prepare and post journal entries, accruals, prepaids, and intercompany entries with supporting documentation.Prepare and maintain balance sheet reconciliations and roll-forwards for each assigned entity as part of every close.Review entries and reconciliations prepared by the Staff Accountant/Financial Analyst.Cash And Bank ReconciliationsPrepare a weekly cash report.Keep all bank, brokerage and custodial accounts reconciled within 10 business days of month-end.Investigate and clear reconciling items; escalate stale or unusual items to the Controller.Support segregation of duties: reconcile accounts independently of payment processing.Investment, Trust And Partnership AccountingRecord investment activity accurately and maintain supporting documentation based on third-party statements.Maintain partner capital accounts and allocations for partnership entities.Track trust principal and income where required and support trust schedules for fiduciary reporting.Prepare schedules that support the outside accountants' quarterly book-to-fair-market-value entries.Payables And ControlsReview Bill.com coding and approvals for accuracy across entities and resolve exceptions.Document close procedures, reconciliation standards and desk procedures for each entity group.Reporting, Tax And External SupportPrepare monthly entity-level financial statements for Controller review.Coordinate day-to-day support for the outside accountants' quarterly reviews and year-end work, including schedules, documentation, and responses to follow-up questions.Prepare tax workpapers and schedules for the tax preparers as requested by the tax team for fiduciary, partnership, corporate, gift and nonprofit returns.Respond to financial information requests from authorized internal and external stakeholders.QualificationsBachelor's degree in Accounting.CPA or actively pursuing a plus but not required4+ years of accounting experience, including month-end close.Multi-entity and intercompany accounting experience preferred.Knowledge of investment accounting and partnership capital accounts.Advanced Excel skills, including lookups and pivot tables.Strong knowledge of QuickBooks.Family office, trust, fund administration, or public accounting (private client / trusts and estates) experience preferred.