Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant 100K to 120K Full-Time | On-Site Fairfield, New Jersey The Opportunity We are creating a dedicated in-house accounting position. This is a newly defined, standalone role. The person we hire will own the accounting function end to end: day-to-day bookkeeping, monthly close, financial statement preparation, and the portfolio valuation and performance schedules that support both management reporting and our lender and audit relationships. This is a rare seat for an accountant who wants breadth. You will not be one of twelve people closing one piece of a ledger. You will see the entire business, work directly with ownership, and have visible influence on how a growing specialty finance company reports and manages itself. Title: Accountant Reports to Principals / Managing Members Location Fairfield, NJ — full-time, in office Schedule Monday–Friday, standard business hours Direct reports None initially; potential to add support as the portfolio scales Works closely with Ownership, outside CPA firm, outside counsel, portfolio servicing staff, and prospective institutional lenders Core Responsibilities Day-to-Day Accounting and Bookkeeping • Own all recurring bookkeeping in QuickBooks — accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash receipts and disbursements, banking activity, credit cards, and general ledger maintenance. • Record investment fundings, settlement receipts, fee income, and portfolio servicing activity accurately and on a timely basis. • Maintain the chart of accounts and enforce consistent, well-documented coding across periods. • Perform monthly bank, cash and inter-company reconciliations, including activity with affiliated entities. • Process payroll entries and coordinate with the payroll provider. Monthly and Annual Close • Run a disciplined monthly close on a defined calendar, including accruals, prepaid amortization, interest accretion, and reserve entries. • Prepare monthly and quarterly financial statements — balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows — with supporting schedules. • Prepare and maintain audit-ready workpapers that tie the financial statements to underlying portfolio and general ledger detail. • Support the annual audit as the primary internal point of contact: assemble PBC requests, respond to auditor questions, and resolve comments. • Coordinate with the outside CPA firm on tax provision, K-1 support, and filings. Portfolio Valuation and Performance Reporting • Maintain the investment-level portfolio schedules covering open and settled positions, fundings, receipts, realized gains, and impairments. • Prepare and maintain the valuation spreadsheets supporting carrying value of open deals, including mark-to-market and impairment analysis. • Produce and update performance metrics — IRR, MOIC, loss ratios by vintage, and weighted-average duration. • Reconcile portfolio subledger detail to the general ledger and to the financial statements every period. • Build and maintain the monthly funding and receipts analysis used in forecasting and cash planning. Reporting, Controls and Lender Support • Produce the reporting package required under the company's institutional debt facility, including borrowing base, covenant compliance, and collateral schedules. • Deliver monthly management reporting with variance analysis against budget and prior period. • Support cash forecasting and capital deployment planning. • Document accounting policies and internal control procedures; identify and implement process improvements as the business scales. • Assist with lender diligence requests and data room population. Qualifications Required • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance. • 7–10 years of progressive accounting experience, including full-cycle ownership of a general ledger and independent preparation of financial statements. • Advanced Excel — comfortable building and auditing multi-tab models with lookups, pivot tables, and linked schedules from scratch. This is a genuine requirement, not a checkbox; spreadsheet work is a core part of the job and will be tested. • Strong, hands-on QuickBooks proficiency. • Demonstrated experience as a self-starter in a small-company environment — able to operate without a large accounting department, established procedures, or daily direction. • Meticulous attention to detail with an instinct to reconcile, tie out, and document. • Clear written and verbal communication; able to explain results to non-accountants and to interface credibly with auditors and lenders. • Sound judgment and discretion in handling confidential financial, investor, and case-level information. Preferred • CPA license (preferred, not required). • Experience in litigation finance, specialty finance, private credit, factoring, fund accounting, or another investment-oriented business.• Exposure to investment valuation, impairment analysis, or return metrics such as IRR and MOIC. • Prior experience supporting an external audit or a lender reporting package. • Familiarity with multi-entity or affiliated-company accounting.