Finance & Accounting

Senior Accountant

$80,000-$95,000/yr.
Milwaukee, WI (Hybrid)
Full Time

Highly reputable and fast growing investment firm is seeking a Senior Accountant to be responsible for finance/accounting duties related to the firm’s corporate entities in addition to the family office.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

 

  • Maintain complete and accurate general ledger accounts and posts necessary journal entries for various Family Office entities
  • Prepare accrual entries and account reconciliations
  • Prepare monthly financial statements and maintain corresponding subledgers
  • Perform various banking duties, including making and posting bank deposits, daily cash management and reporting, cash transfers, and account reconciliations
  • Monitor cash and short-term investment balances for multiple entities, prepare cash flow projections and capital call requests for management
  • Work closely with other internal accounting personnel to obtain financial and cash flow information for various operating entities
  • Prepare annual tax workpapers for outside accounting firm and assists in preparation of year-end and quarterly tax payments
  • Maintain Family Office IT directories; downloads periodic account and investment statements, capital call and distribution notices, income tax documents
  • Assist in preparation of the quarterly holdings report for fund compliance purposes
  • Perform month-end and year-end accounting
  • Review monthly trial balance and general ledger
  • Update monthly balance sheet account reconciliations
  • Play an active role with the annual budget preparation and enter approved budgets into the accounting system
  • Prepare information needed to file annual federal and state tax returns

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or similar field
  • Minimum of 3-5 years of related work experience
  • Highly analytical and strong problem-solving skills
  • Must be able to maintain the highest level of confidentiality at all times and enforce this standard within the department
  • Strong organization and communication skills, ability to multi-task while paying attention to detail and working in a high volume, fast paced environment
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office including Word and Excel