Accounting Associate, Corporate Finance

About the role

Perella Weinberg Partners (“PWP”) is seeking a Senior Accountant for its Corporate Finance department in Houston. The ideal candidate should have prior experience, outstanding verbal and written communication skills, strong proficiency in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, as well as the ability to work in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment with strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Perform day-to-day full-cycle accounting, including month-end close, journal entries, and reconciliations for the overall PWP group (US and international).
• Collaborate with peers on the month-end financial process, including expense allocations at the divisional and entity level.
• Perform monthly variance analysis over parent holding company and/or operating entities.
• Execute on the accounting and reconciliation process for areas including but not limited to: cash, receivables, compensation, accruals, prepaids, investments, fixed assets, leases, debt, and shared expense allocations.
• Assist with the preparation of financial reporting footnote schedules and tax requests on a quarterly and annual basis.
• Assist the Director in local accounting adjustments for United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, and France.
• Assist the Controller in firmwide treasury operations including planning, investing, controls, and forecasting.
• Assist the Controller and Head of Financial Planning & Business Ops with budget and forecasting requests.
• Responsible for intercompany reconciliations and allocations analysis.
• Document technical accounting memos on an as-needed basis.
• Assist with the firm’s monthly management reports, specifically perform ad hoc expense analysis for various business units.
• Interact with external and internal auditors, respond to audit inquiries, and assist in quarterly reviews and annual audits.
• Ensure compliance with Internal Control framework and participate in implementing and enhancing our financial system, as needed.

Requirements

• CPA.
• Public accounting audit/assurance experience or comparable industry experience (3-5 years).
• Experience supervising and/or mentoring staff accountants.
• Advanced experience with MS Office, especially Excel.
• Workday experience a plus.
• Fast learner, eager to adopt new tools and technologies (including AI tools such as Claude), and comfortable adapting to new processes in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment.
• Extremely organized and detail-oriented, growth-oriented.
• Self-starter with the ability to work under little or no supervision with a strong desire to excel.

Pay

The annualized base salary for this position is $100,000 - $120,000. The specific base salary an employee in this job classification receives depends on factors including, but not limited to, geographic work location, prior employment history/experience, job-related knowledge, qualifications, and skills.

Benefits

Base pay is just one component of PWP’s total compensation package that may be available to employees. Depending on the position and other factors, other rewards may also include discretionary bonuses, Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), paid time off, and many other benefits, subject to applicable eligibility criteria and Firm policies.