Family Office Senior Accountant

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate books and records for family office entities, trusts, LLCs, partnerships, foundations, and personal accounts.
• Prepare journal entries, account reconciliations, supporting schedules, and monthly close workpapers.
• Aid in the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, cash flow summaries, and entity-level reports.
• Track activity across bank accounts, investment accounts, credit cards, loans, intercompany balances, and personal accounts.
• Support accounting for real estate holdings, private investments, charitable activity, and other family office assets.
• Review, code, and process invoices, reimbursements, credit card charges, and recurring payments.
• Aid in bank reconciliations, cash balance monitoring, wire support, deposits, and payment documentation.
• Maintain vendor records, W-9s, payment approvals, and supporting documentation in accordance with internal procedures.
• Support cash flow tracking and help identify upcoming funding needs, capital calls, taxes, insurance, and major expenditures.
• Congest with outside CPA firms and tax advisors by gathering tax workpapers, K-1s, 1099s, charitable receipts, investment statements, and entity documentation.
• Aid in estimated tax payment tracking, year-end reporting, and tax-related reconciliations.
• Maintain organized records for trusts, partnerships, foundations, real estate entities, and personal tax matters.
• Support compliance activities related to payroll, vendor reporting, insurance, property taxes, and other recurring obligations.
• Record investment contributions, distributions, management fees, capital calls, and realized or unrealized activity based on statements and advisor reports.
• Aid in entity-level reporting, intercompany activity, document retention, and transaction support.
• Help improve accounting workflows, documentation standards, filing systems, and reporting processes.
• Support implementation or maintenance of accounting, bill payment, document management, and reporting systems.
• Assist with special projects involving real estate, philanthropy, estate planning, entity formation, acquisitions, or family office operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required.
• CPA or CPA candidate preferred.
• 4+ years of progressive accounting experience; family office, private wealth, public accounting, investment management, real estate, or closely held business experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of general ledger accounting, account reconciliations, financial reporting, and month-end close procedures.
• Experience with multi-entity accounting, intercompany transactions, investment activity, trusts, partnerships, LLCs, or private foundations preferred.
• Proficiency with accounting and reporting systems such as QuickBooks, Sage Intacct, NetSuite, Bill.com, Addepar, Archway, Excel, or similar platforms.
• Strong Excel skills, including reconciliations, schedules, formulas, and data organization.
• Excellent attention to detail, accuracy, judgment, and follow-through.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work professionally with advisors, vendors, and internal stakeholders.

Pay

The compensation for this position ranges from $80,000.00 - $120,000.00. Actual compensation will be dependent upon the specific role, office location as well as the individual’s qualifications, experience, skills and certifications.