Financial Reporting Associate

About the role

We are looking for an energetic professional who enjoys problem solving, aspires to create genuine impact to clients, and appreciates working through technical finance and accounting issues. With :100 professionals and experience serving hundreds of publicly traded clients (including 40 Fortune 100 companies), Equity Methods seeks to combine the best of a large professional services firm with the best of an entrepreneurial, technology-enabled company.

Responsibilities

• Completing our new-hire training program.
• Supporting ongoing financial reporting engagements, by learning the inner workings of client processes, what purposes they serve, and how they address client needs.
• Executing client processes, thereby demonstrating excellent attention to detail, drafting client emails, and collaborating with more experienced team members to ensure client expectations are met.
• Designing, implementing, and documenting the underlying data handling processes, ensuring that solutions are consistent with the terms of the client’s compensation plans and adhere to accounting standards.
• Participating in client delivery meetings and external audit review sessions, ensuring that clients understand the work product delivered and can utilize the reports in their financial reporting, and their external auditors grasp all essential features of the solution.
• Supporting various practice initiatives related to risk management, process reengineering, and technical research.
• Implementing and enhancing control measures within the practice to ensure risk is being properly managed in client engagements.
• Developing specific control tests, performing end-to-end analyses of processes to understand where there is risk, and assisting in compilation of high-quality work papers for future reference and re-performance.

Requirements

• Bachelors or Masters in accounting, finance, economics, or related discipline.
• 0 – 4 years experience in a financial reporting, finance, advisory or audit role.
• Expertise and experience in theoretical accounting subjects: capability to interpret complex accounting theory and translate into a process-based understanding of how data should flow and be manipulated.
• Ability and willingness to think critically and solve “out-of-the-box” problems independently.
• Maturity in internal/external communication and time management.
• Desirable: Exposure to database design principles.
• Desirable: Exposure to SAS or another programming language for high-volume data handling.
• Desirable: CPA license or CPA candidacy; CFA or other similar pursuits also welcomed.

Qualifications

• Learned quickly and enjoyed the challenge of doing so.
• Thought about your career and hoped to find a home where you could make a genuine impact and see a link between your effort and the firm’s performance.
• Viewed as someone who moves quickly and follows through on commitments.
• Enjoyed finance and accounting course work.
• Thought the idea of taking a manual, multi-step process and automating it sounded interesting.
• Enjoyed communicating complex technical issues clearly.

Skills

• Problem-solving skills.
• Technical proficiency in accounting and finance.
• Attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and creatively.
• Experience with databases and programming languages.
• Knowledge of accounting standards and regulations.

Benefits

• Highly competitive salary.
• Flexible work schedule.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Health insurance benefits.
• Retirement savings plan.
• Employee recognition programs.

Pay

Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

Full-time position with flexible hours to accommodate client needs.

Benefits

• Health insurance benefits.
• Retirement savings plan.
• Employee recognition programs.