Senior Accounting Associate

About the role

The Dalio Family Office (DFO) supports Barbara and Ray Dalio and their family in their ventures, investments, and philanthropic efforts under Dalio Philanthropies, which includes OceanX, Dalio Education, Endless Network, and the Beijing Dalio Foundation. The office is headquartered in Westport, CT with regional offices in New York City, Singapore, and Abu Dhabi.

Responsibilities

• Own and perform complex bookkeeping and accounting activities for investment and operating entities, including:
• Executing day-to-day general ledger activity as part of the monthly close process
• Maintaining general ledgers used for tax and financial reporting
• Preparing bank, credit card, and balance sheet reconciliations
• Performing cash management activities
• Preparing and maintaining schedules, analyses, and reports to support tax return preparation
• Gather and analyze information across investment reports, including capital gains, interest and dividend income, and alternative and fixed income securities, and appropriately book related activity
• Own and drive key accounting and financial projects and recurring processes
• Review disbursements, reconciliations, credit card transactions, general ledger activity, and financial statements to ensure accuracy and completeness
• Identify areas of risk or inefficiency and design and implement solutions or process improvements
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and provide accounting support as needed
• Perform additional duties and special projects as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field
• At least seven (7) years of progressive accounting experience
• Experience working with enterprise general ledger systems such as Intacct, NetSuite, Oracle, or comparable platforms

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with investment and/or expense accounting
• Advanced degree (MBA) and/or professional certification (CPA or CA)
• Prior exposure to a large or multi-family office(s), or similarly complex organization
• Experience collaborating with international teams across time zones and regions

Benefits

• 100% company paid medical premiums
• 17 company paid holidays
• Friday summer hours
• Monthly community happy hours
• Hybrid work environment
• Free catered food services for in-office days
• Generous PTO offering
• Casual dress code
• 150% 401(k) match up to $7,500 and 100% match above $7,500 ($15k match limit)
• Gym reimbursement, back up childcare services, insurance, financial, and legal services, and much more!

Compensation

Compensation for the role includes a competitive salary in the range from $150,000 -$200,000 (inclusive of a merit-based bonus, dependent on years of experience, level of education obtained, as well as applicable skillset) and an excellent benefits package, including paid time off ranging from 15 to 25 days based on years of service, paid sick and safe leave, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, paid parental time off, birth mother recovery pay, sick family member pay, parental ramp back up program, gym reimbursement and generous employer match for 401k.