Staff Accountant |

About the role

The Staff Accountant will be primarily responsible for performing consolidated reporting to our partner families, and will work on numerous other company reporting, accounting, and analysis functions.

Responsibilities

• Cook up quarterly consolidated reports for partner families, including gathering investment statements and performance, capital call projections, and other financial analyses.
• Assist the team in streamlining and automating processes and procedures, including account openings, completion of subscription documents, new client checklists, and other ad hoc requests.
• Manage Legacy Knight’s books utilizing Quickbooks, including reconciling bank accounts, reviewing invoices, accounts payable, and accounts receivable.
• Help maintain relationships with ultra-high net worth clients and prospects with the highest standards of customer service, communication, integrity, and responsiveness.
• Prepare ad hoc financial reports and presentations for clients.
• Cook up client statements, capital calls, and distributions in a timely manner, ensuring contributions are made in the required timeframe and received into the requested accounts.
• Partner with tax department/outside CPAs by providing data for tax return preparation.
• Partner with administrator and external auditors for fund financial statement audits.
• Aid in annual Form ADV filings with our CCO and outside compliance consultant.
• Track and report on investment performance for client investments.
• Operate with a high degree of autonomy and collaborate effectively with company personnel.

Requirements

• 1-2 years’ experience working in public accounting in the financial sector or previous experience in a family office preferred.
• CPA preferred, but not required.
• Bachelor’s Degree Required; Finance or Accounting major required.
• Ability to multi-task and function in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong financial analytical skills and understanding of basic financial concepts.
• Desire to learn and grow professionally in the personal financial management business.
• Experience using Windows based software, including all Microsoft Office applications, and the Internet.

Skills

• Windows based software proficiency (including all Microsoft Office applications).
• Understanding of basic financial concepts.
• Ability to multi-task and function in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong financial analytical skills.
• Desire to learn and grow professionally.
• Experience with QuickBooks.
• Experience with fund administration and external auditing.
• Experience with tax return preparation.
• Experience with regulatory and compliance filings.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work with a family-office model representing a new generation of family-office expertise.
• Vast network of unique investment opportunities and high-touch, hands-on services tailored to meet individual client needs.
• Unrestricted by institutionalized thinking, corporate ownership, or significant family stakeholder involvement, allowing for a focus on client needs.

Pay

Negotiable based on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

Full-time position.

Legacy Knight

Legacy Knight is an independent family office serving multiple high-net-worth families. The principals of these families are often extraordinary business owners and entrepreneurs who have amassed significant wealth. Led by family-office experts with extensive experience serving prominent family names in Texas, Legacy Knight offers bespoke strategies that meet its clients' individual needs. Unencumbered by traditional constraints, Legacy Knight focuses solely on its families, offering a distinct approach that clients can both feel and measure.