Family Office Senior Accountant

POSITION SUMMARY

The Senior Accountant performs a variety of professional-level accounting duties involved in preparing, maintaining, analyzing, verifying, and reconciling complex financial transactions, statements, records, and reports. This position is responsible for maintaining the accuracy of ledgers and financial systems as well as assisting in the preparation of assigned budgets, annual audits, and year-end closing. The Senior Accountant ensures the integrity of accounting information by reviewing financial reports prepared by accountants.

Elmington is comprised of multiple locations and lines of business that are operated as their own living, breathing corporation. They have income and expenses, debt, and a bottom line – all of which we will look to you to help optimize through your role. Along with this responsibility comes a very high level of expectations. We are asking you to be an integral part of a multi-million dollar company. At Elmington, you will be pushed to F*orget The Ordinary & Think Like an O*wner. Every day.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES:

• Financial management
• Understanding of GAAP fundamentals
• Technical capacity
• Ethical conduct
• Communication proficiency
• Relationship management

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Prepares quarterly personal financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information for individual partners in compliance with guarantor reporting requirements.
• Maintain detail bookkeeping for individuals, partnerships, and trust transactions.
• Budgeting, tax, and cash flow planning for individual partners and trust.
• Review monthly financial reports prepared by accountants for corporate businesses, trusts, real estate, and other assets.
• Liaison between internal partners, legal, investment advisors, and public accounting firms.
• Begin to identify estate planning opportunities, and assist with projects related to estate administration.
• Work with team to establish and maintain client operating policies and procedures to ensure accurate reporting and cash management.
• Oversee individual year end reporting including, but not limited to annual filings, audits and tax returns
• Manage the coordination of tax preparation services. Understand how the books and records translate to the tax returns. Participate in tax planning discussions and help prepare supporting schedules.
• Complete special client projects of a complex nature.
• Maintains financial security by following internal controls and promotes ethical environment.
• Prepares payments by verifying documentation and requesting disbursements.
• Maintains investor confidence and protects operations by maintaining confidentiality.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks and participating in professional organizations.
• Other duties as assigned.

SPECIFIC EDUCATION OR EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required
• CPA certification is preferred, but not required
• 3-5 years of accounting experience

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Frequently sit, stand and walk
• Regularly required to talk or hear
• Frequently required to use hands or fingers to handle or feel objects, tools or controls
• Occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Vision abilities to include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and the ability to adjust focus
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate
• Temperature in the workplace is typically moderate