Senior Accountant (small company)
Description
Senior Accountant
Contract to Hire
Beverly, MA
55-60/hr
Must Haves:
- Able to be on-site 5 days a week
- 5+ years experience
- Bachelors in Accounting
- Strong excel skills
- Quickbooks Proficiency
- Family office/public accounting
The Senior Accountant is responsible for the day-to-day bookkeeping, period-end close, reconciliations, and financial statement preparation across all family office entities. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, highly organized, discreet, and comfortable managing multiple sets of books on a recurring close calendar. Experience with Intuit Enterprise Suite (IES), multi-entity accounting, and trust or family office accounting is highly desirable.
Primary Responsibilities
Bookkeeping and Transaction Processing
* Maintain the books and records for multiple family office entities, including corporations, investment LLCs, a family foundation, trusts, and individuals.
* Download and categorize daily cash and credit card transactions.
* Record payroll activity and reconcile payroll processing reports to the general ledger.
* Record intercompany entries and cost allocations across entities; reconcile intercompany balances.
Reconciliations, Period Closing and Financial Reporting
* Perform monthly reconciliations of bank, credit card, and brokerage accounts.
* Reconcile payroll and intercompany accounts as part of the monthly closing.
* Investigate and resolve discrepancies, unusual transactions, and reconciling items.
* Record monthly, quarterly, and annual closing entries.
* Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.
Vendor and Office Administration
* Manage office subscriptions and track renewal dates.
* Responsible for maintaining the master file of vendor ACH and wire instructions in accordance with internal controls
* Collect and maintain Forms W-9; prepare and process Forms 1099.
Other
* Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Required
* Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance.
* 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including full-cycle bookkeeping and independent ownership of the monthly, quarterly, and annual close.
* Proficiency with QuickBooks Online; experience managing multiple company files.
* Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
* Working knowledge of Forms W-9 and 1099 reporting requirements.
* Experience with multi-entity accounting, including intercompany entries and allocations, and payroll reconciliation.
* Demonstrated understanding of internal controls and segregation of duties over cash.
* Demonstrated discretion in handling confidential financial and personal information.
Preferred
* Experience in a family office, private wealth, trust company, or public accounting (private client) setting.
* Experience with Intuit Enterprise Suite or multi-entity consolidation.
* Familiarity with investment, partnership, trust, and private foundation accounting.
Systems
QuickBooks Online, Intuit Enterprise Suite, Microsoft 365