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Senior Bookkeeper/Accountant | Long Island
About the Opportunity
The family office manages investments across private lending, real estate-related opportunities, and private/pre-IPO investments, with investments held across multiple entities and SPVs.
This is a hands-on role working directly alongside the senior finance lead.
The organization is currently strengthening its accounting infrastructure, formalizing controls, and improving how activity is tracked across operating accounts, capital accounts, and investment entities.
The person joining will have the opportunity to become a key member of a small finance function and help build and improve processes rather than simply inherit them.
Responsibilities
- Own day-to-day bookkeeping and accounting across the family office and multiple investment entities/SPVs
- Manage multiple QuickBooks files, including setup, maintenance, reconciliations, and financial reporting
- Record and reconcile intercompany activity across affiliated entities
- Prepare and post journal entries, including transfers between operating and capital accounts
- Perform bank and balance sheet account reconciliations
- Assist with month-end close and year-end tax preparation
- Help develop and implement stronger accounting procedures, controls, and documentation
- Track cash movements and maintain accurate books across multiple entities
- Support investment and transaction-related accounting as needed
- Assist with certain transaction closings, including preparing wires from approved instructions and verifying information before funds are released
- Work closely with senior leadership on ad hoc accounting and finance projects
Requirements
- 4 years of accounting, bookkeeping, or senior bookkeeping experience
- Expert-level QuickBooks experience is required — this person should be highly comfortable operating within and maintaining multiple QuickBooks files
- Strong experience with multi-entity and intercompany accounting
- Hands-on experience preparing journal entries and account reconciliations
- Strong understanding of debits, credits, general ledger activity, and month-end accounting