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Senior Accountant
Contract to Hire
Beverly, MA (01915)
$55-60/hr
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.
Position Overview:
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.
Systems
QuickBooks Online, Intuit Enterprise Suite, Microsoft 365
Salary : $55 - $60