Senior Accountant

Join our team as a Senior Accountant, where you will play a crucial role in overseeing accounting operations and financial planning & analysis functions. You will report directly to the Finance Controller and have significant exposure to the CFO. Your responsibilities will include managing month-end and year-end close processes, assisting the FP&A team with business partnering and forecasting, ensuring compliance with GAAP standards, and coordinating with external auditors during annual audits. You will also collaborate with IT to enhance financial systems and automate manual processes, and participate in special projects and strategic initiatives as needed.

• Oversee month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of financial statements.
• Assist FP&A team with business partnering and forecasting, and manage and review account reconciliations, journal entries, balance sheet accounts and tax requests/payments.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP standards and internal control procedures, and coordinate with external auditors during annual audits.
• Advanced Excel skills (vlookup/pivots/sumifs/financial modeling)
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Strong knowledge of GAAP and financial reporting requirements
• 3-5 years of progressive experience in accounting and financial analysis
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, CPA required
• Big 4 or top 10 accounting firm experience highly preferred
• Familiarity with trade lifecycle and settlement accounting for equities, futures, and options
• Experience with broker-dealer regulatory reporting strongly preferred