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SENIOR ACCOUNTANT – PRIVATE EQUITY
Duties and Responsibilities
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Participate in month-end close including account reconciliation, analysis and preparation/post journal entries.
- Financial statement and work paper preparation including disclosure and supporting documents.
- Assist in review and interpretation of partnership, management and other agreements.
- Assist in review of chart of accounts, preparation of management fee calculations and waterfall models.
- Responsible for day to day accounting and transaction matters and communication of material client transactions to management and other internal groups.
- Assist with preparation of client service plans including annual budgets and billing.
- Assist in development and maintenance of client relationships and liaise with external auditors and other internal groups (i.e.: tax department).
- Maintain client files and participate in new client setup and transitions.
- Participation in team building, training and ad hoc projects.
- Participate in new client system implementation and become proficient in use of TNR.
Skills and Educational Requirements
- 4 – 6 years related experience including minimum 2 years private equity experience.
- Undergraduate degree in accounting. CPA highly preferred.
- Strong technical accounting (GAAP) and in depth knowledge of investment accounting and partnership tax experience.
- Strong ability to communicate with all levels of management (written & verbal) and strong aptitude towards client service.
- Strong analytical skills and ability to improve processes.
- Strong PC skills (Microsoft Excel, Word, etc) and related software experience (TNR, INVESTRAN).
- Supervisory experience is a plus.
- Strong organizational/multi-tasking skills with the ability to plan/prioritize to ensure efficient and timely deliverables to clients; adapt quickly to a changing environment.
- Individual should be self-motivated and demonstrate ability to work independently and in team environment.
SENIOR ACCOUNTANT
Duties and Responsibilities
- Prepare/review daily revenue and expense journal entry postings. Agree amounts to underlying trading data, other reports and systems.
- Reconciliation of multiple international clearing accounts on a daily basis.
- Monitor clearing account balances and ensure sufficient funds are maintained; record necessary cash entries with related fx gain/loss, if applicable.
- Prepare forecasts in support of cash management activities.
- Liaise with clearing brokers.
- Ensure soft dollar administration application/sub-ledger is reconciled to the general ledger each day.
- Review daily reconciliation of trading and commission data between Client and correspondent clearing broker.
- Prepare/review bank reconciliations and other general ledger accounts.
- Prepare/analyze month-end revenue and expense accruals.
- Prepare and analyze income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements.
- Special projects related to automation of various accounting processes.
Skills and Educational Requirements
- BS in accounting or finance; CPA a plus but not required.
- 5 years of financial reporting, analysis and/or accounting experience in the brokerage industry.
- Experience in multi-currency accounting required.
- Knowledge of soft dollar administration, middle or back-office brokerage operations, domestic and /or international, a strong plus.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Knowledge of 15c3-1 and 3-3 is a strong plus.
- Advanced Excel User; Access and database knowledge a strong plus.
- SAP & BW experience a plus.
FINANCE MANAGER - TRADEBOOK TEAM
The ideal candidate will have prior experience in the electronic trading industry working in finance and/or strategic planning groups of an ECN, ATS, exchange or broker-dealer. Candidate should be familiar with trading equities through the different execution venues in worldwide markets, designing financial and management reports, leading the short and long-term planning and budget processes, providing leadership to the development and execution of a financial plan and assisting in strategic pricing decisions.
Duties and Responsibilities
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Analyze revenue and profitability by line of business, identify key trends, assess risks and opportunities and make recommendations to management concerning financial/operational results/problems/issues/trends, etc.
- Develop financial reports of profitability, trends and costs. Liaise with accounting department to interpret financial results and determine implication of accounting and audit changes.
- Analyze and interpret data, review balance sheets and income statements, discuss appropriate recommendations.
- Development and implementation of the annual operating budget and financial forecasts.
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Prepare comprehensive business and sales plans for new and existing product lines.
- Perform pricing and financial analysis for new business activity including the development and recommendation of pricing and cost models that are utilized to assess new business opportunities.
- Anticipate changing business requirements and develop new reporting and analysis to support future needs.
- Drive process and automation improvements that will result in more efficient collection, compilation, analysis and reporting of information creating capacity for strategic analysis and decision support.
- Evaluate and interpret analyst and research reports, market statistics, SEC correspondence and current news. Prepare summaries of findings.
- Review and analyze term sheets and legal agreements for new business opportunities.
- Assist in development and deployment of RFP’s for vendor selection.
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Remain current on regulatory and competitive issues in the electronic trading industry to effectively identify and/or respond to strategic adhoc issues and/or opportunities.
Skills and Educational Requirements
- College degree in finance or accounting, MBA a plus, CPA a plus.
- 10-12+ years of experience, managerial experience required.
- Proficiency in excel, word, power point.
SAP BASIS ADMINISTRATOR
Duties and Responsibilities
- Responsible for BASIS functions and responsibilities.
- Application support: CCMS, System and client copy, transport management, spool and job administration.
- Maintain and improve administrative activities for all SAP servers.
- Troubleshooting server and client workstations issues when they arise.
- Performance Monitoring and Tuning: Using workload analysis to fine-tune the systems for performance across the various layers: application, database and functional support.
- Assist with planning, designing, managing and implementing SAP within a defined landscape.
- Adhere to the current BASIS policies and best practices with process development and documentation.
Skills and Educational Requirements
- Bachelors degree in Information Technology, Engineering or related area required.
- Minimum of 4 years experience in BASIS Administration.
- Participation in at least three full implementations of SAP Netweaver (2004 or later).
- Exposure to other facets of SAP, such as Security and Solution Manager 4.0 a plus.
- Experience as a MS SQL 2000/2005 Database Administrator.
- Implementation and Administration experience with Java Stack and SAP Portal.
- Working knowledge of Windows 2000 – 2003 (All Editions/Versions).
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Experience with designing and implementing SAP Disaster Recovery solutions (high availability); and with SAN technology.
SENIOR TAX ACCOUNTANT
Duties and Responsibilities
- Prepare and review income, trust, gift tax and private foundation returns for high net worth individuals. Also prepare or review individual client's related corporate and partnership returns.
- Research and interpret the Internal Revenue Code, various State Tax Codes, Federal Estate and Gift Tax Code, Private Letter Rulings, Revenue Rulings and Tax Court Cases.
- Provide input into analysis of financial, gift, estate, and income tax issues of high net worth individuals, corporate executives and business owners.
- Respond quickly to client’s various requests and special projects (i.e. prepare or review mortgage applications, assist in tax return audit situations, and assist with quarterly estimates and year end projections).
Skills and Educational Requirements
- Bachelors Degree in Accounting required; Masters in Tax a plus.
- 5-8 years relevant experience in family office practice or high net-work individual taxation.
- CPA/CFP/PFS designation a plus.
- Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel. Experience in ProSystem Fx Tax and Document, CCH research software.
- Candidate must possess strong organizational skills and ability to work on multiple projects at once.
- Ability to work in a small team-oriented/client-focused environment.
- Excellent communication and client-service skills.
- Strong analytical skills.
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Five Reasons to Consider a Career at Geller & Company:
1. You're not overhead; you're the core business.
2. You don't have to change jobs to expand your experience base.
3. You get to apply your good ideas.
4. You get to learn from the best.
5. Our culture of internal growth means advancement opportunities for you.
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