Accountant

Clear Point Group; Fairfield (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Clear Point Group is seeking an Accountant to own the accounting function end-to-end in a standalone role. You will handle bookkeeping, monthly close, financial statement preparation, and portfolio valuation for lender and audit relationships.

This is a rare position offering breadth: you will see the entire business, work with ownership, and influence how the company reports and manages itself as it grows in specialty finance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance is required.
• 7–10 years of progressive accounting experience with full-cycle GL ownership.
• Strong Excel skills with multi-tab models and lookups.
• Ability to operate in a small-company environment with minimal direction.
• Clear written and verbal communication, able to explain results to auditors and lenders.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day bookkeeping including AP/AR, cash receipts/disbursements, GL maintenance.
• Manage monthly close, accruals, prepaid amortization, and reserve entries.
• Prepare financial statements with supporting schedules and audit-ready workpapers.
• Coordinate with outside CPA firm on tax provision and filings.
• Maintain portfolio valuation schedules and performance reports (IRR, MOIC).
• Support lender reporting packages and management reporting with variance analysis.

Skills

Full-cycle accounting

Advanced Excel

Self-starter

Attention to detail

Clear communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

QuickBooks

Job description

We are creating a dedicated in-house accounting position. This is a newly defined, standalone role. The person we hire will own the accounting function end to end: day-to-day bookkeeping, monthly close, financial statement preparation, and the portfolio valuation and performance schedules that support both management reporting and our lender and audit relationships.

This is a rare seat for an accountant who wants breadth. You will not be one of twelve people closing one piece of a ledger. You will see the entire business, work directly with ownership, and have visible influence on how a growing specialty finance company reports and manages itself.

Title: Accountant

Reports to Principals / Managing Members

Location Fairfield, NJ - full-time, in office

Schedule Monday-Friday, standard business hours

Direct reports None initially; potential to add support as the portfolio scales

Works closely with Ownership, outside CPA firm, outside counsel, portfolio servicing staff, and prospective institutional lenders

Core Responsibilities

Day-to-Day Accounting and Bookkeeping

• Own all recurring bookkeeping in QuickBooks - accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash receipts and disbursements, banking activity, credit cards, and general ledger maintenance.
• Record investment fundings, settlement receipts, fee income, and portfolio servicing activity accurately and on a timely basis.
• Maintain the chart of accounts and enforce consistent, well-documented coding across periods.
• Perform monthly bank, cash and inter-company reconciliations, including activity with affiliated entities.
• Process payroll entries and coordinate with the payroll provider.

Monthly and Annual Close

• Run a disciplined monthly close on a defined calendar, including accruals, prepaid amortization, interest accretion, and reserve entries.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly financial statements - balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows - with supporting schedules.
• Prepare and maintain audit-ready workpapers that tie the financial statements to underlying portfolio and general ledger detail.
• Support the annual audit as the primary internal point of contact: assemble PBC requests, respond to auditor questions, and resolve comments.
• Coordinate with the outside CPA firm on tax provision, K-1 support, and filings.

Portfolio Valuation and Performance Reporting

• Maintain the investment-level portfolio schedules covering open and settled positions, fundings, receipts, realized gains, and impairments.
• Prepare and maintain the valuation spreadsheets supporting carrying value of open deals, including mark-to-market and impairment analysis.
• Produce and update performance metrics - IRR, MOIC, loss ratios by vintage, and weighted-average duration.
• Reconcile portfolio subledger detail to the general ledger and to the financial statements every period.
• Build and maintain the monthly funding and receipts analysis used in forecasting and cash planning.

Reporting, Controls and Lender Support

• Produce the reporting package required under the company's institutional debt facility, including borrowing base, covenant compliance, and collateral schedules.
• Deliver monthly management reporting with variance analysis against budget and prior period.
• Support cash forecasting and capital deployment planning.
• Document accounting policies and internal control procedures; identify and implement process improvements as the business scales.
• Assist with lender diligence requests and data room population.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 7-10 years of progressive accounting experience, including full-cycle ownership of a general ledger and independent preparation of financial statements.
• Advanced Excel - comfortable building and auditing multi-tab models with lookups, pivot tables, and linked schedules from scratch. This is a genuine requirement, not a checkbox; spreadsheet work is a core part of the job and will be tested.
• Demonstrated experience as a self-starter in a small-company environment - able to operate without a large accounting department, established procedures, or daily direction.
• Meticulous attention to detail with an instinct to reconcile, tie out, and document.
• Clear written and verbal communication; able to explain results to non-accountants and to interface credibly with auditors and lenders.
• Sound judgment and discretion in handling confidential financial, investor, and case-level information.

Preferred

• CPA license (preferred, not required).
• Experience in litigation finance, specialty finance, private credit, factoring, fund accounting, or another investment-oriented business.
• Exposure to investment valuation, impairment analysis, or return metrics such as IRR and MOIC.
• Prior experience supporting an external audit or a lender reporting package.
• Familiarity with multi-entity or affiliated-company accounting.