Accountant

Spectraforce Technologies; Newark (NJ); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectraforce Technologies seeks an Associate Manager in Newark, NJ (Hybrid) to support the Public Accounting Group. You will lead a team handling accounting, reporting, and analysis for domestic and international assets, including equity and fixed income, in USD and foreign currencies.

You will oversee monthly closes, reconcile PAM/Oracle data, and collaborate across Finance, Tax, and Legal to drive accuracy and internal controls.

Qualifications

• Supervise and coach accounting staff
• Ensure GAAP and internal controls compliance
• Support monthly/quarterly closes and reporting
• Coordinate internal/external audits and SOX controls
• Manage reconciliation and data integrity in PAM/Oracle

Responsibilities

• Direct supervision of team members including career coaching and evaluation
• Identify, implement, and perform key controls to improve upon existing processes
• Provide support, as needed, to business partners for resolution and completion of ad-hoc requests
• Participate in internal and external audits of our SOX Key Controls
• Thorough understanding of accounting related to investment activity in the PAM subledger system to ensure balances are in accordance with GAAP & STAT principles
• Responsible for ensuring trade activity reflected accurately in the PAM accounting system
• Review of manual accounting entries to ensure Oracle general ledger is accurate
• Review of monthly requests for our various business partners across the company, including international subsidiaries
• Working with our Systems team on enhancements to the subledger system
• Utilize various applications such as PAM, MS Excel, Cognos reports, etc. to facilitate ad-hoc analytical / information inquiries
• Independently prioritize and lead various project work.

Skills

Leadership

Accounting

GAAP

SOX

Financial analysis

Oracle

PAM

Excel

Cognos

Tools

Oracle

PAM

Cognos

Job description

Job Title: Accountant

Duration: 12 months

Location: Newark, NJ (Hybrid)

Job Description

This position is for an Associate Manager within our client, supporting the Public Accounting Group. As an Associate Manager, you will perform a variety of investment support functions, including accounting, reporting, and analysis for both domestic and international businesses. You will work with multiple asset classes, such as equity, fixed income, and asset backed securities in both foreign and USD currencies.

This role provides exposure to many areas of our client including the client's business divisions, Treasury, Finance, Tax, and Legal. Working closely with these teams, you will support the monthly and quarterly close process as well as Enterprise initiatives. The Associate Manager role includes oversight of the reconciliation of data in the accounting system, PAM and the ledger system, Oracle. Associate Managers also regularly collaborate with business partners of various levels and must be able to effectively leverage investment knowledge, analytical skills, strong work ethic, and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Direct supervision of team members including career coaching and evaluation
• Identify, implement, and perform key controls to improve upon existing processes.
• Provide support, as needed, to business partners for resolution and completion of ad-hoc requests.
• Participate in internal and external audits of our SOX Key Controls.
• Thorough understanding of accounting related to investment activity in the PAM subledger system to ensure balances are in accordance with GAAP & STAT principles.
• Responsible for ensuring trade activity reflected accurately in the PAM accounting system.
• Review of manual accounting entries to ensure Oracle general ledger is accurate.
• Review of monthly requests for our various business partners across the company, including international subsidiaries
• Working with our Systems team on enhancements to the subledger system.
• Utilize various applications such as PAM, MS Excel, Cognos reports, etc. to facilitate ad-hoc analytical / information inquiries.
• Independently prioritize and lead various project work.