Accounting Associate, Corporate Finance

Perella Weinberg Partners; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Perella Weinberg Partners in Houston seeks a Senior Accountant for its Corporate Finance team. The role requires strong communication, advanced Excel and Word, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with attention to detail.

The successful candidate will perform full-cycle accounting for US and international entities, support month-end close, variance analysis, intercompany reconciliations, and assist in treasury and budget activities.

Qualifications

• CPA required or equivalent.
• Public accounting audit/assurance experience or comparable industry experience (3–5 years).
• Experience supervising and/or mentoring staff accountants.
• Advanced experience with MS Office, especially Excel.
• Workday experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Perform day to day full cycle accounting, including month-end close, journal entries and reconciliations for US and international entities.
• Collaborate with peers on the month end process, including expense allocations at divisional and entity level.
• Perform monthly variance analysis over parent holding company and/or operating entities.
• Execute on the accounting and reconciliation process for cash, receivables, compensation, accruals, prepaids, investments, fixed assets, leases, debt and shared expense allocations.
• Assist with the preparation of financial reporting footnote schedules and tax requests on a quarterly and annual basis.
• Assist the Director in local accounting adjustments for United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, and France.
• Assist the Controller in firmwide treasury operations including planning, investing, controls and forecasting.
• Assist the Controller and Head of Financial Planning & Business Ops with budget and forecasting requests.
• Responsible for intercompany reconciliations and allocations analysis.
• Document technical accounting memos on an as needed basis.
• Assist with the firm’s monthly management reports, specifically perform ad hoc expense analysis for various business units.
• Interact with external and internal auditors, respond to audit inquiries, and assist in quarterly reviews and annual audits.
• Ensure compliance with Internal Control framework and participate in implementing and enhancing our financial system, as needed.

Skills

CPA

Advanced MS Excel

Tools

Workday

Job description

Perella Weinberg Partners(“PWP”) is seeking a Senior Accountant for its Corporate Finance department in Houston. The ideal candidate should have prior experience, outstanding verbal and written communication skills, strong proficiency in Word, PowerPoint and Excel, as well as the ability to work in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment with strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities to include, but not limited to:Perform day to day full cycle accounting, including month-end close, journal entries and reconciliations for overall PWP group (US and international)

• Collaborate with peers on the month end financial process, including expense allocations at the divisional and entity level

• Perform monthly variance analysis over parent holding company and/or operating entities

• Execute on the accounting and reconciliation process for areas including but not limited to: cash, receivables, compensation, accruals, prepaids, investments, fixed assets, leases, debt and shared expense allocations

• Assist with the preparation of financial reporting footnote schedules and tax requests on a quarterly and annual basis

• Assist the Director in local accounting adjustments for United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, and France

• Assist the Controller in firmwide treasury operations including planning, investing, controls and forecasting

• Assist the Controller and Head of Financial Planning & Business Ops with budget and forecasting requests

• Responsible for intercompany reconciliations and allocations analysis

• Document technical accounting memos on an as needed basis

• Assist with the firm’s monthly management reports, specifically perform ad hoc expense analysis for various business units

• Interact with external and internal auditors, respond to audit inquiries, and assist in quarterly reviews and annual audits

• Ensure compliance with Internal Control framework and participate in implementing and enhancing our financial system, as needed

Desired Skills and Background:

• CPA

• Public accounting audit/assurance experience or comparable industry experience (3-5 years)

• Experience supervising and/or mentoring staff accountants

• Advanced experience with MS Office, especially Excel

• Workday experience a plus

• Fast learner, eager to adopt new tools and technologies (including AI tools such as Claude), and comfortable adapting to new processes in a fast‑paced, constantly evolving environment

• Extremely organized and detail‑oriented, growth oriented

• Self‑starter with the ability to work under little or no supervision with a strong desire to excel

The annualized base salaryfor this position is$100,000 - $120,000

The annualized base salary range represents low and high ends of the base pay range for this position. The specific base salary an employee in this job classification receives depends on a number of factors, including but not limited to, geographic work location, prior employment history/experience, job‑related knowledge, qualifications and skills, etc.

Base pay is just one component of PWP’s total compensation package that may be available to employees. Depending on the position and other factors, other rewards may also include discretionary bonuses, Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), paid time off, and many other benefits, subject to applicable eligibility criteria and Firm policies.

PWP is an Equal Opportunity Employer