Senior Investment Accountant

Xplora Search Group; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services company seeks a Senior Accountant to lead investment administration, primarily focusing on endowed and non-endowed investment reconciliation. The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of relevant experience, a BA/BS degree, and strong analytical and organizational skills. This full-time position offers a salary range of $75,000 to $100,000 annually and is located in Philadelphia.

Qualifications

• Education - BA/BS or equivalent experience required.
• 3+ years of progressively advancing experience in finance, accounting or related fields.
• Experience working with investment and/or accounting for investments.

Responsibilities

• Leads investment administration and supports endowed and non-endowed investments.
• Posts entries and completes reconciliations for assigned investment accounts.
• Supports client services managers including monthly and quarterly investment reconciliations.

Skills

Analytic skills

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Leadership

Self-direction

Education

BA/BS in Finance or Accounting

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

Database management tools

Job description

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The Senior Accountant leads investment administration and supports endowed and non-endowed investments for the Investments, Gifts, and Triage. This position primarily works on endowed and non-endowed investment reconciliation and investment fund administration, including support for efforts to improve and automate those functions so they can achieve greater scale. This position will work closely with other finance colleagues, specifically those dedicated to treasury and gift administration. Other projects may be assigned from time to time.

PRIMARY JOB FUNCTIONS:

• As part of the monthly close process, post entries and complete reconciliations for assigned investment accounts and calculate and post entries for standard and non-standard gift and admin fees for non-endowed funds, performing research as needed to ensure accuracy. (40%)
• Support client services managers for entities related to the business as supporting organizations and/or on a fee-for-service basis, including monthly and quarterly investment reconciliations and other ad-hoc reporting, as requested. (15%)
• On an ongoing basis, maintain a list of all bank information including updates on authorized signers, adding and removing authorized signers, as needed. (10%)
• Complete investment rollforward on a quarterly basis and as part of the annual audit. (10%)
• Perform monthly analysis of balance sheet and income statement activities on funds identifying funds that require additional review and follow-up. (5%)
• Participate in the quarterly fund statement process, reviewing fund activity for accuracy and completeness and confirming that investment entries have been completed prior to the start of this process each quarter. (5%)
• Perform annual spending policy calculations, drafting related journal entries to adjust amounts available to spend on endowment funds and drafting entries to reinvest funds as requested by the donor. (5%)
• Create and maintain investment-related schedules for the annual audit. (5%)
• Perform other duties as assigned. (5%)

MINIMUM SKILLS/EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Education - BA/BS or equivalent experience required
• 3+ years of progressively advancing experience in finance, accounting or related fields
• Experience working with investment and/or accounting for investments
• Excellent analytic and organizational skills
• Strong interpersonal, management, written, leadership and oral communications skills
• Ability to be self-directed with a competitive, results orientation
• A capacity for strategic thinking, problem solving and consensus building
• Demonstrated commitment to collaboration, teamwork and personal growth
• Computer skills - excels with database, Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing

• Industries

  Financial Services, Banking, and Investment Banking

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