Accounting Analyst

Company Description

Matter Family Office is a multi-family office focused on helping families thrive for generations through three distinct service offerings:
Investment Management, Wealth Planning and Coordination, and Family Culture and Learning. Matter serves clients nationwide from our offices in St. Louis, Denver, and Dallas. We have been privately owned for 34 years and recently brought on a long-term capital partner (BW Forsyth Partners) to accelerate growth.

Matter associates blend a dynamic mix of disciplines and perspectives with the technical skills and expertise to tackle complex financial challenges in innovative ways. We thrive in an energetic, collaborative, supportive environment. Our culture blends accountability and trust with optimism and fun. We lead with integrity, approach our work intentionally, and build meaningful relationships with Matter families and each other.

Do you enjoy preparing your own taxes? Are you overly organized with your personal finances, including budgeting, bill pay, and portfolio management? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, high-volume, deadline-driven work environment? Matter Family Office is looking for an Accounting professional with these qualities who is interested in joining our growing firm.

The Accounting Analyst is an integral part of our team, working side by side with internal team members, client vendors, and external legal, financial, and tax professionals. This role is primarily responsible for tracking and analyzing large amounts of financial data, executing AP/AR/Payroll, and reporting on a variety of bank and brokerage accounts and complex financial investments to fulfill monthly, quarterly, and annual tax-related deadlines.

This includes duties such as:

• Perform daily tasks that include but are not limited to: data entry, record keeping, and client, client team, and third-party follow-up.
• Maintain entries into Quick Books Online and our performance reporting software, reflecting appropriate categorization of details as well as documenting pertinent backup.
• Generate monthly, quarterly, annual and ad hoc P&L, Balance Sheet, and miscellaneous reports for individuals and entities.
• Manage client bill pay requests, utilizing  to ensure timely and accurate payments.
• Establish new bill pay accounts, including auto payment set up and monitoring activity for error mitigation.
• Bank account reconciliation, including statement retrieval and preservation of the filing cabinet integrity.
• Enter and track changes to client net worth statements, utilizing reporting software.
• Analyze large amounts of data while verifying accuracy, correcting as necessary, and purging files to eliminate duplication.
• Assist in client meeting preparation and follow-up by issuing reports and ensuring relevant tasks are completed.
• Perform complex cash flow and financial planning analyses.
• Coordinate with third parties including vendors, bank representatives, accountants, etc.
• Manage payroll for client's household employees, entity employees, and independent contractors.
• Prepare and distribute 1099, 1098, 1096, and other related tax forms.
• Complete special projects as requested.

• You Embrace Evolution: You are able to manage changing priorities, willing to look for solutions beyond the conventional, and committed to applying new concepts to your work while learning from past experiences.
• You Communicate to Connect: You have the courage, confidence, and skill to communicate internally and externally regardless of the audience.
• You Collaborate with Purpose: You invite others’ opinions into your decision-making processes, and you commit to the team approach, balancing the value you can add with others’ contributions.
• You Prioritize to GSD (Get Stuff Done): You work well under pressure, can balance different projects and demands at the same time, and are adept at managing deadlines, “managing up,” and working with others to prioritize the most urgent and important actions to complete.
• You Are All In: You demonstrate, in words and actions, enthusiasm and passion for Matter’s defining purpose, values, and the vision we share.
• You’re Proactive: You like to identify what…