Corporate Accountant; Investment Banking

Senior Corporate Accountant

The Senior Corporate Accountant will play a critical role within the Firm’s Corporate Accounting / Controllership function, with primary responsibility for ensuring balance sheet integrity, effective controls, and accurate financial reporting. This role focuses heavily on account reconciliations, lease and fixed asset accounting, substantiation governance, and month‑end close activities within a complex, regulated environment.

• Maintain the integrity of controls surrounding the general ledger and lease accounting systems
• Perform subledger‑to‑general ledger reconciliations and prepare variance analysis
• Own the reconciliation, substantiation, and reporting of key balance sheet accounts, including intercompany accounts, prepaids, leases, fixed assets, and escheatment
• Identify gaps in reconciliation processes and implement remediation and control enhancements

• Own the accounting, review, and reconciliation of the Firm’s lease portfolio
• Support lease accounting compliance and related disclosures
• Manage fixed asset accounting activities and reporting

• Monitor month‑end close activities and ensure accurate and logical presentation of balances at the SEC reporting level
• Prepare and distribute the Firm’s consolidated balance sheet
• Ensure timely and accurate production of financial statements and disclosures
• Coordinate updates to balance sheet substantiation policies and procedures and perform compliance reviews

• Monitor balance sheet account ownership, signoffs, and exposure
• Prepare certification analyses and communicate results to senior management
• Collaborate with offshore corporate accounting teams to manage deliverables and timelines
• Partner with global stakeholders to develop and maintain accounting policies and procedures
• Support ad hoc accounting requests, audits, and management inquiries as needed

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting (required)
• CPA preferred but not required
• 7+ years of accounting experience, including a blend of public accounting and private industry
• Strong balance sheet reconciliation and controls experience
• Experience with lease accounting and/or fixed assets strongly preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel required);
  People Soft experience is a plus
• Experience working in large, complex, or regulated organizations
• Ability to collaborate effectively with offshore and global teams

Associate

Contract

Accounting/Auditing and Finance

Banking, Investment Banking, and Financial Services

Location:

New York City Metropolitan Area
• Salary: $65,000.00–$85,000.00 (5 days ago)