Private Equity Accountant, Senior Associate, Associate Manager and Manager (NY / NJ)

Our Client is looking for highly motivated Private Equity Accountants with outstanding skills in the fund administration arena for their Union County, NJ and New York offices.

Responsibilities Include:

  • Maintain all financial data in the investment database
  • Post all journal entries and prepare monthly trial balance reports
  • Reconcile all cash received from investors and investments
  • Reconcile bank accounts
  • Calculate capital calls and distributions
  • Allocate income to partners in accordance with terms of partnership agreements
  • Prepare and issue quarterly financial statements, in accordance with US GAAP for each entity
  • Maintain and update investment data (number of shares, location of securities, country of origin)
  • Interact with clients and provide information as needed

Skills and Knowledge Required:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Economics
  • CPA and/or MBA are strong pluses
  • 2+ years related experience in fund accounting preferably within the Private Equity field
  • Strong knowledge of Bloomberg, financial reporting and financial products (ie: equities, futures, fixed income)
  • Proven ability to work as part of a team
  • Excellent client relationship management skills
  • Prior experience training, delegating tasks, and reviewing work is a plus
  • Ability to work in a fast paced environment
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Must be able to interact with

Location: New York / Union County, NJ

Salary: Up to $75K plus bonus

 

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Valuation Manager – International Bilingual: Japanese – Intangible Assets (NYC)

Responsibilities:

  • Manage and deliver business and intangible valuations for mergers and acquisitions, financial reporting, tax and regulatory compliance, restructuring and reorganization, corporate services and management planning purposes
  • Design the scope of work for engagements, oversee day-to-day activities, assume responsibility for quality control and accuracy of client deliverables, and effectively manage risk associated with engagements
  • Build, maintain, and enhance client relationships
  • Perform reviews of third party appraisals for audit support purposes
  • Supervise and mentor staff; provide timely and effective performance feedback and training
  • Assist in business development efforts; collaborate with other branches to build cross-functional relationships

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics, or business from an accredited college/university;
  • A minimum of five years of financial advisory and valuation experience within a business valuation firm or valuation practice of an audit, tax and advisory firm with a strong finance and/or accounting background
  • ABV credentials a plus
  • Significant experience with valuations of business entities and intangible assets, purchase price allocations, analyzing goodwill and long lived asset impairment, supporting a company’s value for bidding or asking price plans, litigation support, and financial analysis and research
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, solid analytical and financial modeling skills, the ability to work well in a team environment and a commitment to mentoring and developing staff
  • Demonstrated ability to oversee multiple valuation engagements and manage client relationships

 

*** Japanese Fluency a must

 

Location: NYC

Salary: $110K range Plus Quarterly & Year End Bonus

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Sr. Associate – Alternative Investment Valuations (NYC / Los Angeles)

Responsibilities:

  • Assist in the preparation of valuations mainly consisting of a alternative investment activities.
  • Build new and maintain existing financial models including but not limited to discounted cash flow, leveraged buyout, trading comparables, transaction comparables, and allocation models
  • Analysis on financial and economic data.
  • Preparation of of reports and presentations

Qualifications:

  • Bachelors Degree in Finance or similar.
  • 3+ years of experience in investment banking, private equity, hedge funds, valuation, financial statement analysis, quantitative analysis, statistical sampling and econometrics, fixed income, and/or capital markets.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

 

Location: NYC / Los Angeles

Salary: Competitive Base * Plus Bonus Package

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Senior Tax Associate / Manager – New England Locations

Our client, a leading advisory firm is seeking experienced Tax Mangers to join their New England teams.

The position required high energy, experienced audit professional with strong interpersonal and supervisory skills.

 

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Interact closely with clients to provide innovative individual and business tax planning, consulting and compliance services in a timely and effective manner
  • Specialization and experience in both individual  and business tax returns, with concentration in flow through entities
  • Ensure complete client satisfaction through open communication, managing deadlines and proactively sharing tax savings strategies
  • Provide proper representation with taxing authorities for clients under federal or state examination. Possess strong writing skills for responding to problem resolutions for tax notices
  • Work closely with Partners, Directors, Senior Managers and staff on client management, professional development and business development activities
  • Supervise, develop, train and mentor staff including performance and engagement reviews
  • Be involved in practice development efforts of the firm
  • Provide on the job training to subordinates
  • Assist partners with preparation of engagement budgets and staff performance reviews
  • Review staff work product and ensure firm processes and quality control procedures are being executed
  • Attend professional development and continuing education sessions on a regular basis
  • Communicate engagement needs to the client
  • Recognizes extended services opportunities
  • Keep current on professional announcements
  • Proactively participates in professional development opportunities, i.e. Mentoring Program
  • Present on a technical topic(s) for level training
  • Cultivate effective relationships with client and staff
  • Creative positive impression with client by exhibiting professional competency and ability

 

REQUIREMENTS:

  •  Bachelors degree in Accounting or similar required; Masters in Taxation degree of LLM in Taxation a plus
  • CPA required
  • 5+ year public accounting tax experience
  • Strong technical skills pertaining to tax preparation and review, tax compliance, agency correspondence and tax research
  • Ability to problem solve and think both creatively and logically
  • Excellent analytical, organizational, written and verbal communication skills
  • Must have outstanding work ethic, willing to role up sleeves work attitude
  • A demonstrated ability to self-direct and effectively organize, prioritize and manage multiple engagements under tight deadlines
  • Outstanding leadership, mentoring and interpersonal skills fostering client and staff relationships
  • Thorough understanding of complex tax issues
  • Decisive ability to identify and execute solutions to problems
  • Ability to attract and develop profitable, sustainable client relationships

 

H-1B applicants welcome.

 

Location: New England locations in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Boston,MA, and Portland, ME

Salary: Highly Competitive

 

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VP Financial Reporting (San Francisco, CA)

 

VP will be involved in many aspects of financial valuation and advisory services to a variety of clientele. Specifically, they will report to upper management of the firm’s transaction and advisory practice, and will conduct sell-side and buy-side M&A activities and solvency opinion services. In addition, they will be responsible for advisory and valuation engagements to analyze potential liquidity options available to middle-market companies.

This is a flat organization with great visibility.  Management is very responsive to their employees, and  has created an ideal  platform for upward mobility.  Superior working environment.

Requirements:

  • Bachelors Degree in Finance, Business Administration or another related field is required. Masters Degree (MBA) and/or CFA Designation (or CFA candidate) preferred.
  • Minimum 7-10  years  experience, preferably at a valuation or accounting firm. Must have background/exposure with financial reporting, accounting and valuation issues, as well as  financial modeling.
  • Direct current experience in ASC 350/805  (Goodwill Impairment) a must.
  • Background in generating financial valuation modeling utilizing standard methodology practices, as well as common stock option valuations experience under 409A.  Prior ASC 718 experience is ideal, as the majority of the work will be working on these engagements.
  • Strong writing and presentation skills; experience preparing and reviewing valuation reports.
  • Strong technical skills including MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills
  • Strong proficiency with on-line databases (Capital IQ) and Internet research of company specific, industry and economic analysis

 

 

Location:  San Francisco, CA

Base salary: Competitive Base Salary + Generous Quarterly Bonus  and Year-End Bonus

 

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Valuation Analyst – Financial Reporting (San Francisco, CA)

Our client is a top rated independent valuation practice.

This candidate should have concentrated financial reporting valuation experience and strong experience with fairness/solvency opinions.  This would include Equity valuations, Purchase price allocations, Goodwill impairments, Solvency opinions, and Equity Allocations (Option Pricing Models).

The Valuation Analyst will be involved in many aspects of financial valuation and advisory services to a variety of clientele. Specifically, they will report to upper management of the firm’s transaction and advisory practice, and will conduct sell-side and buy-side M&A activities and solvency opinion services.  In addition they will be responsible for advisory and valuation engagements to analyze potential liquidity options available to middle-market companies.

This is a flat organization with great visibility.  Management is very responsive to their employees, and  has created an ideal  platform for upward mobility.  Superior working environment.

Requirements:

Bachelors Degree in Finance, Business Administration or another related field is required. Masters Degree and/or CFA Designation (or CFA candidate) preferred.

Up to 5 years  experience, preferably at a valuation or accounting firm, OR a minimum 1 – 2 years working experience within an investment banking, asset management or economic/financial consulting firm.

Must have background/exposure with financial reporting, accounting and valuation issues, as well as  financial modeling.

Direct current experience in ASC 350/805  (Goodwill Impairment) a must.

Background in generating financial valuation modeling utilizing standard methodology practices, as well as common stock option valuations experience under 409A.

Strong writing and presentation skills; experience preparing and reviewing valuation reports.

Strong technical skills including MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills

Strong proficiency with on-line databases (Capital IQ) and Internet research of company specific, industry and economic analysis

 

Location:  San Francisco, CA

Base salary: Up to $100K  based upon experience + Quarterly Bonus and Year-End Bonus

 

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Tax Manager – Florida (Statewide)

Our client is seeking Tax mangers for their Florida locations. Ideal candidate will be experienced in delivering partnership tax compliance and advisory services including for investment partnerships and carry partnerships. A professional services background is preferred.

Responsibilities:

  • A track record of delivering quality work for clients; demonstrating an understanding of the client’s business and relevant professional standards and maintaining excellent client relationships
  • An ability to plan and deliver work against tight deadlines, managing client expectations and team work schedules
  • A track record of providing meaningful feedback to coach, mentor, and help others improve and take ownership of their personal development
  • An ability to take advantage of new opportunities for learning, sharing new knowledge; being intellectually agile and able to think creatively
  • Demonstrated ability to provide leadership and direction within a team, a positive enthusiastic manner
  • A proven ability to use the provision of compliance services as an opportunity to identify further relevant issues and identify new opportunities
  • Ability to work closely with the Partners and Directors in building all aspects of our business.
  • Creative problem solving including ability to identify, recommend and implement solutions using multiple sources of information for tax related client issues
  • Good risk awareness skills in challenging, interrogating and interpreting data.
  • Ability to review and develop lesser experienced staff in the areas of client engagement and applied technical knowledge with real estate clients and multi-entity structures.
  • Ability to analyze and review tax implications of acquisitions, dispositions, and redevelopment of real estate.
  • Desire to serve as the primary engagement manager with economic responsibilities for billing, realization, and collections

 

Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or similar. MBA preferred

CPA or Bar license required

7-10 years of recent, related tax experience in public accounting.
Experience with partnership tax

Experience with clients in private equity, real estate and/or construction client a plus

 

Location: Florida locations 
Salary: Highly Competitive Base Plus Bonus

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Financial Analyst – Financial Reporting Valuation (Milwaukee, WI)

Our client is a top rated independent financial advisory & valuation practice expanding their Milwaukee office.

The Financial Analyst will primarily perform primarily perform valuations for purchase price
allocation, impairment testing purposes, and stock compensation expense.

Excellent opportunity to work on top deals and gain key industry contacts gaining exposure to a wide range of valuation assignments involving both private and public companies. This is a flat organization with great visibility.  Management is very responsive to their employees, and  has created an ideal  platform for upward mobility.  Superior working environment.

 

Responsibilities:

  • Analyze competitive industry dynamics and financial conditions of peer companies, evaluate business plans, adjust financial statements, and build cost allocation models
  • Conduct research on client, competitors, industry, and capital markets, including market multiples, comparable ratios, and credit spreads.
  • Participate in due diligence activities on pending M&A transactions, public-company purchase price allocations, goodwill impairment measurement, international restructurings and private-company fairness opinions
  • Assist in report preparation, proposals and executive presentations
  • Research comparable publicly-traded companies
  • Gather and document pertinent data obtained through client interaction. .
  • Perform valuation analyses on companies and their securities across a wide range of industries using relevant qualitative information gathered and through the application of proprietary quantitative valuation models.
  • Assist in preparing formal client reports.

Requirements:

1-3 years work experience at a valuation firm or public accounting firm.

Undergraduate BS or BA, or a Graduate MS or MBA degree in Finance from top college. Any coursework in valuation or securities analysis a plus.

Must have CFA or be in the process of obtaining it.

Advanced, working knowledge of Excel and Word.

Strong oral and written communication skills and superior analytical capabilities are essential.

Self starter and ability to master new tasks quickly.

Ability to work on multiple assignments, prioritize tasks, and handle dynamic, time-sensitive engagements in a team setting.

Strong work ethic and ability to work flexible hours around critical due dates.

 

*Applicants must have unrestricted authorization to work for any employer in the U.S.

 

Location: Milwaukee, WI

Salary: Very Competitive + Bonus package

 

 

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Senior Real Estate Tax Manager (NYC)

Responsibilities

  • Review real estate partnership/corporate returns.
  • Manage compliance engagements, from budgeting to scheduling to managing staff.
  • Experience in working with REITs.
  • Perform research and draft memoranda on real estate issues.
  • Train and supervise staff, review and evaluate their work.
  • Make suggestions to help improve efficiencies, within department and on engagements.
  • Build new and existing client relationships and demonstrate interest and knowledge of client’s business.

Qualifications

  • Bachelors Degree in Finance, Accounting, or similar. Masters degree in Taxation is preferred.
  • CPA required.
  • 10-15 years of experience specifically handling real estate partnerships with some experience handling REITs and corporate structures involving real estate.
  • Candidate should be able to demonstrate strong Subchapter K (partnership) skills.
  • Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written).
  • Ability to manage client relationships.
  • Ability to plan for and oversee the timely completion of engagements.
  • Very good training skills and the ability to supervise large engagements.
  • Excellent judgment and the ability to work independently.

 

Location: NYC 

Base salary: Highly Competitive  based upon experience +Generous Bonus Package

 

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Real Estate Tax Supervisor (NYC)

Responsibilities

  • Prepare and review real estate partnership/corporate returns.
  • Manage compliance engagements, from budgeting to scheduling to managing staff.
  • Experience in working with REITs.
  • Perform research and draft memoranda on real estate issues.
  • Train and supervise staff, review and evaluate their work.
  • Make suggestions to help improve efficiencies, within department and on engagements.
  • Build new and existing client relationships and demonstrate interest and knowledge of clients’ businesses.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance or similar, CPA preferred.
  • 3-5 years of experience specifically handling real estate partnerships with some experience handling individual and trust tax returns
  • Good communication skills (both verbal and writing skills) and the ability to communicate effectively with clients, managers and partners
  • Good judgement and the ability to work independently

Location: NYC

Salary: Competitive Base + Bonus Package

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