Senior Accountant, Corporate Accounting - Washington, United States - Avature

Avature Washington, United States

2 weeks ago

Description

The Senior Accountant is primarily responsible for contributing to recording, reconciling and researching a wide variety of transactions and account balances in various Carlyle consolidated entities including but not limited to broker-dealers, joint ventures, investment holding companies, and other special purpose entities.

The senior accountant will prepare monthly and quarterly account reconciliations as directed, enter and review journal entries, and prepare ad-hoc analysis as requested by department leadership or other departments within the firm.

Further, the incumbent will be called upon to assist with quarterly and annual audits and reviews by responding to audit requests, preparing PBC deliverables, drafting financial statements, and assisting in walkthrough discussions and documentation.

In addition, the Senior Accountant will be expected to assist in developing processes and procedures to ensure that new or complex transactions are accounted for timely and accurately.

For example, the senior may be called upon to prepare entries and reconciliations or assist in establishing processes and procedures around new accounting standards, joint ventures, broker dealer, firm acquisitions, and/or cross-segment marketing and administrative service costs (read: external finder fees and transfer pricing/cross silo administrative charges).

The senior accountant will also be responsible for ongoing communication and reporting to inter- and intra-departmental leadership on such areas.

This position requires a foundation in basic accounting concepts (Accruals/Contingencies, Lease accounting for both US GAAP and IFRS reporting, Prepaid Expenses, Receivables, and Payables) in addition to a strong aptitude in information systems and data processing.

Information must be processed quickly and accurately, often in high volumes and on very tight schedules.

Further, this role will serve as a mentor and example to Staff Accountants and will be called upon to train and review the work of others in the Corporate Accounting department.

Substantially all responsibilities will involve Excel and PeopleSoft.

Essential attributes include attention to detail, a willingness to help train junior team members, and a desire to own processes and tasks as assigned.

Responsibilities

Daily and Monthly activities (50% of time):
Record, review and approve journal entries and account reconciliations prepared by staff accountants.

Record and reconcile transactions and balances in the general ledger for various areas, potentially including but not limited to cash activity, fixed assets, investment activity, acquisitions, and/or standards adoption.

Record and review entries and coordinate financial statement preparation for Carlyle's broker-dealer transactions while managing communications with the broker dealer and the compliance department.

Assist in identifying general ledger coding errors by reviewing general ledger detail for Carlyle operating entities. Assist the manager(s) with departmental
variance analysis and marshal staff to execute research and corrections.

Anticipate and manage issues as they arise, use judgement in determining course of action, and closely communicate with stakeholders to fulfil dependencies.

Special projects/transaction accounting (20% of time):

Assist in the implementation of processes and procedures related to the adoption of Accounting Standards Updates; for example, ASU , Leases (Topic 842) and train staff accountants on the same.

Assist in reviewing new transactions and arrangements to determine proper accounting and efficient processes and procedures for recording investments, earnouts, intangible assets, and other aspects.

Communicate those processes
and procedures to impacted teams.
Manage and deliver ad hoc reporting requests.
Quarterly and Annual activities (20% of time):

Prepare reports and analysis for auditors and Accounting leadership to satisfy audit and reporting requirements.
Enforce adherence to firm policies, SOX controls, service agreements and any other applicable controls or agreements.
Other functions (10% of time):

Provide regular mentoring, feedback, and perform performance reviews for the direct report(s).
Train newly hired staff accountants.

Liaise with Invoices Americas team to process and code corporate payments including consulting fees, office costs, legal fees and investment fundings.

Review coding on AP vouchers entered by EAs and others in Corporate APBUs.
Qualifications

Education & Certificates
Business- related degree (e.g. Finance, Economics, Business Administration) and relevant accounting experience is acceptable
CPA candidate preferred
Professional Experience

2-4 years of accounting experience in either public or industry accounting, required
Private Equity or Financial Services experience preferred
Supervisory experience preferred
Strong Microsoft Office skills – Advanced MS Excel preferred
Familiarity with Lease Accounting preferred
Experience with Oracle/PeopleSoft or another ERP system preferred
Excellent problem solving, analytical, and communication skills
Strong sense of ownership and accountability, must be comfortable working independently
Organized and efficient, able to prioritize and complete multiple simultaneous tasks, often on very quick deadlines
Strong attention to detail.

Due to the high volume of candidates, please be advised that only candidates selected to interview will be contacted by The Carlyle Group.

Company Information

The Carlyle Group (

NASDAQ:
CG) is a global investment firm with $426 billion of assets under management and more than half of the AUM managed by women, across 586 investment vehicles as of December 31, 2023.

Founded in 1987 in Washington, DC, Carlyle has grown into one of the world's largest and most successful investment firms, with more than 2,200 professionals operating in 28 offices in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.

Carlyle places an emphasis on development, retention and inclusion as supported by our internal processes and seven Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).

Carlyle's purpose is to invest wisely and create value on behalf of its investors, which range from public and private pension funds to wealthy individuals and families to sovereign wealth funds, unions and corporations.

Carlyle invests across three segments - Global Private Equity, Global Credit and Investment Solutions - and has expertise in various industries, including: aerospace, defense & government services, consumer & retail, energy, financial services, healthcare, industrial, real estate, technology & business services, telecommunications & media and transportation.

At Carlyle, we know that diverse teams perform better, so we seek to create a community where we continually exchange insights, embrace different perspectives and leverage diversity as a competitive advantage.

That is why we are committed to growing and cultivating teams that include people with a variety of perspectives, people who provide unique lenses through which to view potential deals, support and run our business.

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