Senior Associate, Family Office CFO & Accounting Services

Overview

This role provides accounting, financial reporting, and outsourced CFO support to family office clients, high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and related investment, holding, and operating entities.

The Senior Associate will manage day-to-day accounting activities, maintain accurate financial records, prepare financial reports, and support cash management, budgeting, and financial planning. The position involves working directly with clients and coordinating with internal teams and external advisors (including tax professionals, investment managers, and other service providers).

Responsibilities

• Accounting & Financial Reporting: Manage day-to-day and full-cycle accounting for family office clients and related entities, including trusts, investment holding companies, LLCs, partnerships, and operating businesses.
• Financial Statements & Reporting: Prepare and maintain accurate financial statements, balance sheets, income statements, cash flow reports, consolidated financial summaries, investment reports, and supporting schedules across multiple accounts and entities.
• Personal Wealth & Business Accounting: Support accounting and financial reporting for clients’ personal wealth and financial affairs, as well as related family operating businesses and entities.
• Investment Tracking, Valuation & Accounting: Track investment activity and valuations; maintain records of holdings, partnership interests, capital contributions and distributions, and other investment-related transactions in coordination with investment managers and custodians.
• Investment Documentation: Review and interpret subscription documents, capital account statements, and other investment-related documentation to ensure accurate recording and reporting.
• Reconciliations & Entity Accounting: Perform reconciliations across bank and brokerage accounts, investment accounts, general ledger balances, and related entities; investigate and resolve discrepancies and maintain accurate intercompany records.
• Cash Management: Monitor cash balances, track liquidity needs, coordinate cash transfers and payments, and assist with cash flow forecasting and liquidity planning.
• Budgeting & Financial Analysis: Support budgets, forecasts, variance analyses, and other financial analyses to provide insight into spending, cash flow, investment activity, and overall performance.
• Tax Awareness & Advisor Coordination: Understand how transactions, investments, and entity structures may affect clients’ tax positions and reporting requirements. Coordinate with outside tax advisors and internal tax professionals on tax planning, estimated payments, and year-end reporting (tax return preparation is not required).
• Client Service & Professional Coordination: Serve as a day-to-day point of contact for assigned clients; respond to financial inquiries and coordinate with auditors, investment managers, outside tax advisors, and other professional advisors.
• Confidentiality & Professionalism: Maintain a high degree of discretion and professionalism when handling confidential personal, financial, investment, and business information.
• Process Improvement, Systems & Special Projects: Identify opportunities to improve accounting workflows, reporting processes, financial controls, and technology utilization; support technology implementations, special projects, and financial analyses as requested.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required.
• Experience: 3–6+ years of accounting, financial reporting, or outsourced accounting experience. Experience supporting family offices, high-net-worth individuals, personal wealth, trusts, and/or family-owned businesses is preferred.
• Accounting & Reporting: Experience with full-cycle accounting, financial statement preparation, general ledger maintenance, month-end close, and reconciliations across multiple accounts and entities.
• Investment & Entity Knowledge: Familiarity with investment accounting, investment tracking and valuation, partnership interests, capital contributions and distributions, subscription documents, and capital account statements. Experience with both personal wealth accounting and corporate accounting is preferred.
• Tax Knowledge: Working knowledge of how investment activity, financial transactions, and entity structures can affect an individual’s or family’s tax position. Tax return preparation is not required; experience coordinating with tax advisors is a plus.
• Software & Technology: QuickBooks Online required; strong Microsoft Excel and Word skills. Familiarity with Masttro is preferred; experience with other investment reporting, wealth management, or financial planning platforms is a plus.
• Additional Qualifications: Strong attention to detail, organization, communication, and client service skills. Must exercise discretion and professionalism when handling highly confidential financial information. Experience supporting accounting or technology system implementations is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting family offices, high-net-worth individuals, personal wealth, trusts, and/or family-owned businesses.
• Experience with both personal wealth accounting and corporate accounting.
• Familiarity with Masttro.
• Experience with other investment reporting, wealth management, or financial planning platforms.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary: $70,000 to $100,000 (based on experience and location)
• Bonus: Eligibility for a discretionary performance bonus
• Benefits:
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance (employee-only premiums are paid at 100%)
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan
  • Unlimited paid time off policy
  • Hybrid work flexibility

Location

Open to exceptional talent nationwide, with a strong preference for candidates located in or near core markets: New York, Dallas, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.

Equal Opportunity

The employer is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. No discrimination based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.