Staff Accountant

Staff Accountant | Financial Services | Miami, FL

Our client, a privately held financial services firm in the Miami area, is hiring a Staff Accountant to join a small finance team. The environment is steady and professional, with leadership that gives people room to do their work. The right candidate is proactive, responsive, and comfortable suggesting better ways to organize the department.

What you will do

• Prepare journal entries and monthly bank and trading reconciliations
• Support the preparation of regulatory financial reports and related schedules
• Handle month-end close tasks and maintain fixed asset, prepaid, and accrual schedules
• Monitor accounts payable and outstanding balances, and review that payments are coded correctly
• Help with budgets, forecasts, and quarterly consolidating schedules
• Work with outside auditors as the year-end audit approaches
• Take on special projects and a bit of everything else, as a small team requires

What you bring

• 3+ years of accounting experience, including general ledger work and journal entries
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
• Experience in broker dealer or financial services accounting is strongly preferred. A candidate with solid regulatory exposure is a plus
• QuickBooks experience

The details

• Discretionary performance bonus
• Employer 401k match after one year
• Paid time off that increases with tenure, plus market holidays
• Medical, dental, vision, and life and disability coverage

This is a good fit for an experienced accountant who wants meaningful work without a high-pressure environment, and a team that tends to keep people for a long time.