Senior Accountant, Corporate Accounting
Carlyle
- Washington DC
- Permanent
- Full-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.
- Assist in the implementation of processes and procedures related to the adoption of Accounting Standards Updates; for example, ASU 2018-11, 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bachelors degree, required
- Business- related degree (e.g. Finance, Economics, Business Administration) and relevant accounting experience is acceptable
- CPA candidate preferred
- 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.