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Expense Accounting – Associate
| Company | Blackstone |
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| Location | New York, NY, USA |
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| Salary | $105000 – $150000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Mid Level |
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Requirements
- 2+ years of relevant experience in public accounting or a corporate accounting function at a financial services firm
- Undergraduate degree in Accounting
- Strong technical, analytical & interpersonal skills are required
- Superior Excel and PowerPoint skills are required
- Attention to detail, ability to multi-task, and accountability are critical
- Motivated, enthusiastic, can-do attitude and results-oriented individual with a real sense of urgency and commitment
- Quick learner and able to quickly turn around ad-hoc requests
- Interest in process optimization and identifying opportunities for creating efficiencies, and comfort level with speaking up to communicate them
Responsibilities
- Assist in the accounting and reporting for all of the Firm’s support groups and the other tasks included in accounting for our administrative/overhead entity
- Drive month-end activities including posting month end journals, GL to sub-ledger reconciliations, work papers, balance sheet and P&L analysis, allocations and standard accounting close tasks
- Leveraging reporting systems (e.g., Essbase, Sigma) and other reporting tools to support ad hoc requests
- Lead projects that improve controls, processes and system enhancements
- Support Blackstone’s broker dealer, including deal driven revenue accounting, expenses, reconciliations, regulatory filings, and annual financial statements
- Occupancy related costs accounting and analysis
- Fixed asset accounting
- Coordination with internal and external auditors
- Management of expense forecasting and budgeting
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance
- Balance Sheet: Reconciliations and relevant journal entries, Intercompany Reconciliation and Settlement of outstanding balances, Balance Sheet review and ownership of relevant accounts
- Income Statement: Trend analysis, Business by business review of Overhead allocations
Preferred Qualifications
- Audit experience preferred
- CPA licensure as well as SEC reporting and Financial Services industry experience a plus
- Broker Dealer accounting experience/familiarity a plus
- Series 99 License a plus; licensing ultimately required
- Experience with Oracle general ledger, Insight/Hubble Software or Essbase a plus
- Experience with Data Visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Sigma) also a plus
