Senior Accountant

Beacon Platform · New York City, NY

Company

Beacon Platform

Location

New York City, NY

Type

Full Time

Job Description

Beacon Platform was founded in 2014 by Kirat Singh and Mark Higgins, industry leaders in building and designing enterprise-scale trading, analytics, and risk management platforms. Our products enable financial institutions of all sizes to operationalize front-office development at enterprise scale on the cloud. The Platform consists of Beacon Front Office Suite for cross-asset management of trades, positions and risk, and Beacon Core, an integrated development and operating platform that enables quants and software engineers to collaboratively develop and continuously deploy business solutions. Beacon’s open architecture and transparent source-code model empower clients to achieve their business goals while maintaining unparalleled ownership of the full technology stack.


DUTIES: Responsible for performing the day-to-day processing and maintaining of the general accounting including month-end close.  Specific responsibilities include:

  • Perform various accounting duties throughout the month, including preparing journal entries, reconciliations, reports, in areas that are generally more complex in nature and requires a more advanced understanding and application of accounting principles and financial analysis.
  • Provide financial information to management by researching and analyzing accounting data and preparing reports.
  • Help evaluate, recommend, implement, and document new financial accounting policies, procedures, financial systems, and controls.
  • Assist with annual financial statement audit.
  • Assist the team to prepare reports for multiple stakeholders (internal and external).
  • Provide support to finance management and internal customers as needs arise, including ad-hoc projects.
  • Global consolidation.
  • Manage subsidiaries’ financial operations. 


Minimum requirements: 

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting. CPA or CPA candidate preferred.
  • 5+ years of combination of public accounting/industry experience with emphasis on general accounting experience.
  • Experience with working with external auditors.
  • Strong knowledge of GAAP
  • Strong accounting/analytical skills and attention to detail.
  • Ability to multi-task and prioritize competing priorities.
  • Self-motivated.
  • Strong practical knowledge in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft office solutions.
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Comfortable prioritizing multiple work streams across daily responsibilities and long-term projects.
  • Must be team-oriented; enjoys working with colleagues at all levels of the organization.
  • Experience with Sage Intacct, Bill.com a plus


Expected Salary Range: $100,000 - $125,000 


What You’ll Love About Beacon

  • Unlimited PTO - This isn’t your typical unlimited PTO plan. All employees take at least 20 days off a year. After that? Take the time off you need to strike the perfect work/life balance for you.
  • 10 paid company holidays
  • 401k plan with matching contributions
  • Charitable donation matching
  • Access to Udemy - An online learning and teaching marketplace with over 185,000 courses. Learn programming, marketing, and data science, or brush up on your public speaking and writing skills.
  • Startup Culture - Our employees have a voice and can make a big impact across the organization. A lot of people in large companies don’t feel connected to what they’re doing and feel like they’re put in a box. Here you will have the freedom to be creative and innovative. We’re looking for smart, driven people to help us reach the next level. 



Beacon does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Beacon encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.

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Date Posted

04/30/2024

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