Senior Associate, Vendor Accounting Operations

A Career with Point72’s Finance Team

The Finance team provides a broad range of financial information, advice, and services to its business partners, while adhering to the highest professional and ethical standards. The Finance team offers a dynamic environment where individuals can learn at a fast pace and are rewarded with challenging opportunities within Finance and across the firm.

Within Finance, the Vendor Accounting Operations team is responsible for processing, accounting, taxation and payments of invoices, travel and expense reimbursements and related payments for the management companies, related family office entities, and Point72 funds, in addition to the calculation and filing of indirect taxes across multiple global jurisdictions.

What you’ll do

We’re looking for a Senior Associate to join our Vendor Accounting Operations team. In this role, you will be expected to handle complex processes proactively and independently and meet required deadlines across multiple projects and internal clients. As a part of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to grow professionally and build leadership skills to assume increased responsibilities in the department over time. Specifically, you will:

• Assist in the development, implementation and maintenance of systems, procedures and policies, including accounts payable functions, to ensure adherence to company guidelines
• Manage monthly closing and posting of month end information, review of allocations and ensure accuracy of financial statement information provided
• Manage the preparation of information reporting on Form 1099 and 1042 returns
• Manage the vendor payments process, proactively resolve issues before they escalate, research, analyze, and resolve complex payment and vendor issues and ensure payment failures are identified and resolved
• Play a significant role in internal and tax audits
• Assist in the preparation and development of various reports including those related to audits, compliance, and analysis
• Partner with FP&A and Corporate Accounting on managing cash flow actual data vs. forecasts
• Create and maintain log/tracking tools to monitor status of various processes
• Assist in managing VAO system workflows and in implementing tech innovation projects
• Assist in the managing and processing of new suppliers and supplier changes in accordance with Firm policy
• Manage the T&E process, audits, payments, and questions

What’s required

• Eight or more years of finance and accounting experience 
• Advanced Excel skills with knowledge of VLOOKUP’s, sum ifs, and pivot tables
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Skillful problem solving, resourcefulness, and attention to detail 
• Strong quantitative analytical skills, familiarity with data analysis and database tools
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple priorities. 
• Strong relationship and customer management skills
• Self-motivated, self-reliant with a hands-on approach
• Proficient in Microsoft Office 365
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards

We take care of our people

We invest in our people, their careers, their health, and their well-being. When you work here, we provide:

• Fully-paid health care benefits
• Generous parental and family leave policies
• Mental and physical wellness programs
• Volunteer opportunities
• Non-profit matching gift program
• Support for employee-led affinity groups representing women, minorities and the LGBTQ+ community
• Tuition assistance
• A 401(k) savings program with an employer match and more

About Point72

Point72 Asset Management is a global firm led by Steven Cohen that invests in multiple asset classes and strategies worldwide. Resting on more than a quarter-century of investing experience, we seek to be the industry’s premier asset manager through delivering superior risk-adjusted returns, adhering to the highest ethical standards, and offering the greatest opportunities to the industry’s brightest talent. We’re inventing the future of finance by revolutionizing how we develop our people and how we use data to shape our thinking. For more information, visit www.Point72.com/working-here