Our client, a thriving and growing Investment Management firm, has engaged Lucas Group to identify an Assistant Controller for their Houston office. This position will be responsible for preparing monthly financials, forecasting results, budgeting cash flow and ensure costs are properly allocated to the company or investment funds.
Why this opportunity:
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Opportunity to build out the finance team and run your own Fund - 8 current funds performing very well in various life cycles
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100% Paid Health Benefits for employee and dependents
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Very smart and strategic leadership team with backgrounds from Deloitte, PwC, KPMG
- Impressive retention - Very low to no turnover in the past 5 years
Job Responsibilities:
Daily Basis
- Liaise with other departments / service providers (including corporate services providers, fund administrator, investor services, tax advisors) to obtain information as required
- Ensure proper approvals are obtained for all expenditures before any payments are made
- Review all invoices and expense reimbursements made by the company
- Ensure complete collection of all legal contracts entered into by the company
- Thoroughly review of all contracts to ensure that proper accounting is done
Monthly Basis:
- Prepare monthly financial reports for senior management, including the analysis of expenditures and revenue fluctuations
- Analyze costs incurred to ensure that costs are properly allocated to the company or allocate to another affiliate or investment funds
- Analyze services performed by the US company and adhere to transfer pricing policies, including the preparing of invoices for services rendered for affiliates
- Review of the fund results as prepared by the fund administrators. Determine the impact on the financial operations of the company
- Keep track of the revenue and expenses by state-by-state basis as the company would need to file income tax returns for 6 different US states
Annual Basis:
- Prepare annual financial statements on an US GAAP basis
- Prepare annual audit working papers
- Be responsible for the completion of the Financial Statement audits
- Prepare tax reporting schedules for external accounting firm to complete tax returns
- Assist in tax reporting schedules for external accounting firm to complete US tax returns for Federal and various states tax returns
- Assist in the preparation of the US Foreign Bank Account Reporting, if required
Knowledge, Skills and Competencies
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, CPA highly preferred
- 3+ years of GL experience or public accounting (audit)
- Sound understanding of fundamental financial principles, US GAAP and IFRS
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills (Fluent in English).
- Willingness to take on new responsibilities and challenges.
- Possess ability to work well under pressure and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
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