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Wealth Management Accounting

Enrolled Agent

Fort Wayne, IN · On-site

  • Medical

  • Retirement

  • PTO

ProTax Wealth Management Accounting Job Title: Enrolled Agent (EA) - Full-Time Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana Employment Type: Full-Time Reports To: Firm Owner About Us We are a well-established small ...

Teamwass

Senior Financial Analyst

Los Angeles, CA · On-site

$100K - $105K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Retirement

  • PTO

You'll build and maintain revenue and P&L forecasts, analyze performance and employee commission structures, prepare management reporting, and partner closely with accounting, agent teams, and other ...

Dodge & Cox

Fund Treasury Analyst

Boston, MA

  • Medical

  • Life

  • Retirement

Perform fund accounting key controls/processes, including review of the Funds' daily NAV calculations and oversight of custodian/fund accounting agent * Oversee security-level tax liabilities (e.g ...

Wasserman Media

Senior Financial Analyst

Encinitas, CA · On-site

$100K - $105K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

You'll build and maintain revenue and P&L forecasts, analyze performance and employee commission structures, prepare management reporting, and partner closely with accounting, agent teams, and other ...

Zenity

Accounting Manager

Manhattan, NY · On-site +1

We're hiring a US Accounting Manager to own revenue accounting and AR/AP as enterprise customer ... About Zenity Zenity is the leader in AI Agent Security and the first company to bring an agent ...

Dodge & Cox

Fund Treasury Analyst

San Francisco, CA

  • Medical

  • Life

  • Retirement

Perform fund accounting key controls/processes, including review of the Funds' daily NAV calculations and oversight of custodian/fund accounting agent * Oversee security-level tax liabilities (e.g ...

Dodge & Cox

Fund Treasury Analyst

San Francisco, CA · On-site

  • Medical

  • Life

  • Retirement

Perform fund accounting key controls/processes, including review of the Funds' daily NAV calculations and oversight of custodian/fund accounting agent * Oversee security-level tax liabilities (e.g ...

Mobile Loaves & Fishes

Accounting Manager

Austin, TX · On-site

Accounting Manager Scope & Purpose The Accounting Manager is an integral part of the Accounting ... Serve as liaison with the insurance agent on new coverage for new property assets and annual ...

Mobile Loaves & Fishes

Accounting Manager

Austin, TX · On-site

$65K/yr

Accounting Manager Scope & Purpose The Accounting Manager is an integral part of the Accounting ... Serve as liaison with the insurance agent on new coverage for new property assets and annual ...

Mobile Loaves & Fishes

Accounting Manager

Austin, TX · On-site

... agent on any MLF fleet accident claims Handle any updates and survey filing with the State of TexasManage team of three including Accounting Assistant and Accounting SpecialistOrganize Accounting ...

Robert Half

Accounting Manager

Chicago, IL · On-site

$125K - $150K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

The successful candidate is a change agent continuously enhancing process and improving the control environment. What You'll Bring * 5+ years of experience. Must have a mix of public accounting and ...

Americana Real Estate Inc

Accounting Manager

Henderson, NV · On-site

$60K - $75K/yr

Experience preparing commission reports and agent settlements. * Familiarity with franchise accounting and royalty reporting. * Experience supporting executive management with financial planning. Why ...

Americana Real Estate Inc

Accounting Manager

Henderson, NV · On-site

$60K - $75K/yr

  • Medical

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Experience preparing commission reports and agent settlements. * Familiarity with franchise accounting and royalty reporting. * Experience supporting executive management with financial planning. Why ...

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Work EnvironmentOften works with clients or companies, handling specific accounting tasksUsually manages daily financial record-keeping for businesses
Employer & Industry UsageUsed across various industries, especially in finance and consultingCommon in small to medium businesses for basic financial recording
Primary ResponsibilitiesHandling accounting transactions, reconciliations, and reportingRecording financial transactions, maintaining ledgers

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Controllers, AWM Mutual Fund Controllers, Senior Analyst, Salt Lake City

Goldman Sachs, Inc.

Salt Lake City, UT • On-site

Full-time

Re-posted 8 days ago

Goldman Sachs rating

8.3

Company rating: 8.3 out of 10

Based on 27 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

47th of 171 rated banks

Job description


The AWM Mutual Fund Controllers team is responsible for overseeing numerous SEC registered investment companies including open-end and closed-end mutual funds (both onshore and offshore) and ETFs. These funds include a wide array of strategies and products in an ever changing landscape. The AWM Mutual Fund Controllers team is responsible for the accounting, finance, and treasury functions of these products.
Responsibilities
  • Manage the financial reporting process with external legal counsel, auditors, and funds' accounting agents. Establish all accounting policies and perform financial statement analysis (including knowledge of US GAAP/IFRS).
  • Establish and monitor financial control framework, both internally, and that of the funds' external accounting agents.
  • Large scale analytical procedures on various fund metrics that are necessary for sales and marketing materials, corporate profitability, and portfolio oversight
  • Ensure accuracy of Fund' Net Asset Values via control governance of external accounting agents.
  • Oversight and coordination of funds' major treasury functions.
  • Analysis of funds' dividends including insight to the organization on movement and factors that can increase and decrease these amounts.
  • Assist with setting fund fees, in accordance with the firm's pricing philosophy, for Registration Statements.
  • Prepare written materials on recurring and ad-hoc basis for Board of Trustees and senior management (including updates to regulatory requirements, accounting and treasury policies, external accounting agent governance, Funds' statistics, etc.).
  • Drive strategic process change and new/enhanced capabilities by partnering with Technology. Consistently exposed to new proprietary and third party systems and software.
  • Liaison with several groups including portfolio management, tax, legal, and sales on new product development and existing fund requirements
  • Research various industry developments and share critical components with relevant teams

Requirements
  • Basic financial product knowledge and general market awareness
  • Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
  • Ability to work both independently and in a team environment
  • Self-starter with ability to work in a fast paced environment
  • Highly-motivated with strong interpersonal skills
  • Full working knowledge of Microsoft office suite of applications; knowledge of analytical tools such as Tableau and Qlik a plus
  • 3-5 years of relevant work experience
  • Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance (CPA/CFA preferred)

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS
At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.
We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers.
We're committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html
© The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2023. All rights reserved.
Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world. We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs.

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Finance and insurance

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

New York, NY, US

Year founded

1869

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