Manager - Accounting & Banking Services

Our growing Accounting & Banking Services (ABS) team is part of our Exclusive Family Office group and specializes in helping our high-net-worth clients with their personal and entity accounting that, includes management of their accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash flow, budgeting, and financial reporting for stakeholders. We are looking for a motivated, career-oriented Manager or a highly experienced Senior Associate ready to take the next step in their career to join our team. This is an opportunity to join a growing department and immediately impact the department’s success

We are Aspiriant, a leading, independent, 100% employee-owned wealth management firm. Our core values guide us to seek out a broad range of perspectives, talent, and backgrounds to achieve our mission; one where all staff contribute to and share our success. We recognize, respect and value the contributions of each employee, and we strive to cultivate a work environment that strikes an agreeable balance between our professional and personal lives. 

• Collaborative work environment where together we achieve more
• Environment supportive to learning and growing your career
• Continuing education assistance program
• 401(k) with company match
• Bonus program
• Company contribution up to 95% for health insurance
• Hybrid work arrangement

How you will contribute:

• Assist with managing a department that includes remote and on-site employees to produce timely and accurate financial reports. 
• Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.
• Lead and manage key client relationships with internal teams and external clients.
• Assist with managing the accounts payable process to ensure all payables are paid timely by the Senior Associates. 
• Assist with training and developing the team.
• Prepare, review, and ensure monthly reconciliations are completed. 
• Maintain key contact relationships with banking, payroll, and back-office vendors.
• Oversee and assist with banking administration functions such as opening/closing accounts, change signers, and other banking documents/requests.
• Develop and implement department policies and procedures.
• Understand and manage department workflow.
• Coordinate and facilitate new client onboarding process. 
• Ensure ABS complies with firm-wide and SEC requirements, including managing internal and external audits and compliance reports.
• Ensure transactions are documented and back up materials are provided according to compliance requirements.
• Interact and team with other departments (Wealth Management/Tax Services/Investment Operations). 

Is this you?

An ideal candidate will be motivated by our mission to empower families to take control of their financial lives, live their values with clarity and peace of mind, and actualize their dreams. We seek out a wide range of talented team members who share our values and vision. We value intellectual intensity, collaboration, and compassion. A strategic partner once compared us to “a cocker spaniel.” We like the comparison. Our relationships with clients are professional first and foremost. They’re also warm, passionate and genuine. 

 The attributes and talents that lead to success in the role are:

Knowledge:

• Tax experience preferred to recognize the relationship between accounting and tax.
• Management of production and growth of teams.

Skills:

• High Proficiency in Word, advanced Excel, and other data management software is essential, including knowledge of accounting systems such as AgilLink, and QuickBooks Online.
• Must be meticulous with a high degree of accuracy.
• Excellent organizational skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills within a diverse office environment.
• Excellent personal and professional references.

Abilities:

• Ability to maintaining a profitable and growing department. 
• Impeccable ability to maintain confidentiality.
• An initiative-taker who is accountable for their work.
• Must be a collaborator who will thrive in a small company environment.
• Ability to consistently meet deadlines.
• Ability to set priorities among a variety of tasks. 

Experience and Education:

We will consider any combination of experience and education which provides the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job. A typical way to acquire the requirements would be:

• CPA – Perferred.
• 4 - 8 years of professional experience in an accounting or business management environment is preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree in accounting, finance, economics, or a related field or equivalent experience.
• Professional experience as an Accounting Senior or Manager, Audit Senior or Manager, or Controller. 

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

Primarily sedentary work in an office with minimal distractions; walking throughout the office. Learn and memorize tasks; execute tasks independently; apply knowledge and use judgment to manage situations. Occasionally exert up to ten pounds of force to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Perform repetitive motions; substantial movements of the wrists, hands, and fingers for computer keyboard operation. Use near visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing documents, operating a computer, and reading. Speak and hear to communicate with team members and clients by phone and in-person.

Aspiriant is committed to diversity, inclusion and belonging.  

A diverse and inclusive culture is essential to providing the best to both our clients and our people. Including a variety of perspectives in all that we do is necessary for our innovation and growth. We envision a firm where our people see a community they belong to and an inspiring future…a firm where people can be themselves, learning is limitless, and everyone can thrive.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer that believes in and follows Fair Chance Ordinances, we are committed to employment practices that ensure that employees and applicants for employment are provided with equal opportunities without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other factor that is not related to the position.

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Aspiriant is a Registered Investment Adviser, subject to SEC regulation, and requires all employees (and at times, family members) to disclose securities holding and transactions. There are also restrictions on trading certain securities. Candidates are encouraged to request further information regarding these policies.