Director of Accounting POST NUMBER: 464577
Role: Director of Accounting
Salary: $160,000 - $180,000/annually Benefits & Bonus
Location: Melville, NY (*3-4 days a week onsite*)
Job Description:
This role is central to the firm's financial integrity, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency, combining high-level strategic management with hands-on oversight.
Financial & Regulatory Oversight
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Establish and maintain a robust, accurate, and timely regulatory reporting framework that effectively supports the firm, its departments, and Partners across all jurisdictions.
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Ensure the integrity of all firm accounting data by strictly adhering to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and the firm's internal accounting policies and procedures.
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Oversee and manage all aspects of the firm's core accounting operations, ensuring efficient, effective, and consistently high-quality results for monthly close, financial reporting, cash management, and trust accounts.
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Proactively monitor changes to regulations in all applicable jurisdictions and recommend/implement necessary process adjustments to maintain full compliance.
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Own the maintenance and control of the Firm's general ledger system.
Strategic Collaboration & External Relations
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Lead the management of the relationship with the external CPA firm regarding year-end reviews, external audits, special projects, and the production of Partnership tax schedules.
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Collaborate closely with the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team to develop supporting schedules for the firm's annual budget.
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Cultivate and maintain effective relationships with key external stakeholders, including banking, insurance, and non-organizational accounting personnel.
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Manage online banking applications, including the administration of access rights, account updates, and maintenance.
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Partner with Senior Directors and business support teams to enhance and streamline firm-wide onboarding and exiting procedures.
Leadership & Operational Management
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Supervise and mentor accounting staff, including staff accountants and the AP/AR Manager.
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Ensure timely and accurate processing and reporting in conjunction with CFO oversight.
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Design, document, and implement continuous improvement methods and strategies for all accounting processes.
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Fulfill ad hoc requests from Partners and the Management Committee for financial reports and data.
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Delegate authority for the receipt, disbursement, banking, protection, and custody of all firm funds, securities, and financial instruments.
Talent Development & Team Management
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Champion talent development by prioritizing the training, coaching, and appropriate delegation of new activities to the team.
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Take responsibility for all aspects of team personnel management, including hiring, coaching, performance reviews, and separation.
Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
EEO Notice
Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.
Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com .
Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.
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Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.