Associate, Senior Accountant

About Cresset

Cresset is a firm built by clients, for clients. As an independent, award-winning multi-family office and private investment firm, we are reimagining the way wealth is experienced. Our purpose is to help ensure that both wealth and life are fully optimized-integrated, intentional, and aligned with each client's vision of success.

We provide access to the caliber of talent, ideas, and investment opportunities typically available to the largest single-family offices and institutions. Our approach is personalized, entrepreneurial, and client-first.

Proudly owned by our clients and employees, Cresset was built to endure. We are creating a 100+ year firm-one focused on delivering an exceptional experience, not only for the families we serve but for the team that serves them. Recognized by Barron's and Forbes among the nation's top RIA firms, and as one of the industry's best places to work,* Cresset is guided by long-term relationships, shared success, and a belief that wealth should serve a life well lived.

Job Description

This position is responsible for completing payments and controlling expenses by receiving, processing, verifying and reconciling invoices, expense reports and other payment related documents.

Key Responsibilities

• Collects, opens, and sorts mail to separate finance related documents.
• Prepares payments for vendors by obtaining authorized approvals or matching payment to pre-approval documents; monitoring discount opportunities; verifying wire instructions; scheduling and preparing checks; resolving discrepancies and documentation on purchase orders, contracts, invoices, or payments; insuring credit is received for outstanding memos; issuing stop-payments or purchase order amendments
• Assists team in preparing and reconciling monthly expense reports including verification of approvals and coding
• Prepares monthly credit card summary approval report
• Prepares monthly inter-company bill backs
• Scans payment documents and maintains electronic filing system
• Responds to vendor inquiries
• Prepare check deposits for various entities.
• Assists in preparing monthly/quarterly budget reports
• Requests and tracks all charitable acknowledgement confirmations
• Collects W9s from vendors and updates 1099 spreadsheet
• Ability to work well with spreadsheets and pivot tables to create basic analytics and schedules.
• Ad Hoc reports as needed