# Vice President, Accounting

**Company**: Athena Group Advisors
**Location**: New York
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $150,000 - $175,000
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

Athena Group Advisors is seeking a Vice President of Accounting to support the family office enterprise, principals, and affiliated non-profit organizations. This role reports to the Director of Tax.

The Vice President of Accounting will manage the end-to-end accounting lifecycle, requiring strong judgment under ambiguity, discretion, creative problem-solving, and the ability to think on their feet.

Key responsibilities:

- Individual, Entity, & Investment Accounting: Manage individual capital accounts, distributions, and contributions; track and reconcile balance sheets; prepare customized reporting packages; coordinate with tax, finance, and investment teams.

- Financial Reporting & Accounting Operations: Prepare and review consolidated and entity-level financial statements; maintain general ledger integrity; oversee month-end and year-end close processes.

- Cash Management & Treasury: Monitor cash positions; coordinate funding; maintain banking relationships; develop and automate cash management and treasury processes.

- Tax Support: Support the Director of Tax with K-1 preparation; maintain records for tax compliance; assist with tracking tax basis and attributes.

- Compliance & Controls: Maintain accounting policies and internal controls; support audit and compliance reviews; ensure segregation of duties and proper approval workflows.

- Other: Collaborate with teams to ensure accurate financial data flows; support the Athena leadership team with ad-hoc financial analysis and special projects; maintain and improve accounting systems, workflows, and templates.

Qualifications & Experience:

- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required; Master's degree a plus.

- 7-10+ years of relevant experience, ideally at a professional accounting firm, multi-family office, or related environment.

- CPA required; CFP, CFA, or MST a plus.

- Strong knowledge of GAAP and multi-entity/consolidated accounting; experience working across multiple legal entities; prior exposure to high-net-worth or ultra-high-net-worth individuals' personal financial reporting.

Compensation:

- Base salary ranges from $150,000 - $175,000, depending on experience, skills, and responsibilities.

- Discretionary incentive compensation program and comprehensive benefits package, including medical and life insurance, retirement plans, tax-free savings options, and access to additional healthcare programs.

## Skills

### Required
- Accounting
- Finance
- GAAP
- Multi-entity accounting
- Consolidated accounting
- Cash management
- Treasury
- Tax compliance
- Internal controls
- Excel

### Nice to have
- CFP
- CFA
- MST
- Sage Intaact
- Masttro

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