Staff Accountant

Join a team that values your ambition and empowers your growth

At Corient, we help high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families to enjoy a full life, while enabling them to preserve their wealth for future generations, and provide for the people, causes and communities they care about. We focus on exceeding expectations, simplifying lives, and establishing legacies that last for generations. We are always looking for talented and motivated individuals to join our team. If you want to work for a company that values your contributions and supports your growth, we would like to meet you.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and post journal entries in accordance with accounting policies to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Perform and maintain monthly balance sheet reconciliations, investigating and resolving variances as needed

• Assist with the month-end close processes while providing accounting assistance for ongoing projects and other ad hoc initiatives throughout the month

• Reconcile payroll-related accounts and investigate variances.
• Support internal and external audit requests by gathering, organizing, and providing required supporting documentation

• Monitor and resolve accounting discrepancies in a timely manner.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 2-4+ years of accounting experience.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, data analysis).
• Strong understanding of accounting principles and general ledger accounting.
• Excellent attention to detail and analytical skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Workday (WD) or other ERP/accounting systems.
• Experience with payroll reconciliations and payroll accounting.
• Experience with month-end close and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Knowledge of intercompany transactions and expense allocations.
• Understanding of spend categories, cost centers, and financial reporting structures within a multi-entity organization. 

Key Competencies

• Detail-oriented and highly accurate.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Commitment to maintaining confidentiality and professionalism.

Physical Requirements

• This position requires the physical capabilities to work in an office environment, which may include prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer. Corient seeks to make reasonable accommodations that enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties when possible.
• This position may require the ability to lift up to 15 pounds.
• This position is required to work onsite 4 days per week.

U.S. Eligibility Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States. For U.S. employment opportunities, Corient hires U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Exceptions to these requirements will be determined based on shortage of qualified candidates with a particular skill. Corient will require proof of work authorization.
• Corient participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.
• Must be willing to execute Corient’s Employee Agreement or Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement, which require, among other things, post-employment obligations relating to non-solicitation, confidentiality, and non-disclosure.

What You Can Expect from Us

Our dedication to the Employee Experience at Corient is aimed at supporting, empowering, and inspiring our talented team through:

• 401(k) Plan with Employer Matching 
• Four Medical Plan options that is generously subsidized by Corient
• Employer paid Dental, Vision & Life and AD&D Insurance 
• Employer paid Short-term & Long-term Disability  
• Paid Maternity & Parental Leave 
• Flexible Spending Accounts & Health Savings Accounts
• Dependent Care FSA 
• Commuter & Transit FSA 
• Corporate Discount Program - Perkspot 
• Training Reimbursement  
• Paid Professional Designations  
• Giving back to the community - Volunteer days

Corient is the world’s largest multi-family office and non-bank wealth manager focused on serving ultra-high- and high-net-worth clients. As the industry’s only global professional services partnership, we combine the personal service and objectivity of a boutique with the scale and resources of a global institution. Our partnership model fosters collaboration over competition, bringing together the collective expertise of Corient to each relationship to deliver a transparent, client-first experience. As a fully integrated global firm, we deliver comprehensive solutions across investment management, wealth strategy and family office services to help clients simplify their lives, manage their wealth and establish lasting legacies.

Full participation of all employees in a safe, healthy and respectful environment is key to individual and company success. We are committed to fully utilizing the abilities of all our employees and expect each of our employees to honor this commitment in their daily responsibilities.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All candidates will be recruited and, if applicable, selected and employed without regard to sex, race, religion, marital status, veteran status, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, color, creed, ancestry, disability, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by law.

This position description is intended to provide a general overview of the expectations and responsibilities of this position and may not include all tasks that may be assigned. As the nature of business demands change, so may the functions of this position. Additional duties and responsibilities may be assigned with or without notice.

Corient refers to the separate but affiliated entities under common control of Corient Holdings Inc. Client assets include all assets of Corient Holdings Inc., including majority- and minority-owned businesses.