WHAT IS A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT ?
The Certified Public Accountant (CPA) role focuses on accounting tasks, specialized reporting, and industry-specific record-keeping. Suitable for ambitious professionals aiming to refine processes, enhance procedures, support audits, and lead financial reporting. This position offers career growth, departmental exposure, and interaction with senior management.
Need-to-Know Overview of a Certified Public Accountant
1. Certified Public Accountant Duties and Responsibilities
- Daily maintenance and review of financial statements for various entities
- Responsible for the month-end closing process including, but not limited to, journal entry review and/or preparation
- Financial statement preparation for various entities, and reporting financials to Parent
- Responsible for the Sub Clearing, Business Introducer, and Independent Contractor Agreements payment process
- Initial set-up of the agreements
- Monthly and/or quarterly preparation of commission pay-out reports
- Maintain direct communication with Client Relationship Officers and Business Introducers regarding payment matters, monthly calculation
- Payment of retrocessions, and subsequent journal entry preparation and booking of retrocession expenses
- Assist in booking and/or reviewing revenue for all trading platforms and related account reconciliations
- Assist with Regulatory reporting as needed
- Responsible for various monthly journal entry preparation and booking of financial statement items
2. Certified Public Accountant Skills, Abilities and Experience
- Experience with RSU expense, trade corrections, and errors, lease amortization, monthly Subclearing accruals, intercompany service level agreements, etc.
- Monitor client bill payment program alongside Staff Accountant, including approval of Accountant inputs for processing
- Ability to assist with the drafting of Annual Financial Statements and assist as a direct point of contact for various audit and regulatory requests
- Assist in the analysis and implementation of newly-issued GAAP accounting standards
- Serve as a direct point of contact for all Client Relationship Officers regarding inquiries related to trade revenues, trade ticket charges, and Subclearing/BI matters.
- Solid technical knowledge and research skills.
- Desire to provide tax and financial advice holistically.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Detail oriented and produce high-quality work.
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.