Overview
Associate, Accounting & Finance Jobs in Stamford, CT at Cartesian FinOp Partners
Title: Associate, Accounting & Finance
Company: Cartesian FinOp Partners
Location: Stamford, CT
Position Details
Title: Associate, Accounting & Finance
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Start Date: June 2026
Salary: Compensation is competitive and based on experience and qualifications
Responsibilities
• Arrange, coordinate, and actively participate in daily, weekly, monthly, or as-needed virtual calls with Cartesian offices in the US/UK/Philippines offices to support clients during their local business hours in the US.
• Own day-to-day client accounting activity — including entry, approval tracking, and reconciliation of Accounts Payable (A/P), Accounts Receivable (A/R), expense reimbursements, and bank/cash transactions.
• Prepare monthly close schedules, ensure supporting documentation and reconciliations are properly maintained, and produce management reporting packages.
• Assist with financial statement preparation under U.S. GAAP or UK IFRS, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and audit readiness.
• Evaluate existing financial workflows, identify control gaps or inefficiencies, and propose and lead process improvement initiatives.
• Coordinate onboarding of new clients — including setup of charts of accounts, custom reporting formats, and cloud accounting tools.
• Support preparation of budgets, forecasts, and variance analyses; prepare FP&A deliverables and contribute to client performance reviews.
• Perform research on complex accounting issues and provide technical memos or documentation to support conclusions.
• Review vendor and service-provider contracts for appropriate accounting treatment, cost effectiveness, and compliance alignment.
• Assist client CFOs or Accounting Managers with ad-hoc financial modeling, cash flow projections, or strategic analysis.
• Collaborate with team leads and IT to standardize accounting processes and system integrations across multiple platforms (QuickBooks, Xero, Sage Intacct, Fathom, etc.).
• Participate in special projects involving internal reporting automation, KPI/BI-dashboard development, or client due-diligence support.
Qualifications
• Minimum 5 years of experience in corporate, fund, or outsourced accounting, ideally within financial services or alternative investment sectors which may include, but not be limited to: hedge funds, private equity, venture capital.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Business.
• Active CPA is required.
• Experience in a public accounting firm, fund administrator, or internal accounting role within an investment fund environment strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple client accounts and meet deadlines in a dynamic, high-volume setting.
• Exceptional attention to detail with problem-solving mindset and strong initiative.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal communication skills; able to interact confidently with clients and cross-border teams.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Office Suite; strong working knowledge of QuickBooks and/or Xero required.
• Comfort with cloud-based collaboration tools (e.g., Slack, Teams, SharePoint) and document control environments.
• Professional, reliable, and resourceful team players passionate about continuous learning in an entrepreneurial environment.
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Cartesian FinOp Partners, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any status protected by law.
