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About the Role

Athena Group Advisors is seeking a Vice President of Accounting to manage the end-to-end accounting lifecycle for a family office enterprise, principals, and affiliated non-profit organizations. This hands-on role requires meticulous attention to detail, strong judgment, and the ability to maintain discretion and confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Manage individual capital accounts, distributions, and contributions.
• Track and reconcile balance sheets, including illiquid and alternative asset holdings.
• Prepare customized reporting packages reflecting each principal’s unique entity structure and reporting preferences.
• Coordinate with tax, finance, and investment teams to accurately reflect portfolio activity in the books.
• Reconcile investment activity against custodian and administrator statements.
• Account for SPVs, manage capital calls, carried interest, and fee calculations, and track ownership percentages and allocations.
• Prepare and review consolidated and entity-level financial statements.
• Maintain general ledger integrity across a complex multi-entity chart of accounts.
• Oversee month-end and year-end close processes.
• Ensure accurate intercompany eliminations and reconciliations.
• Manage onboarding and offboarding of new entities and principals.
• Monitor cash positions across entities and coordinate funding.
• Maintain banking relationships and reconcile bank and custodial accounts.
• Develop, document, and automate cash management and treasury processes.
• Support the Director of Tax with K-1 preparation.
• Maintain records necessary for tax compliance.
• Assist with tracking tax basis and other tax attributes.
• Maintain accounting policies and internal controls consistent with SEC recordkeeping requirements.
• Support audit and compliance reviews with organized, audit-ready documentation.
• Ensure segregation of duties and proper approval workflows for disbursements.
• Collaborate with tax, finance, property management, and investments for accurate data flow.
• Support leadership with ad-hoc financial analysis and special projects.
• Maintain and improve accounting systems, workflows, reporting, and templates.
• Document accounting procedures.
• Manage third-party vendors supporting accounting and reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required.
• 7-10+ years of relevant experience, ideally at a professional accounting firm, multi-family office, or related environment.
• CPA required.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP and multi-entity/consolidated accounting.
• Experience working across multiple legal entities simultaneously (LLCs, trusts, partnerships, charitable organizations, SPVs).
• Prior exposure to high-net-worth or ultra-high-net-worth individuals’ personal financial reporting.
• Experience supporting or working alongside tax, finance, and investment teams.
• Familiarity with partnership and trust accounting concepts.
• Advanced Excel skills; comfort building and maintaining complex reporting templates.
• High discretion, confidentiality, and data sensitive standards expected.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage competing deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills, comfortable interacting directly with principals and external advisors.
• High orientation to detail and accuracy.
• Adaptability to a growing and evolving organization; collaborative mindset.
• Ability to work cross-functionally to deliver coordinated, white-glove services.

Skills

• GAAP
• Multi-entity accounting
• Consolidated accounting
• Partnership accounting
• Trust accounting
• Excel
• Sage Intaact (plus)
• Masttro (plus)

Location

• New York

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 7-10+ years

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• Master's degree a plus

Salary/Compensations

• $150,000 - $175,000

Benefits

• Discretionary incentive compensation program
• Medical insurance
• Life insurance
• Retirement plans
• Tax-free savings options
• Access to additional healthcare programs

About the Company

• Athena Group Advisors (“Athena”) is the private multi-family office of an investment firm.