Senior Controller - Family Office

Note: This position requires employees to be on-site five days a week at theManhattan OR Boca Raton, FL office (with hybrid flexibility after 6 months, subject to performance and tenure).

Note: The qualified candidate for this position must have at least 10 years of relevant accounting experience, including hands-on investment accounting with capital calls, distributions, and waterfall calculations.

About Our Client

Our client is a sophisticated and discreet private family office managing over $1 billion in assets across public markets, alternatives, and global real estate holdings. With offices in Boca Raton, FL and New York City, they operate with a small, long-tenured team that values hands-on expertise, accountability, and discretion.

Job Description

• Own all accounting and financial operations across a wide range of domestic and international entities
• Manage general ledger, journal entries, reconciliations, and monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting
• Oversee investment accounting across public securities (including options and derivatives), private equity, hedge funds, and real estate
• Track capital calls, distributions, and perform waterfall calculations
• Review and interpret subscription and fund documents
• Supervise a junior controller/bookkeeper and liaise with external auditors and tax advisors
• Ensure compliance with global trust structures, and support trust accounting
• Maintain and enhance internal controls, accounting processes, and reporting accuracy
• Support operational cash management, funding allocation, and intercompany activity
• Contribute to ongoing optimization of proprietary reporting and accounting systems

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant accounting experience (family office, fund accounting, trust/estate structures, or investment firms strongly preferred)
• Strong hands-on experience with capital calls, distributions, and waterfall modeling
• Able to interpret fund documents and subscription agreements
• Exposure to public securities (options, swaps, ETFs), alternatives, and private investments
• Experience with domestic and international trust structures
• CPA is preferred but not required
• Must be highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable working directly with principals
• Must have a long-tenure career history (job-hoppers will not be considered)

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Join a lean, high-performing family office managing over $1B in assets
• Work directly with principals on complex accounting and investment structures
• Opportunity to own the finance function and grow into a potential CFO track
• Competitive compensation and full benefits package
• Be part of a low-turnover, relationship-driven environment that values long-term contributors

JPC-355

Must have 10+ years of relevant accounting/finance experience. Must have extensive hands-on accounting experience, including capital calls and waterfall calculations. Must have experience working in a family office, investment firm, or similar environment with trust and investment structures. CPA helpful but not required. HARD NO ON JOB HOPPERS. Relo okay but no packages.