For the given job description <<The Staff Accountant will report to the CFO and work closely with members of the Finance department. The Staff Accountant will be responsible for monthly and daily reconciliations and assisting in the preparation of all annual tax compliance.
Responsibilities:Monitor day-to-day financial transactions across multiple entities, including cash movement related to investment capital activity, personal expensescharitable giving, amongst other cash activity.Record journal entries such as cash transfers between entities, as well as investment activities, such as stock splitmerger, purchasesale, capital calldistribution, etc.Assist team with dailyweekly imports and reconciliation of transactions to accounting software.Review monthly financial statements such as balance sheet, income statement, cash flow, open positions and private equity summary; book corresponding adjusting entries as necessaryAssist in the gathering of data for all tax reportingPerform reconciliations and recording of Form 1099s, PFICs and K-1s to the internal accounting records.
QualificationsBachelor's Degree in Accounting.3-5 years of accounting experience; public accounting experience strongly preferred.Investmentfund accounting with Family Office exposure a plus.CPA preferred.General understanding of the securities industry including hedge funds, private equity, and offshore investing.Exposure to individual, partnership and trust taxation.Exposure to Form 1099s, K-1s, and Annual PFIC Information Statements.Experience working with investment portfolio software and general ledger packagesAdvanced proficiency in Excel.Strong communication skills, both verbal and writtenIntellectual curiosity with the ability to think criticallyAbility to multi-task and prioritize in a fast-paced environment.Ability to work both independently and as a team.Detail-oriented with strong organizational and analytical skills.>> the resume: <<Career OverviewHighly capable, versatile, and accomplished IT professional with more than 20 years of experience in planning and implementing all aspects of a Linux/UNIX-based network. Demonstrated ability in network design and configuration as well as user-oriented, security conscious history; expertise in problem solving with outstanding research skills, able to work efficiently and deliver results regardless of previous experience. Possess well-honed leadership and interpersonal skills, experienced in supervising various IT professionals, engineers, and Ph.D. holders as well as experts in other technical fields. Reliable team player, capable of working independently and prioritizing tasks, utilizing flexible approaches.
QualificationsLinux System Administration (RedHat, CentOS, Ubuntu) * UNIX (Dec, Sun, HP, and SGI variants) System Administration * Cisco SAN Switch Configuration (MDS9000)*  Network Hardware Configuration (Bay Networks, Cisco, Linksys) * iSCSI Legato Networker * EMC Navisphere *  Platform LSF * C and FORTRAN Programming * Shell, Python and Perl scripting * Linux Kernel Modification * Security Software including Nmap, TCP Wrappers * Email Software including SendMail and Postfix and Mailing List Software *  Configuration Monitoring Software such as Nagios 
LDAP * NFS * NIS
Education and TrainingDuke UniversityDurham,NCExpected in––Ph.D:Elementary Particle Physics-GPA:Elementary Particle PhysicsDuke UniversityDurham,NCExpected in––A.M:Physics-GPA:PhysicsUniversity of North CarolinaChapel Hill,NCExpected in––B.S:Physics-GPA:Physics
Work ExperienceScientific Atlanta/Cisco Systems/ST Microelectronics-IT Systems Principle Engineer Senior Software Engineer Senior Staff Development Support SpecialistCity,STATE,01/1999-PresentEvaluate hardware and software needs, research options, recommend best fit and implement upgrades and changes to network and server hardware.Develop plan for growth of network hardware, including servers and other infrastructure.Serve as the sole administrator, providing oversight and direction in all aspects of a network.Recommend and facilitate the move from Solaris to Linux systems, implementing Linux test hosts and eventual move to Linux-based hosts.Automate steps in ASIC design process through creation of python and perl scripts.Manage all aspects of host security for network.Key Accomplishments: Planned growth, completed installation, maintenance and configuration of both hardware and software as storage capacity grew from  60GB to 20TB.Investigated, planned, organized and executed upgrades to network infrastructure to move to gigabit Ethernet and transferred network information storage from NIS to LDAP.Achieved approximately 99.9% uptime, researching and implementing changes to ensure network availability, speed, and reliability Wrote Perl scripts to implement network changes as well as configured and maintained LSF workload management system.Handled the monitoring and correction of bottlenecks in NFS access speed of data; assisted in the hiring of IT personnel.Provided helpdesk services for users of the Linux network Configured and maintained a Flexlm license server for ASIC tools that was used by engineers company-wide.CSC/OAO/Dyntel Corporation-EPA Contractor/ Team MemberCity,STATE,01/1995-01/1999Supervised system administrators accountable for all Unix systems (mix of Solaris, Irix, HP-UX, Ultrix, and Tru64 Unix), Windows servers, as well as the design and implementation of the campus network.Provided guidance to all Windows, UNIX, and Network personnel, directing and monitoring the proper maintenance, optimization, and troubleshooting on Windows domain controllers, file servers, and print servers as well as UNIX servers and workstations.Key Accomplishments: Rendered supervision to the group that facilitated smooth e-mail transition, network infrastructure transition and server administration which received commendation from customers and the national office, leading companies with contract to consider Athens as one of their top sites.Successfully administered security measures for the site, becoming the first site to detect an outside attack among all EPA systems.Utilized low cost solutions (including freeware where appropriate), gathered through research to address network needs.
SkillsASIC, Automate, Bay Networks, C, Cisco, hardware, Dec, directing, direction, e-mail, Email, Ethernet, file servers, FORTRAN, HP, hiring, HP-UX, Irix, LDAP, Legato, Linux, Mailing, access, office, Windows, NFS, network hardware, Network, NIS, optimization, Perl scripting, Perl, personnel, print servers, design process, Programming, Python, RedHat, researching, research, SAN, SendMail, servers, SGI, Shell, scripts, Solaris, Sun, supervision, Switch, System Administration, troubleshooting, Ultrix, UNIX, UNIX servers, upgrades>>. The result is, No Fit

Fit assessment: No Fit