Bookkeeper – Private Client Services

Job Description

Bookkeeper | CohnReznick

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at CohnReznick, located in New York City. CohnReznick is a top professional services firm specializing in advisory, assurance, and tax services for organizations nationwide and globally. This Bookkeeper role is crucial for supporting the Private Client Services practice, where the firm helps high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, and estates achieve their financial and personal goals. The position focuses on ensuring accurate financial data, timely tax document processing, and comprehensive administrative support.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full Time
• Location: Hybrid, New York, NY
• Pay: $75000–$105000 yearly
• Team: Private Client Services practice, supporting the PCS Tax team
• Mission: This person supports the Private Client Services Tax team by ensuring accurate financial data, timely tax document processing, and administrative support for high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and estates.
• Tech Stack: QuickBooks, bill.com, other accounting software programs

What You’ll Actually Do
• Tax Support: Support the Private Client Services Tax team in preparing and organizing individual, trust, and estate tax engagements.
• Compliance Filings: Prepare Forms 1099 and manage the associated electronic filings for individual and family office clients.
• Document Management: Triage, organize, and track client-provided tax documents, maintaining checklists of outstanding items for high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and closely held entities.
• Bookkeeping & Admin: Assist with bookkeeping and administrative support for private client engagements, including reconciliation of financial data used for tax compliance and planning.
• Delivery Coordination: Coordinate with tax professionals to support the timely delivery of tax returns and client deliverables during peak filing seasons.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Knowledge of Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, General Ledger, and a general understanding of payroll, sales, and income taxes, with the ability to prepare financial statements from bookkeeping/accounting programs.
• Experience: Day-to-day client exposure; 10+ years of bookkeeping experience is preferred.
• Skills: Strong attention to detail, efficient work habits, ability to self-review work, strong communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to prioritize multiple projects under tight deadlines while being responsive.