Accounting Associate, Corporate Finance

Perella Weinberg Partners (“PWP”) is seeking a Senior Accountant for its Corporate Finance department in Houston. The ideal candidate should have prior experience, outstanding verbal and written communication skills, strong proficiency in Word, PowerPoint and Excel, as well as the ability to work in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment with strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities to include, but not limited to:Perform day to day full cycle accounting, including month-end close, journal entries and reconciliations for overall PWP group (US and international)

Collaborate with peers on the month end financial process, including expense allocations at the divisional and entity level

Perform monthly variance analysis over parent holding company and/or operating entities

Execute on the accounting and reconciliation process for areas including but not limited to: cash, receivables, compensation, accruals, prepaids, investments, fixed assets, leases, debt and shared expense allocations

Assist with the preparation of financial reporting footnote schedules and tax requests on a quarterly and annual basis

Assist the Director in local accounting adjustments for United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, and France

Assist the Controller in firmwide treasury operations including planning, investing, controls and forecasting

Assist the Controller and Head of Financial Planning & Business Ops with budget and forecasting requests

Responsible for intercompany reconciliations and allocations analysis

Document technical accounting memos on an as needed basis

Assist with the firm’s monthly management reports, specifically perform ad hoc expense analysis for various business units

Interact with external and internal auditors, respond to audit inquiries, and assist in quarterly reviews and annual audits

Ensure compliance with Internal Control framework and participate in implementing and enhancing our financial system, as needed

Desired Skills and Background:

CPA

Public accounting audit/assurance experience or comparable industry experience (3-5 years)

Experience supervising and/or mentoring staff accountants

Advanced experience with MS Office, especially Excel

Workday experience a plus

Fast learner, eager to adopt new tools and technologies (including AI tools such as Claude), and comfortable adapting to new processes in a fast‐paced, constantly evolving environment

Extremely organized and detail‐oriented, growth oriented

Self-starter with the ability to work under little or no supervision with a strong desire to excel

The annualized base salary for this position is $100,000 - $120,000

The annualized base salary range represents low and high ends of the base pay range for this position. The specific base salary an employee in this job classification receives depends on a number of factors, including but not limited to, geographic work location, prior employment history/experience, job-related knowledge, qualifications and skills, etc.

Base pay is just one component of PWP’s total compensation package that may be available to employees. Depending on the position and other factors, other rewards may also include discretionary bonuses, Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), paid time off, and many other benefits, subject to applicable eligibility criteria and Firm policies.

PWP is an Equal Opportunity Employer