Financial Accountant

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Financial Accountant

In this role, you will:

• Provide consultation to more experienced leadership for financial accounting related matters
• Perform complex activities associated with maintaining ledger accounts, developing financial statements and regulatory reports
• Gather and review financial data for financial and regulatory reports
• Review data from the general ledger, unit reports and various financial systems to ensure accuracy
• Prepare and review account reconciliations and certifications
• Analyze projects relating to financial accounting procedures, methods or systems
• Perform ongoing financial control functions in accordance with internal controls policies
• Provide functional advice and training to individuals
• Provide support for compliance and risk management requirements
• Collaborate and consult with stakeholders throughout the enterprise

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ years of Finance, Accounting, Analytics, Financial Reporting, Accounting Reporting or Risk Reporting experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• CA/ ICWA with 2+ years of relevant work experience
• Hands on experience on Microsoft applications
• Strong demonstration of financial/ Indian accounting acumen

Job Expectations:

• Balance Sheet Reconciliations

• Perform timely and accurate reconciliation of assigned balance sheet accounts
• Investigate and resolve reconciling items, ensuring appropriate documentation and corrective entries.
• Ensure reconciliations adhere to company policies, accounting standards, and internal control requirements.

• Physical Verification of Assets

• Coordinate and support periodic physical verification of fixed assets.
• Reconcile physical counts with fixed asset registers and accounting records.
• Identify and report discrepancies, obsolete, or non‑utilized assets.
• Support to make necessary accounting entries consequent to the results of the physical verification exercise

• Records Management

• Perform monthly review of the records management data and take appropriate action in case of any discrepancies/missing information etc
• Ensure compliance with record retention policies and regulatory requirements.
• Support internal and external audits wherever required on the records management
• Performing necessary checks to ensure proper digital record backup in designated internal drives

• Other activities

• Act as Business Resiliency Manager for the Legal entity controllership team and co-ordinate with the individual managers to ensure the BCP data is upto date and accurate
• Perform monthly aging analysis of staff advances and post required accounting entries.
• Monitor employee exit data and coordinate with HR by sharing relevant finance inputs for full and final settlements.
• Perform annual reconciliations related to Foreign banks & accounts related activity
• Any other activity that may be assigned from time to time

Posting End Date:

We Value Equal Opportunity

Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit's risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

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