Financial Controller - Associate

You are a strategic thinker passionate about driving solutions in financial control.You have found the right team.

As a Financial Controller in our Finance team, you will spend every day defining, refining, and delivering our financial strategies to meet the needs of our global business. Demonstrating strategic thinking and a commitment to best practices, you will leverage your deep understanding of financial consolidation, reporting systems, and analytical acumen to make informed decisions that drive our business forward. You will be responsible for managing the financial reporting process, including the development and maintenance of financial reports and schedules. Your role will involve controlling post-closing entries, performing control procedures, and ensuring compliance with regulatory reporting requirements. You will work closely with line of business controllers, middle office, and operations teams to understand the operational impact of trading and ensure the integrity of our financial and reporting processes.

Job responsibilities

• Manage the monthly consolidation of JPMorgan Chase income statement and balance sheet

• Develop and maintain financial reports and schedules while controlling post-closing entries and consolidation adjustments.

• Perform various control procedures to ensure the integrity of reported financial results

• Participate in all aspects of the production of the monthly financial Variance Analysis Report

• Support ad-hoc requests for financial information received from across the firm

• Work with various areas to research, escalate, and clear cash and settlement exceptions in a timely manner

• Collaborate with businesses and controllers to understand and approve monthly profit and loss statements, while completing the monthly general ledger reconciliation process.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Basic experience with a financial consolidation and reporting system (i.e. SAP interface)

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related business field

• Basic knowledge of industry standards and regulations for US GAAP &/or IFRS Standards

• Chartered Accountant or MBA Finance or equivalent degree from any other university

• ility to quickly understand workings of a complex processing system and general ledger systems across the infrastructure and their interrelationships and dependencies

• 4 years of relevant work experience in same industry or Controllership or Accounting domain

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Ability to critically challenge with the goal of identifying control issues
• Basic understanding of transformation/visualization products such as Alteryx, Tableau, UI Path and other Intelligent Solutions Skills will be an added advantage

• Aptitude for learning and leveraging systems and data flows

• Basic understanding of the firm's products & its accounting