Commercial & Investment Banking Financial Controller Associate

Join the Financial Controller team!

As a Financial Controller in the Commercial & Investment Banking team you will help ensure the accuracy integrity and timeliness of the Firms books and records. You will own key monthly close and financial control activities with a strong focus on general ledger (GL) reconciliations balance sheet substantiation inter-entity governance and the design and execution of infrastructure and financial reporting controls.

Youll partner closely with stakeholders across Finance Operations Technology and the business to understand end-to-end processes identify control gaps and drive sustainable improvements.

Job responsibilities

• Support a specific line of businesswithin theCommercial & Investment Bank:Lending Banking Payments or Securities Services.
• Maintain theintegrity and accuracyof the line of businessincome statement and balance sheetacrossmonthly quarterly and year-endclose cycles.
• Own and executereconciliations including investigation and resolution of breaks root-cause analysis and issue remediation.
• Leadbalance sheet substantiationactivities ensuring completeness quality of supporting documentation and adherence to General Ledger Attestation (GLA) governance standards.
• Develop a strong understanding of theend-to-end booking model including product configurations reference data and upstream/downstream interfaces to apply accounting policy and strengthen the control framework.
• Communicate with stakeholder teams toplan and deliver a timely close including clear dependency management escalation and communication of key risks/issues.
• Manageintercompany activity includingintercompany eliminationsand inter-entity breaks partnering with relevant teams to resolve discrepancies and strengthen governance.
• Proactively identify and driveprocess data and infrastructure enhancementsto simplify workflows reduce operational risk and improve control effectiveness.
• Contribute to ongoing efforts toenhance the financial reporting control environment including standardization automation and measurable reduction of manual touchpoints.

Required qualifications skills and capabilities

• Bachelors degreerequired (Accounting Finance Economics or related field).
• Minimum 3 yearsof relevant experience infinancial control accounting reporting or closefunctions.
• Demonstratedgeneral ledger accountingexperience including reconciliations and close ownership.
• Experience supportingfinancial reporting and month-end close ideally in a complex regulated environment.
• Working understanding offinancial productsand the related operational processes that generate accounting entries.
• Strong stakeholder management skills; comfortable partnering withbusiness managers operations technology and riskteams.
• Ability to understand business drivers and requirements andinfluence partnersto deliver practical solutions.
• Strong analytical capability: able to quickly learn complex processing and GL system flows including dependencies across systems and data flows.
• Strongorganization problem-solving and communicationskills (written and verbal) with the ability to document issues clearly and drive decisions.
• Advanced proficiency withspreadsheets and desktop tools; comfortable working with large datasets and investigating variances.
• Proven ability tomulti-task in a fast-paced environment critically challenge processes and identify control risks.