Ensure the accuracy and validity of line of business general ledger accounts, including adherence to the firmwide General Ledger Reconciliation & Substantiation (GLRS) standards.
Ensure adherence to P&L and Balance Sheet controls owned by Financial Control, including identifying and implementing opportunities for efficiency.
Analyze, communicate, and resolve material variances between the general ledger and upstream systems, as defined by line of business.
Ensure all deliverables are completed as per the timelines and with utmost accuracy for a seamless External Reporting.
Forecasting, Reconciliation, Variance Analysis & Attestation of the Fees across Regions, Line of Business.
Partnering closely with Global Stakeholders, Regional Controllers.
Preparing & presenting Executive Walk-forwards/Dashboards with variance analysis drivers for Senior management & Audit committee; highlighting reconciliation breaks to Regional Controllers & various stakeholders.
Proactively Identify & Execute on Automation & Process Improvement opportunities & highlight any issues/gaps.
Candidate Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
4+ years of related experience.
Experience with General ledger, financial reporting and month end close responsibilities
Comfortable & confident liaising with business and risk managers
Excellent desktop/spreadsheet/database skills.
Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills.
Able to build and maintain partnerships within the various product aligned businesses and across other corporate financial, treasury, and accounting groups
Able to understand business drivers and requirements, and influence middle and front office partners to deliver solutions to business issues and problems
Strong analytical skills: Ability to quickly understand workings of a complex processing system and general ledger systems across the infrastructure and their interrelationships and dependencies.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Able to multi-task in a constantly changing environment
Able to critically challenge with the goal of identifying control issues
Extremely meticulous and having an attention to detail.