JPMorgan Financial Reporting_Vice President 

India, Maharashtra, Mumbai 

877174599

Job Summary

As a Financial Reporting Vice President within our financial services team, you will play a pivotal role in coordinating and monitoring financial reporting activities. Your responsibilities will include ensuring the timely and accurate creation, review, and delivery of financial statements, client and regulatory reports. You will collaborate closely with partners and senior management to ensure all deliverables are met as per agreed service level agreements and regulatory deadlines. If you have 10+ years of experience in a fund accounting, financial reporting, or financial statement audit environment, and have a strong background in financial statement preparation & review, including application of IFRS and US GAAP, we would love to hear from you. Ideally, you should have experience managing large teams and hold a CA, CPF, or MBA in Finance.

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead the team and providing guidance to Associates and staff on treatment of complex financial transactions in a post NAV scenario to ensure proper identification in financial statements and responsible for delivering it accurately on time. Financial reporting will consist of Portfolio of Investments and Financial statements for Mutual / hedge funds under various GAAP (US GAAP/ IFRS/ UK SORP)
• Oversee and manage end to end audit planning with extended internal teams and partner locations globally & understand financial reporting product offerings & client SLA requirements
• Perform final quality and analytical review of financial statements including number & note disclosures to a standard required for external client delivery
• Expect to be completely hands on while overseeing the production of the Fund's quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports to partners that are filed with the regulators along with be-spoke client & regulatory reporting
• Act as the primary contact for inquiries from partner sites / clients requests and ad hoc projects on financial reporting issues & ensure MIS and escalations are completed in a timely manner to senior management team locally and in partner sites
• Run risk and control agenda, to actively participate in audits with multiple departments and responding to internal and external inquiries
• Assisting in developing and adjusting department procedures, systems enhancements and achieving department’s efficiency goals apart from maintain and tracking SLA’s/KPI and provide updates in governance calls
• Coaching, developing and mentoring staff including formal objective setting, performance reviews and providing ongoing and regular feedback
• Establish rapport and work with local and global senior management teams across multiple geographies to drive various technology & operations projects
• Drive all the people related initiatives to be able to eventually manage process and client level management
• Manage team meetings and run problem solving and idea sessions around change

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• A qualified Chartered Accountant or MBA in finance with over 10 years of experience in the Financial Services industry, specializing in financial reporting, fund accounting, and audit within a service delivery model.
• Possesses a strong technical understanding of the investment industry, including knowledge of regulatory requirements and accounting standards, particularly US GAAP, IFRS, and AIFMD.
• Demonstrates attention to detail in reviewing financial statements and other documentation for external reporting purposes.
• Exhibits exceptional leadership and staff development skills, with prior experience in team management.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and negotiation skills, with the ability to build and maintain collaborative relationships both internally and with external stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills, ideally with experience in project and program management, and a proven track record of successful project delivery.
• Advanced analytical skills, capable of anticipating issues and proactively driving initiatives to achieve desired results.
• Ability to initiate and manage change, with a history of successfully implementing change management strategies.
• Proven effectiveness in operating within a matrix organization, with the ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• A focus on control with a comprehensive understanding of operational risk.
• Detailed knowledge of business processes and procedures, as well as service and systems, including understanding downstream impacts, and the ability to engage, track, and implement a "strengthen our base/up-skill our current workforce" training agenda, along with meticulous planning skills to manage client delivery expectations