Responsibilities:
This role will partner and lead other Accounting Policy professionals to perform and document technical research and provide interpretive guidance on existing and emerging regulatory rules and accounting standards. Additionally, the role reviews new products and complex transactions for compliance with GAAP and regulatory reporting regulations. This role will also be expected to maintain advanced knowledge of GAAP, regulatory requirements and lead in-house training sessions. As a senior member of the Accounting Policy group, this role will advocate on behalf of the bank with accounting standard setters, regulators and various industry organizations.
Required Qualifications:
- Minimum of 15 years of experience and a distinguished record of performance as an accounting profession including progressive leadership roles at a major diversified financial institution
- 7-10 years of Accounting Policy experience to include Technical Accounting skills
- Proven direct leadership experience of managing a team
- Bachelor’s Degree in related field
- Extensive experience with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Ability to understand and dissect complex transactions
- Extensive experience and knowledge of US regulatory reporting requirements within the banking and financial services industry.
- Effective, high energy business partner with the ability to influence, collaborate, and work across the organization, with the CFO, CAO, controllers, treasury, tax and other finance leaders
- Proven experience to work across teams within the organization to implement accounting standards and lead projects
- Strong communication skills including written and oral presentation skills with an ability to interact at different levels of the organization
- Excellent time management and organization skills
Desired Qualifications:
- Master of Accountancy or MBA
- CPA
- Accounting Policy experience for a large financial institution
- Experience with a major public accounting firm
- Exposure to Global Markets transactions
1st shift (United States of America)