This role provides an opportunity to interact with multiple lines of business and internal stakeholders while learning legal entity controllership end-to-end. The role will liaise with the line of business finance teams, operations, and the Legal Entity Controller community to drive the Legal Entity agenda. Specific responsibilities will include:
- Responsible for intraday reporting within regulatory limits to be distributed to each line of business (e.g., Legal Lending Limit, Efectivo Mínimo, PGNME, among others)
- Lead new regulation analysis and interpretation process coming out from Central Bank (BCRA) on a daily basis and share to key stakeholders
- Conduct monthly regulatory submission to Central Bank (BCRA)
- Lead annual ICAAP & Business Plan exercise. Submission to Regulator
- Address ad-hoc queries/analysis asked by the businesses related to local regulation
- Participate in firmwide legal entity reporting projects, including infrastructure and process improvement efforts and other controller/regulatory initiatives as needed
- Liaise with other functions such as Operations, Legal, Compliance, Internal Audit as well as with each line of business
- Monitor intercompany activity and liquidity needs by running cashflow projections
- Ensure the integrity of the books and records of the legal entities, to be executed with reference to the Legal Entity Control Standards and to local GAAP/ IFRS
- Ensure that business booking in the legal entities complies with the applicable regulatory requirements
- Accountable for the legal entity regulatory filings
- Manage the internal/external relationships with regulators and auditors, working where appropriate with Compliance
- Ensure adequate capital management and financial ratios of the legal entities
- Analyze legal entity implications of new business developments and changes in the regulatory framework
- Sound understanding of local markets opportunities and constraints for doing business
- Monitor the effectiveness of the control environment and the adequate governance of the legal entities, working closely with Business Controllers and other LOBs
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/CPA required, Master in Finance is a plus
- +6 years finance/accounting/regulatory proven related experience within the financial industry in supervision/manager roles
- Strong analytical acumen, with ability to understand local Central Bank (BCRA) regulatory framework and financial products
- Superior attention to detail and strong presentation skills
- Ability to manage exposure to each line of business
- Outstanding spanish/english written and verbal communication skills, including ability to prepare executive level presentations
- Work effectively with others and being able to liaise with all business partners within the lines of business, support functions and regulators
- Strong initiative and work ethic
- Ability to multi-task and work well under pressure in a dynamic and challenging environment
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills required
- SAP experience it´s a plus
- Innovation tools command is appreciated (e.g., Alteryx, Xceptor)