JPMorgan Strategic Accounting Infrastructure & Control - Associate 

United States, Delaware 

585920283

As an Associate on Strategic Finance Program Management unit in the Strategic Accounting Infrastructure and Control (SAIC) team, you will partner with various stakeholder across multiple regions to deliver project objectives throughout multiple phases including requirements documentation, functional analysis, and testing. You will have opportunities to leverage your product knowledge, problem solving ability, and accounting expertise to partner with finance, tech, ops for the project ranges from production uplifts / remediations, Industry / Line of Business (LOB) initiatives.

Job responsibilities:

• Providing finance project support for Impact subledger system and involvement with small to large scale initiatives with Impact
• Liaise with various stakeholders (Finance, Ops, Corporate Accounting Policy) across the firm to ensure the accounting requirements are addressed according to US GAAP
• Work closely with Technology during the development phase to ensure build meets finance requirements
• Work closely with Operations to identify inconsistencies between Finance and Operations requirements.
• Write and execute UAT test cases; participate in E2E, production parallel and conversion testing
• Analyze controls to ensure the strategic infrastructure operates within a solid control environment- including identifying any opportunities for process and control improvements; Make certain the design meets Finance Principles and Big Rules established
• Liaise with PMO and assist with overall governance

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• At least 4 years finance or accounting experience, fixed income securities accounting experience
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, be flexible and adapt to the changing needs of stakeholders
• Detail oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving skills including root cause analysis and ability to provide solutions
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Exceptional interpersonal and relationship building skills with the ability to collaborate across different groups and regions
• Strong organizational skills, including the ability to prioritize, and manage multiple activities
• Excellent working knowledge of MS Excel (Pivot tables, v-lookups, functions), PowerPoint and Word

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Knowledge of Impact subledger system is a plus
• Knowledge of key Finance systems and processes, including Impact, MIS and GL