Communicate and partner with senior leadership and various internal stakeholders across the Firm on various matters impacting the legal entities
Month-End analytical review of the legal entities to ensure completeness and accuracy of the financial statements and preparation of various reports, as well as legal entity and line of business financial commentary and regulatory reporting requirements to OSFI and CIRO
Legal entity accounting and control on a monthly basis, including the month-end close process, parent/child accounting, review of inter-entity breaks and unnatural general ledger balance monitoring
Investigation, analysis and resolution of issues and response to ad-hoc queries
Assist in the booking model review and on-going Legal Entity Control Standard compliance monitoring
Participate in Firmwide legal entity reporting projects including infrastructure and process improvement efforts and other Controller initiatives as needed
Qualifications:
4+ years finance/accounting/LEC/regulatory reporting/products – related experience
Degree in Accounting, Finance or related discipline with a professional accounting designation & knowledge of financial institution industry
Strong accounting and analytical acumen, with ability to understand, produce and explain income statement and balance sheet content and variances
Self-motivated, strong initiative and work ethic; ability to multi-task, work well under pressure and be flexible in a dynamic and challenging environment
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; Advanced Excel skills
Ability to partner effectively with others, as well as act as an effective liaison to business partners within the lines of business or legal entity chains
Superior attention to detail, ability to deep dive on processes/issues and improve controls/efficiencies
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:
OSFI and CIRO regulatory reporting experience preferred