External Reporting Controller - Associate

You are a strategic thinker passionate about driving solutions in external reporting. You have found the right team.

As a member of the External Reporting function within Finance, you will oversee financial statement and management reporting activities while maintaining a sound control environment. You will understand and apply accounting treatments and ensure compliance with corporate and regulatory requirements. You will coordinate the preparation of quarterly regulatory requirements and support accurate, complete submissions. You will validate balance sheet items and develop an understanding of balance sheet usage and reporting.

Job responsibilities 

• Apply up-to-date product, industry, and market knowledge in specialty areas of reporting
• Consolidate, review, and analyze quarterly financial data for accuracy and completeness, including quarter-over-quarter variance analysis
• Coordinate data collection and quarterly business results with lines of business, Regulatory Controllers, and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reporting teams
• Assist in the thorough assessment of issues and outcomes, and clearly communicate financial information while flagging potential issues
• Participate in the production, review, and filing of monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports filed with regulatory agencies
• Support filings used by regulators for compiling statistics on levels of, and changes in, domestic and international portfolio positions
• Adhere to proof and control procedures to ensure accurate reconciliation between regulatory filings, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings, and other published financial reports (for example, Form 10-Q, Annual Report or Form 10-K, Call Report and FR Y-9C, and Pillar III)
• Adhere to control procedures and edit checks to ensure the integrity of reported financial results
• Ensure accurate and complete data submission to regulators
• Interpret and define regulatory and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission requirements and coordinate internal and external policies
• Establish and manage relationships with lines of business and external regulatory agency constituents through ongoing partnership and dialogue, and participate in continuous improvement efforts around data quality review and external reporting improvement projects

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills 

• 5+ years of experience in a Finance organization with exposure to accounting, financial statements, and or regulatory reporting
• Strong time management, problem solving, and written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work effectively across diverse functions, locations, and businesses
• Strong Microsoft Excel and computer skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Extremely strong organizational and time management skills

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills 

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• Experience in Product Control or Financial Control, or knowledge of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reporting and regulatory reporting
• Project management experience and or skills