Controllers, AWM Mutual Fund Controllers, Associate, Jersey City

Goldman Sachs•Jersey City, NJ

4d•$85,000 - $140,000

About The Position

The AWM Mutual Fund Controllers team is responsible for overseeing numerous SEC registered investment companies including open-end and closed-end mutual funds (both onshore and offshore) and ETFs. These funds include a wide array of strategies and products in an ever changing landscape. The AWM Mutual Fund Controllers team is responsible for the accounting, finance, and treasury functions of these products.

Requirements

Basic financial product knowledge and general market awareness
Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
Ability to work both independently and in a team environment
Self-starter with ability to work in a fast paced environment
Highly-motivated with strong interpersonal skills
Full working knowledge of Microsoft office suite of applications; knowledge of analytical tools such as Tableau and Qlik a plus
3-5 years of relevant work experience
Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance (CPA/CFA preferred)

Responsibilities

Manage the financial reporting process with external legal counsel, auditors, and funds’ accounting agents. Establish all accounting policies and perform financial statement analysis (including knowledge of US GAAP/IFRS).
Establish and monitor financial control framework, both internally, and that of the funds’ external accounting agents.
Large scale analytical procedures on various fund metrics that are necessary for sales and marketing materials, corporate profitability, and portfolio oversight
Ensure accuracy of Fund’ Net Asset Values via control governance of external accounting agents.
Oversight and coordination of funds’ major treasury functions.
Analysis of funds’ dividends including insight to the organization on movement and factors that can increase and decrease these amounts.
Assist with setting fund fees, in accordance with the firm’s pricing philosophy, for Registration Statements.
Prepare written materials on recurring and ad-hoc basis for Board of Trustees and senior management (including updates to regulatory requirements, accounting and treasury policies, external accounting agent governance, Funds’ statistics, etc.).
Drive strategic process change and new/enhanced capabilities by partnering with Technology. Consistently exposed to new proprietary and third party systems and software.
Liaison with several groups including portfolio management, tax, legal, and sales on new product development and existing fund requirements
Research various industry developments and share critical components with relevant teams