Emerging Markets Equity Financial Controller- Analyst

JPMorgan Chase & Co.•Newark, DE

13d

About The Position

As an Analyst within the Emerging Markets Controllers team supporting Brazil and Chile Equities, you will ensure the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of the Firm's books and records across the entire lifecycle of the trading business. You will own critical processes including balance sheet and P&L reconciliation, balance sheet substantiation, inter-entity control and governance, and month-end close while coordinating closely with product control and legal entity controllers teams. You will work with large datasets, engage with senior leaders, and partner with a global support team to strengthen the control framework and drive process improvements across the equities space.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
Minimum of 1 years of related experience
Basic knowledge of the General Ledger accounting process
Good understanding of the reporting and month end close responsibilities & understanding of Financial Products
Comfortable liaising with business and risk managers
Able to build and maintain partnerships within the various product aligned businesses and across other corporate financial, treasury, and accounting groups.
Able to understand business drivers and requirements and influence middle and front office partners to deliver solutions to business issues and problems.
Strong analytical skills: Ability to quickly understand workings of a complex processing system and general ledger systems across the infrastructure and their interrelationships and dependencies.
Excellent desktop/spreadsheet/database skills and excellent organizational and problem-solving skills, verbal, and written communication skills
Able to multi-task in a constantly changing environment and the Ability to critically challenge with the goal of identifying control issues.

Responsibilities

Help supporting a specific line of business within the Corporate & Investment Bank such as Currencies & Emerging Markets, Rates, Credit Trading, Securitized Products Group, Equities, and Risk
Work closely with various line of business controllers, middle office, business managers, technology, and operations.
Understand end-to-end flow of trading activities, booking models, product configurations, and trade economics to apply relative accounting policies and enhance control framework.
Responsible for the integrity and accuracy of line of business income statement and balance sheet at month, quarter, and year-ends
Engagement in line of business initiatives and projects, be the financial control subject matter expert.
Ability to proactively identify process and/or infrastructure enhancements and work with stakeholders to enact change.
Oversee preparation of the firm's primary financial statements at quarter-end for use in the earnings release and Securities Exchange Commission filings
Control post-closing entries and consolidation adjustments.
Manage intercompany eliminations, a key component of the financial consolidation process.
Perform various control procedures to ensure the integrity of reported financial results and enhance the overall control environment around the financial reporting function.
Mobilize change wherever possible in order to simplify processes and enhance controls.