Financial Controller - Associate

JPMorgan Chase & Co.•Columbus, OH

13d•Onsite

About The Position

Join JPMorgan Chase's Financial Control team! As a Financial Controller Associate, the function is primarily focused on ensuring the accuracy, integrity and timeliness of the Firm’s books and records, with an emphasis on general ledger, operating systems and infrastructure controls across the entire lifecycle of the business. Some of the most common functions and activities that are owned by Financial Controllers are balance sheet reconciliation / certification, balance sheet substantiation and GLRS reporting and governance, inter-entity control & governance, manual accounting / bookings to the GL, and operating systems and the month end close process and coordination.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
Minimum 3+ years of related experience
Strong understanding of securities and derivatives products; Able to critically challenge with the goal of identifying control issues
General Ledger, financial reporting and month end close responsibilities experience
Comfortable liaising with business and risk managers; relationships and networks within the firm's IB community
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
Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills; able to multi-task in a constantly changing environment
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Nice To Haves

CPA license beneficial in some FFAR roles, but not required
Knowledge of other financial reporting systems beneficial

Responsibilities

Ensure the accuracy and validity of line of business general ledger accounts, including adherence to the firmwide General Ledger Reconciliation & Substantiation (GLRS) standards
Ensure adherence to P&L and Balance Sheet controls owned by Financial Control, including identifying and implementing opportunities for efficiency
Analyze, communicate, and resolve material variances between the general ledger and upstream systems, as defined by line of business