Principal Accountant
About The Position
The Principal Accountant, Americas Accounting will oversee US regulatory reporting functions, stand-alone financial audits, and business support. This role reports directly to the Chief Accounting Officer over the Americas region and is primarily responsible for US regulatory reporting, preparation of stand-alone audited financials, supporting the legal entity teams and other periodic tasks such as impairment reviews and capital transactions. The group also handles unforeseen financial projects that may arise such as business combinations and closures, requests for unaudited financials, process/policy/procedure reviews, etc. The group is also expected to serve as a business support and coordinate the finance and accounting needs of those business groups.
Requirements
- BA required; MA preferred
- 5 years preferred; industry experience
- Sound understanding of US GAAP
- Prior history with regulatory reporting
- Highly Analytical
- Open mindedness to new ideas and processes
- CPA – required
- FINRA registered preferred (series 99 specifically)
- Excel expertise
Responsibilities
- Prepare and/or review regulatory reporting filings US - FINRA FOCUS reports, Banking Call Reports in several jurisdictions, Dept of Treasury TIC-B, and various Dept of Commerce reports and US Census reports.
- Prepare and/or review regulatory reporting filings Canada – OSC M4 and BCAR, CIRO Form 1, OSFI OCFS, ICAAP, StatsCanada.
- Prepare and/or review regulatory reporting filings Bahamas/Cayman – SCB, Central Bank of the Bahamas, CIMA.
- Overseeing and compiling several stand-alone audited financials, and working with auditors to fulfill specific audit requests.
- Overseeing and coordinating capital transactions with other finance teams (intercompany dividends and capital infusions to subsidiaries).
- Providing business support, internal reporting and analysis covering several key areas of the business, including Investment Advisory, Business Administration, Broker/Dealer, High Net Worth Wealth Management, Transfer Agency, and Internal Operations.
- Handling other unidentifiable finance requests required by the business.
Benefits
- annual discretionary bonus
- 401(k) plan with a generous match
- recognition rewards
- competitive healthcare options
- insurance
- disability benefits
- employee stock investment program
- learning resources
- career development programs
- reimbursement for certain education expenses
- paid time off (vacation / holidays / sick / leave / parental & caregiving leave / bereavement / volunteering / floating holidays)
- motivational wellbeing program
- Three weeks of PTO in your first year
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) plan with an 85% company match on pre-tax and/or Roth contributions, up to IRS limits
- Employee Stock Investment Plan (ESIP) with discounted share purchase opportunities
- Learning Education Assistance Program (LEAP)
- Opportunity to purchase company funds with no sales charge
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
