Sr. Manager, Accounting

Fidelity • Smithfield, RI

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Role Learn, grow and build your career as a Senior Manager on the Asset Management ("AM") Accounting Team within Fidelity’s Corporate Accounting function, accountable for financial accounting and controllership to Fidelity’s Institutional Asset Management legal entities! You will be responsible for performing monthly close processes and overseeing monthly close activities that support the Fidelity Institutional Asset Management legal entities. Additionally, you will oversee the preparation of various financial reports including call reports, board presentations, and annual financial statements. You will also support the team’s various modernization efforts and projects on an ad hoc basis. You will play a key role in the professional development of the accounting professionals on your team. It will also be important for the Senior Manager to form relationships with accounting leadership, peers, central accounting functions (e.g., accounting policy, technology, etc.), billing and other support functions across the firm, and key vendors.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting / Finance or equivalent
• 7+ years experience, Asset Management or financial services accounting preferred
• Ability to lead and develop team members
• Strong communication and social skills.
• Ability to influence business partners to achieve a desired business outcome.
• Make well-informed / reasoned decisions
• Maintain a strong control environment.
• Responsible for operational processes and internal controls to mitigate accounting and operational risks.
• Evaluate the results of management’s testing of controls performed by internal controls function
• Financial reporting experience. Prepare and review financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP
• Audit participation experience. Assist with all aspects of external audits of AM entities. Timely meet requests and provide support. Form relationship with external audit counterparts.
• Accounting operations experience. Timely work through operational issues impacting the accounting close and otherwise, as needed. Review and analyze legal entity results. Maintain documentation of significant related party transactions. Maintain an appropriate level of professional skepticism.
• Be change agent to propel the team forward. Identify, socialize and implement operational improvement opportunities.
• Build and maintain relationships with the controls program, the accounting policy function, and centers of excellence within Corporate Accounting, as well as key business partners including but not limited to AM finance, AM operations, corporate tax, and corporate treasury.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, including crafting presentations to communicate accounting results and other financial information.
• Be flexible. Be able to work on multiple areas/projects concurrently. Be willing to learn new skills.
• Effectively use financial systems, reporting and teamwork tools (Oracle, Excel, Word, SharePoint, Power BI, etc.)

Nice To Haves

• CPA preferred
• Asset Management or financial services accounting preferred

Responsibilities

• Performing monthly close processes and overseeing monthly close activities that support the Fidelity Institutional Asset Management legal entities.
• Overseeing the preparation of various financial reports including call reports, board presentations, and annual financial statements.
• Supporting the team’s various modernization efforts and projects on an ad hoc basis.
• Playing a key role in the professional development of the accounting professionals on your team.
• Forming relationships with accounting leadership, peers, central accounting functions (e.g., accounting policy, technology, etc.), billing and other support functions across the firm, and key vendors.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees