JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Corporate Finance: Financial, Accounting, Infrastructure & Reporting – CCB Auto Financial Control - Associate

Posted on: 27 Jan 2021

Newark, DE

Job Description

The Financial Control function is primarily focused on ensuring the accuracy, integrity and timeliness of the firms 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 & governance, inter-entity control & governance, manual accounting / bookings to the GL and operating systems and the month end close process & coordination.

Primary 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

Candidate Requirements

* Bachelors degree in Accounting
* Excellent desktop/spreadsheet/database skills
* Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills
* Basic understanding of securities and derivatives 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 verbal and written communication skills
* Able to multi-task in a constantly changing environment
* Able to critically challenge with the goal of identifying control issues
* Existing relationships and networks within the firm's IB community an advantage

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

New York, New York

JPMorgan Chase & Co. operates as a financial services company worldwide. It operates in four segments: Consumer & Community Banking (CCB), Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB), Commercial Banking (CB), and Asset & Wealth Management (AWM). The CCB segment offers deposit and investment products and services to consumers; lending, deposit, and cash management and payment solutions to small businesses; mortgage origination and servicing activities; residential mortgages and home equity loans; and credit card, payment processing, auto loan, and leasing services.

The CIB segment provides investment banking products and services, including corporate strategy and structure advisory, and equity and debt markets capital-raising services, as well as loan origination and syndication; cash management and liquidity solutions; and cash securities and derivative instruments, risk management solutions, prime brokerage, and research.

This segment also offers securities services, including custody, fund accounting and administration, and securities lending products for asset managers, insurance companies, and public and private investment funds. The CB segment provides financial solutions, including lending, treasury, investment banking, and asset management to corporations, municipalities, financial institutions, and nonprofit entities, as well as financing to real estate investors and owners.

The AWM segment offers investment and wealth management services across equities, fixed income, alternatives, and money market fund asset classes; multi-asset investment management services; retirement products and services; and brokerage and banking services comprising trusts, estates, loans, mortgages, and deposits. The company also provides ATM, digital covering online and mobile, and telephone banking services. JPMorgan Chase & Co. has a collaboration agreement with Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce. The company was founded in 1799 and is headquartered in New York, New York.