This is a fast-paced opportunity in the Product Controller space within Commercial and Investment Banking!
As an Associate in the Asset Backed Finance Product Controller team, you will be responsible for supporting both the product controllers and the line of business. Your role will ensure the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of the firm's books and records, with a particular focus on the general ledger, operating systems, and infrastructure controls throughout the business lifecycle. Your duties will include preparing data for regulatory reporting, reconciling and certifying the balance sheet, substantiating the balance sheet, controlling inter-entity transactions, manually accounting and booking to the General Ledger (GL), and coordinating the month-end close process.
Job responsibilities:
• Ensure the accuracy and validity of line of business general ledger accounts, including adherence to the firm-wide General Ledger Reconciliation & Substantiation standards
• Analyze, communicate, and resolve material variances between the general ledger and upstream systems, as defined by line of business
• Serve as an analytical and project support resource for product control
• Handle various ad-hoc requests on a daily basis
Required qualifications, capabilities and skills
• 3+ years of related experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or related area
• Advanced analytical skills and attention to detail including a control focus
• Able to quickly understand workings of a complex processing system and general ledger systems across the infrastructure and their interrelationships and dependencies
• Excellent communication skills and ability to develop strong working relationships
Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills
A solid understanding of financial products including loans, securities and derivatives would be advantageous