You are a strategic thinker passionate about ensuring financial integrity and robust controls. You have found the right team.

As a Financial Controller in our Finance team, you will spend each day validating the integrity of our books and records, focusing on the accuracy of the Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet. You will be responsible for partnering across the firm—including Controllers groups, Middle Offices, Operations, and Technology—to prepare and review financial statements for various JP Morgan legal entities and geographies.

Our Financial Controller function enables governance of both systemic and manual controls, with a particular emphasis on the General Ledger and processing systems. You will work with diverse teams to research, escalate, and resolve exceptions in the general ledger and interfacing systems, ensuring the integrity of our ledger and risk management processes. Your role is critical in maintaining strong financial governance and supporting the firm’s commitment to operational excellence

Job responsibilities

Partner with various Financial/Legal entity Controllers groups within the firm to prepare & review financial statements across different JP Morgan legal entities and geographiesWork with various teams to research, escalate, and clear exceptions to the general ledger and other interfacing systems in a timely manner to ensure the integrity of ledger/risk management systemsPerform monthly General ledger Reconciliation & Substantiation processAdhere to various regulatory reporting requirements when performing the reporting / month end close processSupport various lines of business with business wise - performance reporting and their query resolutionEnsure appropriateness of reference data for account hierarchiesPerform various reconciliations (Account level, system, inter-company etc.) to ensure financial and reporting integrityParticipate in user acceptance tests during projects on system implementation/changes & other business initiatives

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Good accounting and finance skills along with the ability to analyze numbers. Good knowledge of banking products e.g. Securities, derivatives etc. Ability to understand / comprehend data flows and its impacts across the ledger, Risk Management Systems & reporting systems along with their interrelationships and dependencies.Excellent MS Excel (data manipulation, macros, v-lookups, pivot tables) / MS Access/ MS PowerPoint skill sets as well as strong verbal & written communication.Adapt in accordance with changing / conflicting priorities and excel during enhanced demand situations due to trading / month end deadlines on the deliverables etc.

 

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related business field   (2 Years Experience)Basic knowledge of industry standards and regulations for US GAAP &/or IFRS StandardsCA/MBA’s with 1 year of relevant experience (Controller experience is preferred)Basic understanding of transformation/visualization products such as Alteryx, Tableau, UI Path and other Intelligent Solutions Skills will be an added advantage