Join the Firmwide Financial Control - Equities Team!

As an Associate in The Financial Control function, you will primarily focused on ensuring the accuracy, integrity and timeliness of the firm’s 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 MTD PL reconciliations, balance sheet reconciliation, balance sheet substantiation and GLRS reporting & governance, inter-entity control and governance, manual accounting / bookings to the GL, and operating systems and the month end close process & coordination.

Job Responsibilities:

Ensure the accuracy and validity of line of business general ledger balance sheet accounts, including adherence to the firmwide General Ledger Attestation (GLA) standardsEnsure adherence to P&L and Balance Sheet controls owned by Financial Control, including identifying and implementing opportunities for efficiencyAnalyze, communicate, and resolve material variances between the general ledger and upstream systems, as defined by line of businessWork  closely with various line of business controllers, middle office, business managers, technology and operationsUnderstand end-to-end flow of trading activities, booking models, product configurations, and trade economics to apply relative accounting policies and enhance control frameworkResponsible for the integrity and accuracy of line of business income statement and balance sheet at month, quarter, and year-endsEngagement in line of business initiatives and projects, be the financial control subject matter expertAbility to proactively identify process and/or infrastructure enhancements and work with stakeholders to enact changeOversee preparation of the firm's primary financial statements at quarter-end for use in the earnings release and Securities Exchange Commission filingsControl post-closing entries and consolidation adjustmentsPerform various control procedures to ensure the integrity of reported financial results

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

Bachelor’s degreeMinimum 5+ years of related experience; Understanding of financial productsGeneral Ledger accounting experienceExperience with financial reporting and month end close responsibilitiesStrong analytical skills: Ability to quickly understand workings of a complex processing system and general ledger systems across the infrastructure and their interrelationships and dependenciesExcellent desktop/spreadsheet/database skillsExcellent organizational and problem-solving skillsExcellent verbal and written communication skillsAbility to build and maintain partnerships within the various product aligned businesses and across teams in finance, other accounting groups, ops, and techAbility to critically challenge with the goal of identifying control issues

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

Existing relationships and networks within the firm's IB community an advantage