You are a strategic thinker passionate about ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial records. You have found the right team.

As a Financial Controller in our Finance team, you will spend each day defining, refining, and delivering key objectives for our firm. Your primary focus will be on maintaining the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of our books and records throughout the entire business lifecycle. You will emphasize controls related to the general ledger, operating systems, and infrastructure. Your responsibilities will include balance sheet reconciliation and certification, balance sheet substantiation, GLRS reporting and governance, inter-entity control and governance, manual accounting and bookings to the general ledger and operating systems, as well as managing the month-end close process. Your contributions will be vital in ensuring a sound control environment and supporting the financial health of our firm.

Job responsibilities 

Ensure the accuracy and validity of line of business general ledger accounts, including adherence to the firm wide General Ledger Reconciliation & Substantiation (GLRS) 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 business

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Bachelor’s degree in AccountingExcellent desktop/spreadsheet/database skillsExcellent organizational and problem-solving skillsBasic understanding of securities and derivatives productsComfortable liaising with business and risk managersAble to build and maintain partnerships within the various product aligned businesses and across other corporate financial, treasury, and accounting groupsAble to understand business drivers and requirements, and influence middle and front office partners to deliver solutions to business issues and problemsStrong 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

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Able to multi-task in a constantly changing environmentAble to critically challenge with the goal of identifying control issuesExisting relationships and networks within the firm's IB community an advantage