As a LEC- Associate in our Finance team, you will spend each day defining, refining and delivering set goals for our firm. You will have an opportunity to interact with multiple lines of business and internal stakeholders while learning legal entity controllership end-to-end. You will liaise with the line of business finance teams, operations, and the Legal Entity Controller community to drive the Legal Entity agenda.
Job Responsibilities:
- Manage legal entity accounting and control on a monthly basis, including the month-end close process, parent/child accounting, equity pick-up, review of inter-entity breaks, and monitoring of unnatural general ledger balances.
- Conduct a month-end analytical review of the legal entity to ensure completeness and accuracy of financial statements, and prepare various reports, including contributions to the Monthly Controller’s Book, as well as legal entity and line of business financial commentary and regulatory reporting requirements.
- Ensure reporting and compliance with various critical regulators across the Asia Pacific, such as RBI, HKMA, MAS, and APRA.
- Monitor ratios like Capital Adequacy Ratio, Liquidity ratios, FX ratios, and large exposures on a daily/weekly basis.
- Prepare monthly Capital Adequacy reporting, P&L, and Balance Sheet reporting.
- Control intercompany activity, including variance commentary, and monitor the G/L, including consolidation and netting.
- Participate in firmwide legal entity reporting projects, including infrastructure and process improvement efforts and other Controller initiatives as needed.
:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related business field
- Minimum 3 years finance/accounting – related experience
- Strong accounting and analytical acumen, with ability to understand, produce and explain income statement and balance sheet content and variances
- Superior attention to detail
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, including an ability to prepare executive level presentations
- Ability to work effectively with others, as well as act as an effective liaison with all business partners within the lines of business or legal entity chains
- Strong initiative and work ethic
- Ability to multi-task and work well under pressure, with an ability to be flexible in a dynamic and challenging environment
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills required
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:
- CPA a plus, but not required