The external reporting function handles the oversight of the financial statements and management reporting, ensuring a sound control environment; understands and applies the accounting treatments and ensures compliance with appropriate corporate and regulatory requirements; coordinates the preparation of quarterly regulatory requirements; validates balance sheet items and understands balance sheet usage and reporting.
Job Responsibilities:
- Consolidate, review, and analyze quarterly financial data for accuracy and completeness; perform quarter-over-quarter variance analytics
- Coordinate data collection and quarterly business results with various lines of business, Regulatory Controllers and SEC reporting teams
- Clearly communicate financial information to the lines of businesses, and flag potential issues
- Adhere to proof & control procedures to ensure accurate reconciliation between regulatory filings, SEC filings and other published financial reports (e.g., Form 10-Q, Annual Report/Form 10-K, Call Report & FR Y-9C, Pillar III, etc.)
- Adhere to various control procedures and edit checks to ensure the integrity of reported financial results
- Establish and manage relationships with the line of business as well as with external regulatory agency constituents through ongoing partnership and dialogue
- Participate in continuous improvement effort around data quality review and external reporting improvement projects
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:
- Chartered Accountant/ MBA with minimum 1 year experience
- Finance organization exposure to accounting, financial statements, and/or regulatory reporting
- Strong skills in time management, problem solving, written and oral communication
- Team player, with ability to work effectively across diverse functions, locations and businesses
- Excellent Excel and computer skills
- Strong analytical skills
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:
- Extremely strong organizational and time management skills
- Experience in Product Control, Financial Control or knowledge of SEC reporting/Reg reporting a plus
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance