Corporate Controllers – Financial Controller – Associate

Testing Site - JPMC; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase's Financial Control team seeks a Financial Controller Associate to ensure accuracy and integrity of the firm’s books. The role focuses on the general ledger, controls, and timeliness across the business lifecycle.

Responsibilities include ledger validation, balance sheet substantiation, and coordinating month-end close with business and finance partners to drive governance and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or closely related field.
• Experience with general ledger, financial reporting and month-end close.
• Ability to challenge controls and identify issues.
• Strong collaboration with finance partners across the business.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accuracy and validity of general ledger accounts per GLRS standards.
• Maintain P&L and Balance Sheet controls and seek efficiency improvements.
• Analyze variances between the general ledger and upstream systems with stakeholders.

Skills

General Ledger

Financial reporting

Month-end close

Liaising with partners

Partnership building

Problem solving

Business acumen

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Job description

Join JPMorgan Chase's Financial Control team! As a Financial Controller Associate, the function is 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 balance sheet reconciliation / certification, balance sheet substantiation and GLRS reporting and governance, inter-entity control & governance, manual accounting / bookings to the GL, and operating systems and the month end close process and coordination.

Job responsibilities:

• Ensure the accuracy and validity of line of business general ledger accounts, including adherence to the firmwide General Ledger Reconciliation & Substantiation (GLRS) standards
• Ensure adherence to P&L and Balance Sheet controls owned by Financial Control, including identifying and implementing opportunities for efficiency
• Analyze, 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 Accounting
• 4+ years of related experience
• Able to critically challenge with the goal of identifying control issues
• General Ledger, financial reporting and month-end close responsibilities experience
• Comfortable liaising with business and finance partners
• Able to build and maintain partnerships within the various product aligned businesses and across other corporate financial, treasury, and accounting groups
• Able to understand business drivers and requirements and influence middle and front office partners to deliver solutions to business issues and problems