Financial Controller, Associate

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Columbus is seeking a Financial Controller Associate to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of the Firm’s books, with emphasis on the general ledger and infrastructure controls across the business lifecycle.

You will perform balance sheet reconciliations, manage month-end closes, and coordinate across teams to deliver robust financial control reporting. Strong analytical skills and collaboration with risk managers are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting; 2+ years of related experience in financial control or accounting.
• Strong understanding of securities and derivatives products; 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 risk managers; relationships and networks within the firm's IB community.
• Ability to build and maintain partnerships across product-aligned businesses and corporate financial groups; influence middle and front office partners.
• Strong analytical skills to understand complex processing systems and GL infrastructure.
• Excellent desktop/spreadsheet/database skills and ability to multi-task in a changing environment; strong communication skills.
• Ability to multi-task and critically challenge existing processes to identify control issues.

Responsibilities

• Perform balance sheet reconciliation, certification, and substantiation to ensure accuracy of financial records.
• Execute month-end close processes and coordinate across teams for timely reporting.
• Manage manual accounting entries and bookings to the general ledger with proper documentation.
• Oversee GLRS reporting and governance activities, ensuring compliance with internal standards.
• Monitor inter-entity controls and governance frameworks to identify and remediate discrepancies.
• Critically challenge existing processes and escalate control issues as needed.
• Liaise with business and risk managers to communicate financial control matters and resolve inquiries.
• Build partnerships across product-aligned businesses, corporate financial, treasury, and accounting groups.
• Analyze complex processing systems and GL infrastructure to understand interrelationships.
• Influence middle and front office partners to deliver solutions to business issues and problems.
• Develop and maintain spreadsheets, databases, and reporting tools for financial control activities.

Skills

Accounting

Financial control

General Ledger

Financial reporting

Excel

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

Tools

Excel

Databases

Reporting tools

Job description

JPMorganChase's Financial Control team plays a critical role in safeguarding the integrity of the Firm's financial infrastructure across every line of business. This is an opportunity to join a high-impact team where your analytical rigor and accounting expertise will directly support the control environment that underpins the Firm's operations. If you thrive in fast-paced environments and enjoy solving complex problems across interconnected systems, this role is for you.

As a Financial Controller Associate on the Financial Control team, you are 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:

• Perform balance sheet reconciliation, certification, and substantiation activities to ensure accuracy of the Firm's financial records
• Execute month-end close processes and coordinate across teams to ensure timely and complete reporting
• Manage manual accounting entries and bookings to the general ledger with precision and appropriate documentation
• Oversee GLRS reporting and governance activities, ensuring compliance with internal standards
• Monitor inter-entity controls and governance frameworks to identify and remediate discrepancies
• Critically challenge existing processes and workflows with the goal of identifying and escalating control issues
• Liaise with business and risk managers to communicate financial control matters and resolve inquiries
• Build and maintain partnerships across product-aligned businesses, corporate financial, treasury, and accounting groups
• Analyze complex processing systems and general ledger infrastructure to understand interrelationships and dependencies
• Influence middle and front office partners to deliver solutions to business issues and operational problems
• Develop and maintain spreadsheets, databases, and reporting tools to support financial control activities

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting with 2+ years of related experience in financial control or accounting
• Strong understanding of securities and derivatives products; 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 risk managers; relationships and networks within the firm's IB community
• Able to build and maintain partnerships within the various product aligned businesses and across other corporate financial, treasury, and accounting groups and able to understand business drivers and requirements and influence middle and front office partners to deliver solutions to business issues and problems
• Strong 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 desktop/spreadsheet/database skills, excellent organizational and problem-solving skills; able to multi-task in a constantly changing environment, and excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to multi-task in a constantly changing environment and able to critically challenge with the goal of identifying control issues

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• CPA license beneficial in some FFAR roles, but not required
• Knowledge of other financial reporting systems beneficial

Candidates must be able to physically work in our Columbus,OH office5 days a week.

To be eligible for this role, you must be authorized to work in the United States. We do not offer any type of employment-based immigration sponsorship for this role. Likewise, JPMorgan Chase & Co. will not provide any assistance or sign any documentation in support of any other form of immigration sponsorship or benefit, including optional practical training (OPT) or curricular practical training (CPT).