Financial Controller - Associate

Testing Site - JPMC; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase's Financial Control team in Columbus, OH is seeking a Financial Controller Associate to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of the Firm’s books, with a focus on the general ledger, compliance with GLRS standards, and robust controls across the business lifecycle.

You will participate in balance sheet reconciliation, substantiation, GLRS reporting, and month-end close, collaborating with risk managers and product teams to deliver reliable financial data while maintaining strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• Minimum 3+ years of related experience
• 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 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
• Strong analytical skills: understand workings of complex processing and GL systems across infrastructure and their interrelationships
• Excellent desktop/spreadsheet/database skills
• Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills; able to multi-task in a changing environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• CPA license beneficial in some FFAR roles, but not required
• Knowledge of other financial reporting systems beneficial

Responsibilities

• Ensure the accuracy and validity of line of business general ledger accounts, including adherence to 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

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Excel/Database skills

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

CPA license beneficial

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
• Minimum 3+ years of related experience
• 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
• 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
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

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).