Program Management - Fixed Income Accounting - Associate

Fairygodboss; Newark (DE); On-site; USD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Fairygodboss is seeking a Senior Associate to join the Strategic Accounting Infrastructure and Control (SAIC) Team in Newark, Delaware. This role focuses on defining accounting requirements, performing data analyses, and partnering with technology in strategic initiatives.

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 3 years in finance or accounting, strong analytical skills, and excellent communication abilities. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a significant multi-year project in securities processing.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of finance or accounting experience.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt to change.
• Detail oriented with strong analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and document detailed accounting requirements.
• Perform data and process analyses.
• Partner with Technology throughout analysis and testing.
• Write and execute UAT test cases.
• Analyze controls for process and control improvements.

Skills

Finance or accounting experience

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Communication and presentation skills

Interpersonal and relationship building skills

Organizational skills

MS Excel proficiency

Job description

Overview

Join the Strategic Accounting Infrastructure and Control (SAIC) Team that is responsible for the analysis and execution of financial accounting architecture changes, supporting Financial Control, Asset Class Control, and Product Control.

As an Associate on the Strategic Finance Program Management group within SAIC team, you will partner with various stakeholder across multiple regions to deliver project objectives throughout multiple phases including requirements documentation, functional analysis, and testing. You will have opportunities to leverage your product knowledge, problem solving ability, and accounting expertise to participate in meaningful discussion with partners from finance, tech, ops to solve complex business issues and build a strategic accounting infrastructure for securities processing.

The projects range from production remediation's and industry/line of business (LOB) initiatives to large‑scale, multi‑year strategic initiatives to replace entire product systems. We are looking for Senior Associate to support the multi‑year strategic build out of our in‑house Securities Processing Platform, initially focusing on the LATAM region.

Job Responsibilities

• Liaise with various stakeholders (Finance, Ops, Corporate Accounting Policy) across the firm to define and document detailed accounting requirements including accounting calculations, when applicable, for debt instruments according to US and local GAAP
• Perform data & process analyses and present findings to key stakeholders
• Partner with Technology throughout analysis and testing
• Write and execute UAT test cases; participate in E2E, production parallel and conversion testing
• Analyze controls to ensure the strategic infrastructure operates within a solid control environment— including identifying any opportunities for process and control improvements; make certain the design meets Finance Principles and Big Rules established
• Produce & maintain working group tracker, project plan and other project documents as required

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Minimum of 3 years finance or accounting experience; fixed income securities accounting experience preferred
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment, be flexible and adapt to the changing needs of stakeholders
• Detail oriented with strong analytical and problem‑solving skills including root cause analysis and ability to provide solutions
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Exceptional interpersonal and relationship building skills with the ability to collaborate across different groups and regions
• Strong organizational skills, including the ability to prioritize, and manage multiple activities
• Excellent working knowledge of MS Excel (Pivot tables, V‑lookups, functions), PowerPoint and Word

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Knowledge of key Finance systems and processes, including MIS and GL
• Prior experience performing requirement analysis
• Fixed income securities accounting experience preferred
• Conversation/fluent in Spanish or Portuguese

Eligibility

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).

Equal Opportunity Employer

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation. JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans.