Senior Financial Controller: Reporting, Compliance & Risk

ZipApply; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) plan

Vacation + holidays

Job summary

Truist Financial Corporation in Atlanta is seeking a Senior Financial Reporting professional to lead quality assured reporting for the Line of Business. The role collaborates with the Corporate Policy team to maintain up-to-date policies and supports the closing process with analytics, internal controls, and regulatory disclosures.

The position requires a Bachelor’s in Accounting/Finance, 5+ years of accounting experience, and strong communication and analytical skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• Five years of accounting or finance experience.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a team.

Responsibilities

• Applies comprehensive understanding of how the organization operates to solve issues that have accounting and financial reporting implications.
• Provides accounting guidance and support to ensure new products or transactions are accounted for correctly and accounting and financial reporting risks are identified
• Preparation/review of reporting and analyses of monthly results in support of the closing process (EOC and other monthly reporting) and understanding and reviewing financial results
• Subject matter expertise in the identification and querying of the data necessary to prepare and provide value added management reporting
• Account level variance analysis in support of the month-end close process. Includes identifying, analyzing, and interpreting variances and unusual trends in the LOB GL activity
• Preparation/review of standard and enhanced reports, regular and ad hoc analytics, and interpretation of LOB financial results
• Assess accounting impacts of business changes
• Oversight of the internal control structure over processes specific to the LOB that impact financial reporting; proactively partners with the LOB to ensure accuracy and integrity of processes impacting financial reporting includes understanding, articulating and reviewing results to ensure consistency with GAAP, financial policies, and controls
• Prepare/review reporting and analyses of monthly results for the closing process to identify and mitigate areas representing material financial risk
• Provides support for LOB information enhancement initiatives
• Prepare/review of SEC and Regulatory disclosures and financial filings to ensure the SOX Control structure mitigates financial risk
• Ensures adherence to relevant Financial Management requirements including policies, standards, procedures, internal controls, and record retention
• Support the month end close process
• Analysis of GL activity and results
• Performance of SOX controls
• Preparation of journal entries to record the results of business transactions to the GL
• Serve as liaison with Accounting Operations group as subject matter expert for LOB accounting and data
• Works collaboratively with the LOB and SFO teams to ensure accurate recording of transactions to the GL
• Preparation, review and oversight of quarterly and annual SEC and Regulatory disclosures and other financial filings
• As applicable by LOB, responsible for preparation and review of quarterly and annual legal entity audited financial statements and annual report
• As applicable by LOB, responsible for the preparation, review, and monthly submission of other regulatory reports and filings - e.g. FINRA FOCUS II report; Form SIS, Form SSOI, Form OBS, Form Custody for registered broker/dealers
• Support the Corporate Controller and Financial Reporting team on external financial and regulatory reporting matters including certain LOB specific regulatory reporting and internal management reporting
• Serves as liaison with Corporate Accounting Policy team as subject matter expert on LOB accounting issues, assisting in maintaining up to date policies as required
• Responsible for monitoring compliance with Corporate accounting policies in the areas of the LOB that perform accounting processes
• Responsible for adhering to Truist accounting policies QUALIFICATIONS

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Collaboration

Decision making

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

CPA

Tools

Essbase/Hyperion

EPM/BPC

Job description

Truist Financial Corporation in Atlanta is seeking a Senior Financial Reporting professional to lead quality assured reporting for the Line of Business. The role collaborates with the Corporate Policy team to maintain up-to-date policies and supports the closing process with analytics, internal controls, and regulatory disclosures.

The position requires a Bachelor’s in Accounting/Finance, 5+ years of accounting experience, and strong communication and analytical skills.