VP, AI-Driven External Reporting & Controls

Next Frontier Capital; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Next Frontier Capital is seeking an External Reporting Controller (VP) on the Commercial Investment Banking team to lead governance of issues and errors affecting external reporting and drive the end-to-end remediation lifecycle. You will support the quarter-end close, develop variance narratives, and oversee regulatory filings, while leading change initiatives to improve processes and controls, including AI-enabled automation.

You will manage both onshore and offshore teammates.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 8+ years of controllership experience in financial services.
• Strong understanding of markets, banking products, and accounting concepts.
• Proven remote leadership of offshore teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end lifecycle for issues and errors affecting external reporting, from identification through closure, with clear and auditable documentation.
• Coordinate issue assessment, escalation, and remediation across stakeholders to ensure timely decisions and durable closure.
• Partner with issue owners to evaluate cross-report impacts, perform pervasiveness assessments, and align on root cause and corrective/preventive actions.
• Deliver concise, actionable updates to senior leadership on status, risks, and remediation progress.
• Drive enhancements to the issues and errors operating model, including workflow streamlining, documentation automation, and improved recurrence-prevention practices.
• Prepare, review, and support earnings deliverables, external reporting, and key regulatory filings through the quarter-end close process.
• Develop variance and attribution narratives and challenge inputs, assumptions, and judgments impacting reported results.
• Lead stakeholder forums to align on key developments, reporting risks, and standards changes, including overseeing attestations and related activities.
• Lead change initiatives and strategic projects (e.g., new rule implementation, process enhancements), with clear scope, milestones, and outcomes.
• Manage and develop an onshore and offshore team to deliver against reporting, governance, and change objectives.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Organizational skills

Time management

People leadership

Education

Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

Databricks

SQL

Job description

Next Frontier Capital is seeking an External Reporting Controller (VP) on the Commercial Investment Banking team to lead governance of issues and errors affecting external reporting and drive the end-to-end remediation lifecycle. You will support the quarter-end close, develop variance narratives, and oversee regulatory filings, while leading change initiatives to improve processes and controls, including AI-enabled automation.

You will manage both onshore and offshore teammates.