VP External Reporting Controller — AI-Driven Controls Lead

JPMorganChase; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

JP Morgan Chase is seeking an External Reporting Controller (VP) for the Commercial Investment Banking team in New York. You will own governance of Issues & Errors impacting external reporting and drive end-to-end lifecycle from identification to closure.

You will support quarter-end close, review activities, and lead change initiatives to improve process and control effectiveness, including exploring AI-enabled automation. Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Minimum 8 years of controllership experience within financial services (e.g., external reporting, product control, financial control, legal entity control, or financial planning and analysis).
• Strong understanding of markets and banking products, business models, and accounting concepts, gained in a global investment bank and/or professional services environment.
• Proven people leadership experience, including effective remote management of an offshore team.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and time-management skills, with excellent written and verbal communication.
• Demonstrated critical thinking and the ability to challenge established approaches to improve outcomes.

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

People leadership

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

Databricks

SQL

Job description

JP Morgan Chase is seeking an External Reporting Controller (VP) for the Commercial Investment Banking team in New York. You will own governance of Issues & Errors impacting external reporting and drive end-to-end lifecycle from identification to closure.

You will support quarter-end close, review activities, and lead change initiatives to improve process and control effectiveness, including exploring AI-enabled automation. Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration are required.