External Reporting Controller – Associate

You are a team player and want to make an impact with your work while being supported by smart and motivated colleagues, you would like to sharpen your skills or gain something new, you'll have experience that will give you the flexibility to move to another division or country if you choose to. This is the right team for you. 

As an External Reporting Controller within the Firmwide Regulatory Reporting & Analysis team, you will be responsible for ensuring the integrity, completeness, and accuracy of our reports. Your role will involve interacting with various stakeholders such as schedule owners, report owners, and our technology partners. This position offers you the chance to enhance your data expertise, paving the way for roles in project management, business management, and data analytics. Additionally, you will have a direct connection to product control functions in each Line of Business (LOB), product owners (SME) or report owner roles in Corporate Finance.

Job responsibilities

• Prepares of financial information and production of reports for US regulators and several Central Banks in EMEA. Analytical review and variance analysis of regulatory returns
• Coordinates data collection and quarterly business results with various lines of business, Regulatory Controllers and SEC reporting teams. Assist in the thorough assessment of the issues and outcomes, and clearly communicate financial information to the lines of businesses, and flag potential issues
• Participates in various aspects for the production, review and filing of monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports for various regulatory agencies that are used by the regulators for compiling widely-used statistics on the levels of, and changes in, domestic and international portfolio positions.
• Adheres to various control procedures and edit checks to ensure the integrity of reported financial results. Ensure accurate and complete data submission to the Regulators
• Supports collection and landing of systemic and manual financial data sources into target reporting infrastructure. Participate in continuous improvement effort around data quality review and external reporting improvement projects, and Collection and landing of systemic and manual financial data sources into target reporting infrastructure
• Interprets and define regulatory and/or regulatory requirements and coordinate internal and external policies. Establish and manage relationships with the line of business as well as with external regulatory agency constituents through ongoing partnership and dialogue
• Supports further development of the Regulatory Reporting infrastructure and IT tools. Process analysis and automation, and data visualisation and analytics

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in Product Control, Financial Control,  3+ years of relevant experience
• College/University degree in Finance or similar field 
• Proficient in MS Office applications, especially in Excel, and Strong analytical skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; able to interact with business partners independently
• Strong skills in time management, problem solving, written and oral communication
• Team player, with ability to work effectively across diverse functions, locations and businesses
• Extremely strong organizational and time management skills.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• MIS or Regulatory reporting background 
• Practical expertise in programming skills (VBA, Python) or process automation software (Alteryx, Xceptor, UiPath)
• Familiarity with relational data bases (SQL) and ETL data processes
• Experience with data analytics and data visualization techniques (Tableau)
• Knowledge of SEC reporting/Reg reporting a plus
• Experience with Agile project environment, Scrum methodology is an advantage
• CA/CFA/CPA/MBA a plus