External Reporting Controller - Vice President

As a Vice President in the Regulatory Reporting Governance and Operations, Project Management Office (PMO), you will focus on providing governance, standards, and oversight for strategic initiatives/programs impacting US Regulatory Reporting across FRRA.The Firmwide Regulatory Reporting & Analysis (FRRA) team resides within Corporate Finance. The group is responsible for the execution and delivery against the Firm’s regulatory reporting requirements to its U.S. regulators and has end-to-end responsibility for U.S. regulatory reporting and capital stress testing, including the design, implementation, and oversight of the execution, analysis, and control and governance frameworks. Its mandate includes determining the appropriate investment in people, processes and technology to improve the accuracy, completeness and consistency of the Firm’s U.S. regulatory reporting and capital stress testing submissions, as well as the implementation of new requirements and guidelines as they are published.The Regulatory Reporting Governance and Operations group is a centralized team established to enhance efficiency, standardize processes, and eliminate duplication across FRRA reporting functions. Its responsibilities include maintaining data integrity and governance, providing project management oversight and best practices, executing core regulatory reporting operations, and supporting external reporting preparation. 

Responsibilities

This position is within the Regulatory Reporting Governance and Operations, Project Management Office (PMO). The primary focus of the role will be providing governance, standards, and oversight for strategic initiatives/programs impacting US Regulatory Reporting across FRRA. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Lead and coordinate multiple technology projects to achieve strategic business objectives.
• Develop program plans, timelines, and budgets; monitor progress and resolve issues.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and senior leadership to ensure alignment and successful delivery.
• Possesses project management experience, with a focus on structured planning, resource allocation, risk mitigation, and successful execution of complex programs involving multiple stakeholders and evolving regulatory landscapes.
• Possesses the understanding of nuances and challenges for reporting; but able to oversee status reporting for executive summaries and / or coordinate scorecard updates and create artifacts to simplify complex aspects of the project with “story telling”
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and best practices across projects.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• 7+ years of project management experience, within financial services or a regulated industry
• Substantial experience in change management with proven success executing on multiple projects / initiatives at once
• Strong understanding of external (Regulatory / SEC) reporting requirements and frameworks
• Experience with project management best practices, including organizational skills, and time management
• Excellent verbal and written skills demonstrated through interactions with various levels of seniority
• Excellent organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple competing priorities effectively.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex and sensitive issues to management in a concise and persuasive manner.
• Understanding of data and tools, such as Alteryx, Databricks, LLM, SQL or similar query language, and dashboard creation in Tableau
• Ability to assimilate in an organization and proactively form working relationships with key stakeholders across groups