Financial Controller - Consumer & Community Banking - Associate

Job Description

Join a dynamic role at JPMorgan Chase as a Financial Controller. The Financial Control function is primarily focused on ensuring the accuracy, integrity and timeliness of the firm’s books and records with an emphasis on general ledger, operating systems and infrastructure controls across the entire lifecycle of the business. 

As a Financial Control Associate, on the Consumer & Community Banking (CCB) team, your role will be responsible for supporting several trading businesses across multiple asset classes. Some of the most common functions and activities that are owned by Financial Controllers are daily and monthly profit and loss (P&L) reconciliations, balance sheet reconciliation, balance sheet substantiation and metric reporting & governance, inter-entity control and governance, manual accounting / bookings to the general ledger, and operating systems as well as reporting controls, and the month end close process & coordination. In this role, you will have regular interaction with various stakeholders outside of your direct team. Your work will be seen, your ideas will be valued, and your growth will be supported.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the integrity and accuracy of the financial data including income statement and balance sheet while supporting the month end, quarter end, and year end activities
• Enhance the overall control environment around the financial reporting function and mobilize change wherever possible in order to simplify processes and enhance controls
• Drive process improvements and automation initiatives to increase operational efficiency, utilizing Alteryx for workflow automation and data processing
• Identify risks proactively, escalate quickly, and drive solutions that keep reporting strong and reliable
• Work closely with business partners including Financial Controllers, Product Controllers, Legal Entity Controllers, Capital Markets Middle Office, Technology, Operations and Planning & Analysis teams
• Engage in line of business initiatives and projects, work to become the financial control subject matter expert and have the ability to proactively identify process and/or infrastructure enhancements and work with stakeholders to enact change

Required Qualifications, Skills, and Capabilities

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business (or equivalent experience)
• 1 plus years accounting or industry experience 
• Experience with financial reporting and month end close responsibilities & understanding of financial products
• Strong analytical skills: Ability to quickly understand workings of a complex processing system and general ledger systems across the infrastructure and their interrelationships and dependencies
• Clear communicator with ability to build and maintain partnerships within the various business partners aligned to the businesses and across other corporate financial, treasury, and accounting groups
• A growth mindset with a passion for learning and building strong professional networks
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to identify, investigate, and resolve discrepancies in financial data
• Proficient desktop/spreadsheet/database skills

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Alteryx, Databricks and/or other automation technologies
• Familiarity with SEC reporting, US GAAP, and regulatory reporting requirements
• Understanding of Mortgage and / or Auto Capital Markets

To be eligible for this role, you must be authorized to work in the United States. We do not offer any type of employment-based immigration sponsorship for this role. Likewise, JPMorgan Chase & Co. will not provide any assistance or sign any documentation in support of any other form of immigration sponsorship or benefit, including optional practical training (OPT) or curricular practical training (CPT).