Controllers, Funding and Balance Sheet Controller, Associate, London
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The Goldman Sachs Group is a bank holding company and a leading leading global financial institution that delivers a broad range of financial services to a large and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York with offices in major financial centres around the world.
We are committed to growing our distinctive Culture and upholding our core values which always place our client's interests first. These values are reflected in our Business Principles, which emphasise integrity, commitment to excellence, innovation and teamwork.
As a Funding and Balance Sheet Controller you will take ownership of the financial reporting and monitoring across a wide range of legal entities. You will develop an in-depth understanding of these entities, including their investments, business strategies, and associated technical accounting requirements.
We're looking for a bright, driven professional to join our Controllers team, who is keen to use and develop their technical accounting skills to provide high quality reporting and analysis of our entities' assets and liabilities in a challenging and varied environment.
Responsibilities:
- Preparation, analysis, review and presentation of daily, monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting to senior management, directors, and other key stakeholders under US GAAP and IFRS
- Preparation and analysis of financial statements, including resolving complex technical accounting issues and disclosure requirements, and liaising with external auditors (predominately under IFRS)
- Take full ownership and become the subject matter expert for certain secured funding tax and reporting requirements
- Understand the impact of regulatory developments and proactively work to identify solutions (e.g. NSFR)
- Independently able to drive projects for automation of balance sheet and related reporting.
- Facilitating the daily, monthly and quarterly consolidated reporting of the Goldman Sachs Group with regular interaction with Funding and Balance Sheet teams in New York
- Coordination with multiple teams across the firm - and across the globe - including Funding and Product Control, Global Controllers, Corporate Treasury, Risk, Engineering and Tax in a collaborative and problem-solving capacity.
- Proactively seeking opportunities to improve our workflows, technology, and integrity of reporting information
- Understand the impact of regulatory developments and proactively work to identify solutions
- Involvement in a broad range of cross-divisional projects and initiatives
REQUIREMENTS
- Recently qualified accountant – ACA or equivalent
- Able to demonstrate technical accounting knowledge in your current area of expertise
- Experience in preparation of audited financial statements under USGAAP or IFRS an advantage
- A track record of improving processes and adding value to clients/stakeholders
- Strong analytical skill – You demonstrate an aptitude for problem solving with the ability to exercise sound and balanced judgment in a highly regulated environment
- Functional expertise - Enjoy keeping up-to-date with emerging business, economic, and market trends
- Strong technical accounting skills – You demonstrate strong technical skills, pay attention to detail, take initiative to broaden your knowledge and resolve accounting issues
- Personal drive and motivation - Successfully handle multiple tasks, take initiative to improve your own performance, work intensely towards challenging goals
- A client and business focus - Effectively handle difficult requests, build trusting, long-term relationships with clients, help the client to identify/define needs and manages client/business expectations
- Strong teamwork ethic – You are a strong team player with excellent interpersonal skills. You collaborate well with others within and across teams, encourage other team members to participate and contribute and acknowledges others' contributions
- Excellent communication skills - Communicate what is relevant and important in a clear and concise manner and share information/new ideas with others
- Judgement and problem solving – You will always be thinking ahead, able to anticipate questions, plan for contingencies, find alternative solutions and identifies clear objectives.
- Creativity/Innovation and a desire to add value - Look for new ways to improve current processes and develop creative solutions that are grounded in reality and have practical value
- The ability to
influence outcomes - Present sound, persuasive rationale for
ideas or opinions. Able to take a position on issues and influences
others' opinions and presents persuasive recommendations both
internally and to our external partners.
Controllers, Funding And Balance Sheet Controller, Associate, London
Global Banking & Markets
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