Associate - Legal Entity Control - BFS - CA/CPA

The team is involved in overseeing the preparation of timely, relevant and value added information on entities and presenting this to senior management, both local and functional, including:

- Ownership of operating legal entity as Legal entity Controller

- Monthly Balance Sheet and P&L preparation and review. Preparing detailed variance analysis

- Month end process including accruals, reconciliations (Intercompany, Bank, control accounts), Transfer pricing calculations, booking of GAAP adjustments

- Preparation and Review of statutory financial statements

- Review of management accounts and variance analysis

- Validation of US Federal Reserve entity level reporting

- Co-ordination of all legal entity activity, with key internal experts such as tax, legal etc.

- Tax Compliance

- Supporting the Business Units in the setup, opening & closing of entities and adapting the entity's ledgers and system requirements.

- Responsible for maintaining key stakeholder relationships both internally and externally including: external auditors, Product Control, Company Secretarial and Tax.

Skills required:

- Professional accountancy qualification (CA/CPA) necessary, with relevant experience.

- Candidates should possess excellent Microsoft Excel skills and be proficient in data mining and summarizing and presenting themes and results in a meaningful format.

- Strong verbal and written communication skills

- Solid analytical skills

- Strong organisational skills, including the ability to coordinate, prioritize and manage multiple activities. - Be confident in maintaining relationships across a variety of senior stakeholders and business areas.

- Ability to manage team work load effectively and balance project, BAU delivery.

- Have the flexibility required to work in a dynamic environment under tight deadlines.

- The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate a rounded commercial approach to legal entity controllership and analysis, with proven skills in insightful management reporting, analysis and sound technical accounting skills

Skills Desired:

- IFRS and /or USGAAP knowledge an advantage

- Knowledge of financial products which are used in the financial services industry, such as derivatives, securities lending and repos would be preferred.