Credit Suisse - Accountant - Legal Entity Accounting & Review - CA/CPA

We Offer : 

- The Legal Entity Controllers sit in Legal Entity Accounting and Review (LEAR) and are the main point of contact to the business partner managers for all financial information, including both routine and ad-hoc requirements, related to a single or a group of Legal Entities.

- LEAR's purpose is to support the Group Finance team and the Regional Legal Entity Finance teams in the fulfillment of their reporting and governance responsibilities via the delivery of materially accurate, policy- and GAAPcompliant core financials and baseline analytical review.

- They are accountable for ensuring that financial reporting processes and controls in place within Financial & Management Accounting & Reporting (FMAR) are fit for purpose and that the quality of the outputs produced as a result meets business partner requirements (accurate, timely, etc).

- Legal Entity Controllers are within and part of the process owner organisation.

Key Responsibilities : 

Legal Entity Controlling : 

- Closing Legal Entity books and records for Private Banking entities in accordance with local and group accounting policies and timelines and local and group materiality i.e executing month-end processes and procedures, including journals, data analysis, integrity checks and financial summaries and provide relevant commentaries, execute / oversight of disclosures and support inter-company break resolution

- Performing analytical review & variance commentary for Loans, Deposits, Provision and related P&L and coordinate with front office and Zurich counterparts to understand the business rationale of movements. To ensure that accounting has been done as per accounting policies

- Understanding the significant controls and processes within Control and Reporting that impact the entity and, where control issues are identified, obtain comfort that control

- Understanding the accounting for Guarantees, Letter of Credit and commitments.

- Performing critical review of Guarantees and commitments positions and co-ordinate with Zurich counterparts to understand the background of movements

- Investigating and resolving the inter-company breaks and ensure that there are no unexplained / unidentified inter-company breaks

- Perform GAAP adjustment and deferred tax bookings for accounting differences between US and Swiss GAAP.

- Preparing legal entity package used for presentations to Legal Entity controllers and senior management

- Performing SoX sign off and ensuring appropriate substantiation for SOX and quality assurance review.

- Addressing ad hoc queries from various business partners and counter parties, e.g. Tax, Consolidation, internal and external auditors and divisional finance teams globally.

- Driving operational improvements within areas under responsibility.

- A department which values Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) and is committed to realizing the firm's D&I ambition which is an integral part of our global Conduct and Ethics Standards.

You Offer

- You hold a Professional Accountancy Qualification (CA or CPA)

- You have 4+ years of LEC experience with some review experience or Financial Accounting Experience of at least 2 years

- Understanding of key aspects associated with the financial documents and the notes to these financial documents of the legal entity

- Proficient in accounting of IB & PB Products

- Knowledge of US GAAP or IFRS or any GAAP accounting requirements

- Clear understanding of control standards by which the legal entity and firm is governed, including those established by the Pan Finance OpRisk Control & SOX 404 Compliance function

- You possess outstanding analytical, structured thinking and problem solving skills

- Good written and verbal communication skills, collaboration & organizing skills

- You are driven and committed with a strong positive can do attitude

- You are ambitious, hardworking who can work on own initiative and deliver on time with a high level of integrity and flexibility, sense of urgency, attention to detail and quality standards

- Understand the value of diversity in the workplace and are dedicated to fostering an inclusive culture in all aspects of working life so that people from all backgrounds receive equal treatment, realize their full potential and can bring their full, authentic selves to work. This should be further elaborated on in your application.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Credit Suisse is an equal opportunity employer. Embracing diversity gives us a competitive advantage in the global marketplace and drives our success