Asset Management Legal Entity Controller - Associate

The Legal Entity Control team is responsible for financial oversight of their legal entity and is tasked with ensuring that a strong control environment exists as it relates to all businesses, products and operational areas that impact the Legal Entity financials and regulatory reporting of the firm.

This role provides an opportunity to interact with multiple lines of business and internal stakeholders while learning legal entity controllership end-to-end.  The Associate will liaise with the line of business finance teams, operations, and the Legal Entity Controller community to drive the Legal Entity agenda. 

As an Asset Management Legal Entity Controller Associate within the Legal Entity Control team, you will be responsible for the financial oversight of the legal entity. This role provides an opportunity to interact with multiple lines of business and internal stakeholders, while learning legal entity controllership end-to-end. You will liaise with the line of business finance teams, operations, and the Legal Entity Controller community to promote the Legal Entity agenda.

Job Responsibilities

• Overseeing Legal Entity accounting & control on a monthly basis, including month-end close process, parent/child accounting, equity pick up, review of inter-entity breaks, and unnatural general ledger balance monitoring
• Reviewing Month-End analytical in the legal entity to ensure completeness and accuracy of the financial statements and preparation of various reports, including contributions to the Monthly Controller’s Book, as well as Legal Entity and line of business financial commentary and regulatory reporting requirements
• Analyzing, Investigation and resolution of issues and response to ad-hoc queries.
• Assisting in the Booking Model review and on-going Legal Entity Control Standard compliance monitoring
• Reviewing Intercompany Activity Control including variance commentary
• Monitoring of the G/L including consolidation and netting
• Participating in Firmwide legal entity reporting projects including infrastructure and process improvement efforts and other Controller initiatives as needed

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills 

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related business field
• 3+ years finance/accounting
• Strong accounting and analytical acumen, with ability to understand, produce and explain income statement and balance sheet content and variances
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, including an ability to prepare executive level presentations
• Ability to work effectively with others, as well as act as an effective liaison with all business partners within the lines of business or legal entity chains
• Ability to multi-task and work well under pressure, with an ability to be flexible in a dynamic and challenging environment
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills required

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• CPA a plus, but not mandatory

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

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