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Job: Assistant Controller – Financial Services

Title Assistant Controller – Financial Services
Categories Accounting, Financial Reporting
Location New York, NY
Job Information

Our global Financial Industry client is seeking recruit an Assistant Controller to join their corporate finance team and oversee daily accounting activities for their entities in North America.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage day-to-day accounting operations for the firm’s North American business entities
  • Liaise closely with corporate tax to supply key information in the tax reporting process
  • Perform budgeting, forecasting, metric analysis and reporting and variance analysis
  • Perform monthly analysis and reporting for management accounts
  • Develop and maintain accounting and accounting systems policies, procedures and controls that meet Sarbanes-Oxley requirements
  • Stay current on sales tax regulations and ways to optimize the firm’s tax liability
  • Improve reporting  and analytics gathering processes corporate real estate and travel departments, including cost savings initiatives
  • Assist with special projects

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting preferred
  • 5+ years’ financial accounting experience in a large global corporate environment
  • Demonstrated knowledge of US GAAP
  • CPA preferred, but not mandatory
  • Knowledge of Sabanes-Oxley compliance requirements
  • Entity accounting and management reporting experience
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Prior experience with SAP or similar accounting systems
  • Limited travel required
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