LEC- Associate

You are a strategic thinker passionate about driving solutions in Controllers . You have found the right team

As an LEC- Associate within the Legal Entity Control team, you will be responsible for coordinating and managing the production of statutory financial statements and audits for key EMEA regulated entities within CIB. You will have the opportunity to work in a challenging environment with tight regulatory deadlines, requiring strong time management and technical skills. You will collaborate with various stakeholders, including PwC, Product Control, and Regulatory Reporting, to ensure effective process coordination and promote enhancements for greater efficiency and accuracy.

Job Responsibilities

• Produce key disclosures for UK statutory financial statements, including providing audit support and maintaining audit files.
• Lead the preparation of IFRS 9 disclosures, acting as the primary contact for UK reporting, attending working group meetings, and disseminating information across Legal Entity Control and Regulatory Reporting functions.
• Support technical UK GAAP/IFRS accounting analyses, including drafting accounting memos and preparing templates.
• Contribute to various projects and initiatives impacting the legal entity, such as product, infrastructure, regulatory, compliance, and other business-driven efforts.
• Build and manage relationships with key stakeholders, including PwC, Product Control, Tax, Regulatory Reporting, Technology, and Corporate teams, to ensure effective process coordination.
• Identify and drive enhancements to current processes for greater efficiency and accuracy.
• Collaborate closely with PwC auditors to resolve issues and meet reporting deadlines.
• Prepare board reports and present statutory financial statements to the board of directors.
• Coordinate statutory financial statement production and audit tasks, and support the team on various initiatives.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Part - Qualified accountant (i.e. CA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA etc.) with at least 5 years Industry Experience.
• Basic understanding of investment bank financial accounting and products.
• Ability to work under considerable time pressure, whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy and quality.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills and an ability to build relationships with key stakeholders.
• Strong analytical ability, being able to discuss legal entity and business results and issues with senior management and various stakeholders across the Firm.
• Desire to learn, develop an understanding of challenging accounting concepts and new/complex products.
• Ability to partner and influence across businesses and other support groups.
• Control focus mind-set at all times, whilst respectively challenging the status quo.
• Attention to detail whilst being cognizant of materiality levels.