Finance, Legal Entity Controller, Associate, London

Job description

Job Summary & Responsibilities

The Financial Reporting department consists of 4 teams – Operating entities, ESSG (European Special Situations Group), SIG (Structured Investing Group), GSI (Goldman Sachs International).  

Financial reporting – Legal Entity Controller (LEC)
A Legal Entity Controller (LEC) within the Financial Reporting team will be responsible for a number of different legal entities.  This will involve complete ownership of financial accounting and control processes from journal posting through to the preparation of the periodical financial statements

Responsibilities
• Preparation and analysis of monthly management accounts, and quarterly reporting to the US, under US GAAP
• Preparation, review and analysis of reporting to the Federal Reserve Board
• Preparation and review of financial statements under UK GAAP including liaison with auditors
• Preparation of board reports
• Preparation and explanation of monthly P&L estimates to the trading Desk and coordination with Product Control
• Coordination with the US and UK tax teams on local and foreign tax issues, VAT returns and submission of annual tax returns
• Understanding the business and keeping up-to-speed with business developments and being able to communicate this effectively to team members
• Proactively seeking to identify improvements to manual processes and management reporting information leading to higher value added work
• Involvement in a broad range of department–wide projects and initiatives as well as cross-departmental initiatives

Competencies

• Functional Expertise  - Keeps up-to-date with emerging business, economic, and market trends
• Technical Skills - Demonstrates strong technical skills required for the role, pays attention to detail, takes initiative to broaden his/her knowledge and demonstrates appropriate financial/analytical skills
• Drive and Motivation - Successfully handles multiple tasks, takes initiative to improve his/her own performance, works intensely towards extremely challenging goals and persists in the face of obstacles or setbacks
• Client and Business Focus - Effectively handles difficult requests, builds trusting, long-term relationships with clients, helps the client to identify/define needs and manages client/business expectations
• Teamwork – Gives evidence of being a strong team player, collaborates with others within and across teams, encourages other team members to participate and contribute and acknowledges others' contributions
• Communication Skills - Communicates what is relevant and important in a clear and concise manner and shares information/new ideas with others
• Judgement and Problem solving - Thinks ahead, anticipates questions, plans for contingencies, finds alternative solutions and identifies clear objectives.  Sees the big picture and effectively analyses complex issues
• Creativity/Innovation - Looks for new ways to improve current processes and develop creative solutions that are grounded in reality and have practical value
• Influencing Outcomes - Presents sound, persuasive rationale for ideas or opinions.  Takes a position on issues and influences others' opinions and presents persuasive recommendations

Basic Qualifications

• Qualified accountant – ACA (would suit recently qualified)
• Accounting knowledge gained from either a previous audit or accounting role
• Preparation of audited financial statements under UK GAAP or IFRS an advantage
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Willing to work in a highly-driven team environment
• Ability to work under pressure
• Highly-motivated individual with strong interpersonal skills
• Proficient PC Skills (Word, Excel)

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