Senior Accountant

Responsibilities
• Managing the SPE approval process, ensuring all entities in scope of the global Enterprise policy are recorded, approved, and receive accounting treatment in Enterprise prior to entity formation/deal execution.
• Managing the quarterly certification, quarterly trading exposure assessment and accounting reassessment processes with Front office sponsors, Legal entity controllers, Product Control and Accounting Policy.
• Updating the information (entity status, documents, contacts, accounting treatment, etc.) for entities in Enterprise based on quarterly certification feedback and based on Front Office change notifications.
• Preparing the quarterly disclosure process for non-consolidated VIE disclosure. This includes requesting, aggregating and analyzing exposure and total asset numbers for non-consolidated SPEs
• Ensuring the processes you manage are compliant with the Bank’s SOX framework and that clear, concise documentation is produced to support effective controls.
• Establish and manage relationships with Front Office, Product Control, Accounting Policy, Financial Accounting, and other relevant support groups.
• Drive the IT enhancements for Enterprise system together with IT department, prepare requirements for IT, plan and execute testing.
• Drive the process changes in the SPE team based on changing business and based on new regulatory requirements, including IT changes.
• Work on automation and efficiency projects.

Qualifications
• You are Chartered Accountant – Big 4 resource
• You have 4-5 years of experience in Financial Services/Financial reporting.
• You are proactive, motivated, flexible and team-oriented, with a strong ability to work in a high paced environment with demanding deadlines.
• Strong communication skills and ability to learn complex subject matter quickly are a must.
• You have strong process governance skills and experience with SOX.
• You have strong MS Excel skills (Pivot, Vlookups, keyboard shortcuts) – basic VBA experience would be an advantage.
• You challenge the status quo of processes and can identify areas of improvement to make procedures more efficient and effective.
• Familiarity with Transfer of financial assets (FAS 166), Consolidation of variable interest entities (FAS 167) will be a strong advantage, but are not required