Lec- Associate

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

As an Associate - Latam Legal Entity Controllers within the WHEM team, you will play a crucial role in supporting Corporate and Investment Bank (CIB) Legal Entities across Latam. Your responsibilities will include monthly legal entity accounting and control, which encompasses the month-end close process, FX Trade Out, parent/child accounting, equity pick up, review of inter-entity breaks, cash breaks, and monitoring of unnatural general ledger balances. You will also conduct a month-end analytical review of the legal entity to ensure the completeness and accuracy of the financial statements and prepare various reports, including Legal Entity and line of business financial commentary, Indirect Expenses budget analysis, and regulatory reporting requirements. Your role will also involve investigating, analyzing, and resolving issues, responding to ad-hoc queries, assisting in the Booking Model review, and monitoring ongoing Legal Entity Control Standard compliance. You will also handle Recovery & Resolution Reporting, Reconciliation and Substantiation of GL Accounts, and LEC Issue Metrics Reporting. Furthermore, you will liaise with various stakeholders, Internal QA Review, and Auditors for Statutory Audit, Internal Audit.

**Responsibilities**:

- Manage legal entity accounting and control, focusing on tasks such as the monitoring of account balances, including general ledger balances, and ensuring they remain natural and accurate.
- Conduct a comprehensive month-end analytical review of the legal entity to ensure the completeness and accuracy of financial statements, and prepare various detailed reports.
- Address and resolve ad-hoc queries and issues as they arise, ensuring timely and accurate responses.
- Assist in reviewing the Booking Model and continuously monitor compliance with the Legal Entity Control Standard.
- Oversee Recovery & Resolution Reporting, and ensure accurate reconciliation and substantiation of General Ledger balances.
- Facilitate the process of Legal Entity Control Standard compliance monitoring.

**_Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills _**_: _**
- Co-ordinate and manage the delivery of the LEC, including systems and reports for key Latam legal entities including preparation of filings like FR2314 and FIFEC030
- Co-ordinate and manage Investigation, analysis and resolution of issues and response to ad-hoc queries.
- Ability to manage and take responsibility for own work, producing reliable, high-quality outputs to an agreed timeline.
- Good task management skills and ability to prioritize and work in tight deadlines.
- Ability to communicate clearly and have attention to detail, with the written and oral presentation skills to deliver clear messages for to the stakeholders across different functions and senior management.

**Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills**:

- Chartered Accountant/MBA Finance with minimum 2 years of experience preferably with financial services industry and experience of IFRS/US GAAP. Strong accounting and analytical acumen, with ability to understand, produce and explain income statement and balance sheet content and variances. Strong 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
- Strong initiative and work ethic. Ability to multi-task and work well under pressure, with an ability to be flexible in a dynamic and challenging environment. Efficient Excel and PowerPoint skills required