Financial Accounting Apac, Avp

Finance / Controlling / Accounting / Audit / Tax / Treasury

English

**We Offer**

Main responsibilities of the Legal Entity Controller are to:

- Ensure generation of legal entity accounting and reporting in compliance with applicable GAAPs and timely close of Books and Records.
- Perform detailed analysis of entity results and communicate the results thereto through busi-ness partners
- Ensure appropriate controls exist and operate effectively within the accounting and reporting function
- Represent Legal Entities in various firm wide Forums and provide input on accounting mat-ters.
- Update Stakeholders on Entity Results, Governance & Control Matters

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- Close Legal Entity books and records in accordance with local and group accounting policies and timelines and local and group materiality.
- Seek to ensure compliance with US, Swiss, IFRS and local GAAPs as applicable.
- Disclosures required for US GAAP and regulatory reporting purposes, preparation and/or re-view of monthly/quarterly analytics and variance commentaries, annual Statutory Financial Statements under IFRS/Local GAAP
- Implementation and testing of various new policy/accounting standards as applicable; im-plementation, and testing of various financial systems projects to improve data quality and ef-ficiency.
- Ensure timely completion of audits and reviews, both internal and external.
- Managing the FA owned account ownership process. Manage hand-offs with other FA de-partments e.g. Central Controls and Intercompany Team.
- Coordinating with various teams (e.g. Product Controller, Legal Entity Controller, CRM, Op-erations), where necessary, to gather relevant information required supporting reporting or analytical review purpose.
- Coordinating the request for financial summary information and consolidating the data into the management reporting pack on a monthly basis. Support any onshore review, standard or ad hoc queries required from sending location.
- New Business initiatives requiring close collaboration with other functions and support are-as; have an ability to effectively work with both internal and external auditors as required; and, interact and collaborate with various functions such as Product Control, Operations, Tax, IT, Auditors and Front Office in a truly global environment
- Proactively support Organisational Change initiatives and constantly review processes for ef-ficiencies by challenging status-quo of existing processes/practices.
- Understand the significant controls and processes within Control and Reporting that impact the entity and, where control issues are identified, acquire reassurance that control improve-ment plans are put in place.
- Educate staff members of the objective/purpose of the tasks assigned to them. Provide clear direction to the team on the day-to-day operations. Appropriately monitor staff work to ensure that the right tasks are performed within the control framework laid down by the Firm.
- Build a high performance team by constantly coaching, mentoring and developing staff members.

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Financial Accounting team is responsible for the generation of entity level accounting, group disclo-sures, undertaking detailed analysis and review of reporting and results as a key control and to pro-vide basic information for performance management.

We are a department which values Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) and is committed to realizing the firm’s D&I ambition which is an integral part of our global cultural values.

Credit Suisse Group AG has been acquired by UBS Group AG. Credit Suisse continues its business activities as a subsidiary company of UBS Group AG, including selective hiring for experienced pro-fessionals.
- You Offer

You are expected to possess the below skills
- Knowledge of US, Swiss and IFRS GAAP accounting and regulatory requirements;
- Proficient in key aspects associated with the financial-statements and the notes of the legal entity
- Knowledge of the key processes and systems that feed legal entity accounting including an understanding of potential impacts on the end-to-end reporting flows;
- Clear understanding of control standards by which the legal entity and firm is governed, including SOX 404 Compliance
- Experience in managing teams.
- Dedication to fostering an inclusive culture and value diverse perspectives