Legal Entity Controller

**JOB DESCRIPTION**
The Legal Entity Control team is responsible for financial oversight of their legal entity, and is tasked with ensuring that a strong control environment exists as it relates to all businesses, products, and operational areas that impact the Legal Entity financials and regulatory reporting of the firm.

This role provides an opportunity to interact with multiple lines of business and internal stakeholders while learning legal entity controllership end-to-end. The Analyst will liaise with the line of business finance teams, operations, and the Legal Entity Controller community to drive the Legal Entity agenda. Specific responsibilities will include:

- Legal entity accounting & control, including month-end close process, parent/child accounting, and equity pick-up
- Monitor the monthly consolidation of income statement and balance sheet
- Month-End analytical review of the legal entity to ensure completeness and accuracy of the financial statements and preparation of various reports, including contributions to the Monthly Controller’s Book, as well as Legal Entity and Line of Business financial commentary
- Develop and maintain financial reports and schedules and perform various control procedures to ensure the integrity of reported financial results
- Investigate, analyze, and resolve issues, and support ad-hoc requests for financial information received from across the firm
- Support Federal Reserve regulatory reporting
- Resolution & Recovery - review and confirm periodic financial and non-financial appendices
- General ledger balance reconciliation - Complete reconciliation of numerous general ledger accounts

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related business field
- CPA a plus but not required
- Proficient Excel skills
- Proficient organizational and problem-solving skills
- Proficient verbal and written communication skills
- Comfortable liaising with business partners while building and maintaining relationships
- Ability to critically challenge with the goal of identifying control issues
- Show initiative; be able to work independently yet keep all parties apprised of key issues
- Ability to work on multiple priorities at the same time
- Ability to learn quickly and be comfortable to navigate various reporting systems/tools

**ABOUT US**

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

**ABOUT THE TEAM**

J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.