Legal Entity Controller - Manchester, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

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Job Purpose:

This role is within the UK Legal Entity Controllers team and will be based in Manchester

The UK Legal Entity Controllers Team are involved in all aspects of Legal Entity reporting including statutory financial statements, internal reporting (to management and to the Boards) and local GAAP accounting.

The remit of the team is oversight, analysisand communication around the legal entities assigned to them. The team is also responsible for managing the external audit process.
This analyst works closely with an assigned Legal Entity Controller (LEC) and would contribute to the following:

Provision of oversight for the assigned legal entity. This includes being a point of contact for the entity from a Finance perspective
Provision of financial analysis / insight on the assigned legal entities
Communication of results and issues both verbally and in written form
Coordination with audit (internal / external) and SOX teams as required by the LEC

Key responsibilities relate to the production and or review of daily, monthly, quarterly and annual reporting in both local and US GAAP.

Key responsibilities:

Statutory Financials:

Key contributor to the production of the annual financial statements process for assigned entities
Partnership with and review of work produced by the offshore team
Contribution to the centralised audit processes as allocated in year end audit (eg. Bank confirmations)

Reporting:

Review and approval of daily reporting
Contribution to monthly reporting:
In partnership with the LEC oversight of results for certain legal entities over the month end close, escalate and assist in resolving issues.
Review of variance analysis produced by offshore team to provide meaningful analysis of different aspects on the legal entity financials
Review and approval of certain month end journals.
Contribution to quarterly board pack reporting
Reporting analysis produced for a variety of stakeholders including the board of directors, internal management and in support of the regulatory reporting process.

Governance:

Review of IFRS reconciliations for assigned legal entities
Maintain SOX, ICFR, ICRR documentation as required by the LEC for assigned legal entities.
Payment practice and permanence reporting, semiannual scoping review.
Ad hoc projects as required.

Person Specification/ Qualifications:

Part / Newly Qualified accountant (ACA / CIMA / ACCA), preferably with some audit and accounts preparation experience.
Financial services and or banking experience preferred
Exposure to Oracle general ledgers desirable

Core Competencies:

Highly motivated, adaptable, flexible and proactive
Strong communicator who is able to articulate key messages
Ability to collaborate across Finance and the wider organisation
Able to work in a complex global organisation
Selfmotivated individual who enjoys problem solving
Good attention to detail

Employer Description:

For over 230 years, the people of BNY Mellon have been at the forefront of finance, expanding the financial markets while supporting investors throughout the investment lifecycle.

BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create,trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments and safeguards nearly one-fifth of the world's financial assets.

BNY Mellon remains one of the safest, most trusted and admired companies. Every day our employees make their mark by helpingclients better manage and service their financial assets around the world.

Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, clients count on the people of BNY Mellon across time zones and in 35 countries and morethan 100 markets.

It's the collective ambition, innovative thinking and exceptionally focused client service paired with a commitment to doing what is right that continues to set us apart.

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