Senior Financial Accountant - London, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Financial Accountant...

In this role, you will:

Act as lead Consultant for financial accounting related matters for lines of business and other control functions
Provide technical expertise regarding accounting issues, regulatory information and research
Provide technical assistance on major transactions and product development
Provide data for preparing and reviewing financial and regulatory reports
Communicate practices and procedures for proper financial control
Articulate the impact of policy changes to management within business group or enterprise
Perform ongoing financial control functions in accordance with the company's internal controls policies
Lead implementation of complex projects and initiatives impacting one or more lines of business
Identify compliance and risk management requirements for supported area and may support implementation of key risk initiatives
Communicate and provide consultation regularly with more experienced stakeholders throughout the enterprise

Required Qualifications, US:

4+ years of Finance, Accounting, Analytics, Financial Reporting, Accounting Reporting or Risk Reporting experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Required Qualifications, International:

Experience in Finance, Accounting, Analytics, Financial Reporting, Accounting Reporting, Risk Reporting, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

Previous financial regulatory and statistical reporting experience
Knowledge of regulatory reporting software packages, (e.g. Axiom)
Product knowledge
Selfstarter; team player
Communication & problem solving skills
Qualified Accountant
Intermediate Microsoft Office product knowledge
Review of the production of the daily capital and large exposure monitoring for Wells Fargo Securities International Limited.
Own monthly and quarterly reporting tasks to the Bank of England for the third country branch, including preparation and review of:
Bank of England statistical returns
PRA Branch Return
Play an active role with the enhancement of the reporting using next Next Gen tools such as Alteryx, Tableau, or PowerBI
Develop and review management information shared with lines of business, and local governance forums.
Own tasks within daily, monthly & quarterly regulatory reporting required by US regulators.
Review the above regulatory reporting deliverables to identify and implement improvements to the reporting process, rule compliance, and the reporting control framework.
Assist in identifying data defects and advising the Data Management Insights team on corrections.
Assist in the planning, testing and implementation of new businesses and products affecting regulatory reporting as required.

We Value Diversity

Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company.

They are accountablefor execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and complianceobligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions.

There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with thebusiness unit's risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.