Corporate Controllers, Bank Legal Entity Controller, Associate

Build your career in a controllership team that helps ensure accurate, timely financial reporting for the firm’s parent and intermediate holding companies. You will partner closely with finance teams across the organization to strengthen controls, improve processes, and deliver high‑quality insights for senior stakeholders. This role offers broad exposure to corporate accounting, legal entity governance, and regulatory and external reporting. If you enjoy solving complex problems and improving how work gets done, you’ll thrive here.
Job summary
As an Associate in the Legal Entity Controller team, you will help oversee accounting, controls, and reporting for the firm’s parent company and intermediate holding company. You will support monthly close activities, analyze financial results, and help ensure intercompany activity is complete, accurate, and well‑controlled. You will contribute to quarterly and annual external reporting deliverables and holding company regulatory reporting. You will work in a collaborative environment where strong judgment, attention to detail, and clear communication are essential.
Job responsibilities
Perform monthly legal entity close activities, including parent/subsidiary accounting and equity method accounting
Review intercompany balances and breaks, investigate variances, and drive timely resolution with partners
Monitor general ledger balances for unusual activity and support control-focused remediation as needed
Prepare monthly analytical reviews to validate completeness and accuracy of legal entity financial statements
Produce recurring management and reporting packages, including variance commentary and key drivers
Support quarterly and annual external reporting deliverables, including required disclosures and supporting schedules
Contribute to holding company regulatory reporting through data preparation, review, and documentation
Investigate, analyze, and resolve issues; respond to ad hoc requests with clear, well-supported conclusions
Partner with line-of-business finance teams and the broader controllership community to align on priorities and deliverables
Participate in firmwide legal entity reporting initiatives, including process and infrastructure improvements
Help maintain a strong control environment through documentation, controls execution, and continuous improvement
Required qualifications, capabilities and skills
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and/or Finance
Strong accounting and analytical skills, with the ability to explain income statement and balance sheet movements
Demonstrated attention to detail and commitment to producing accurate, well-controlled work
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to summarize complex topics clearly
Proven ability to collaborate effectively across teams and influence outcomes with stakeholders
Strong initiative, ownership mindset, and ability to manage multiple deadlines in a dynamic environment
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (advanced) and PowerPoint
Experience with month-end close, account reconciliations, and financial analysis
Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or equivalent qualification (or progress toward certification)
Experience supporting legal entity accounting, intercompany accounting, or corporate controllership functions
Familiarity with external reporting processes (quarterly/annual reports) and related controls
Exposure to holding company regulatory reporting and governance expectations
Experience driving process improvements, automation, or control enhancements in finance
Experience working in a large, complex financial services organization

Skills
Excel, Financial Analysis, Accounting, Documentation