Commercial & Investment Banking - Financial Controller - Associate
JPMorganChase
Accounting & Finance
Newark, DE, USA
Join the Financial Controller team!
As a Financial Controller in the Commercial & Investment Banking team, you will help ensure the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of the Firm’s books and records. You will own key monthly close and financial control activities, with a strong focus on general ledger (GL) reconciliations, balance sheet substantiation, inter-entity governance, and the design and execution of infrastructure and financial reporting controls.
You’ll partner closely with stakeholders across Finance, Operations, Technology, and the business to understand end-to-end processes, identify control gaps, and drive sustainable improvements.
Job responsibilities
- Support a specific line of business within the Commercial & Investment Bank: Lending, Banking, Payments, or Securities Services.
- Maintain the integrity and accuracy of the line of business income statement and balance sheet across monthly, quarterly, and year-end close cycles.
- Own and execute reconciliations, including investigation and resolution of breaks, root-cause analysis, and issue remediation.
- Lead balance sheet substantiation activities, ensuring completeness, quality of supporting documentation, and adherence to General Ledger Attestation (GLA) governance standards.
- Develop a strong understanding of the end-to-end booking model, including product configurations, reference data, and upstream/downstream interfaces, to apply accounting policy and strengthen the control framework.
- Communicate with stakeholder teams to plan and deliver a timely close, including clear dependency management, escalation, and communication of key risks/issues.
- Manage intercompany activity, including intercompany eliminations and inter-entity breaks, partnering with relevant teams to resolve discrepancies and strengthen governance.
- Proactively identify and drive process, data, and infrastructure enhancements to simplify workflows, reduce operational risk, and improve control effectiveness.
- Contribute to ongoing efforts to enhance the financial reporting control environment, including standardization, automation, and measurable reduction of manual touchpoints.
Required qualifications, skills, and capabilities
- Bachelor’s degree required (Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field).
- Minimum 3+ years of relevant experience in financial control, accounting, reporting, or close functions.
- Demonstrated general ledger accounting experience, including reconciliations and close ownership.
- Experience supporting financial reporting and month-end close, ideally in a complex, regulated environment.
- Working understanding of financial products and the related operational processes that generate accounting entries.
- Strong stakeholder management skills; comfortable partnering with business managers, operations, technology, and risk teams.
- Ability to understand business drivers and requirements and influence partners to deliver practical solutions.
- Strong analytical capability: able to quickly learn complex processing and GL system flows, including dependencies across systems and data flows.
- Strong organization, problem-solving, and communication skills (written and verbal), with the ability to document issues clearly and drive decisions.
- Advanced proficiency with spreadsheets and desktop tools; comfortable working with large datasets and investigating variances.
- Proven ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment, critically challenge processes, and identify control risks.
We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans
As a Financial Controller, you will help ensure the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of the Firm’s books and records.