External Reporting Controller - Associate

Are you ready to make an impact in financial reporting and risk management? Join our collaborative team where your expertise will drive accuracy and compliance. You’ll have the opportunity to grow your career, develop your skills, and contribute to a culture that values innovation and integrity. At J.P. Morgan, you’ll help shape the future of financial oversight and reporting.

As an External Reporting Controller in the External Reporting team, you will oversee financial statements, management reporting, and risk submissions. You will ensure a robust control environment, apply accounting treatments, and maintain compliance with corporate and regulatory requirements. You will coordinate monthly and quarterly regulatory submissions, validate balance sheet items, and deepen your understanding of balance sheet usage and reporting. Your role will empower you to collaborate with diverse teams and contribute to the firm’s commitment to excellence.

Job Responsibilities:

• Apply up-to-date product/industry/market knowledge in specialty areas of reporting
• Participate in production of daily, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual submission in various financial products
• Consolidate, review, and analyze daily, monthly and quarterly financial data for accuracy and completeness. Perform quarter-over-quarter variance analytics
• Coordinate data collection and quarterly business results with various lines of business and reporting teams
• Ensure accurate reconciliation between front office data and ledger with high level of accuracy and completeness in submission.
• Communicate financial information clearly to the lines of business and able to flag potential issues
• Adhere to various control procedures and edit checks to ensure the integrity of reported financial results
• Establish and manage relationships with the line of business
• Participate in continuous improvement efforts around data quality review and external reporting improvement projects

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• 3+ years in a Finance organization with exposure to accounting, financial statements, and/or regulatory reporting
• Solid understanding in different financial products (i.e. Loans, Repo, Bonds)
• Team player, with ability to work effectively across diverse functions, locations and businesses
• Strong analytical skills, organizational and time management, problem solving, written and oral communication skills
• Excellent Excel and computer skills

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance preferred
• Experience in Product Control, Financial Control or knowledge of Reporting a plus
• Alteryx/Tableau skills