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JOB DESCRIPTION

Join our Legal Entity Control (LEC) team and make a real impact on the financial operations of a UK regulated entity. This is your chance to be part of Global Finance and Business Management, where your expertise will drive our firm’s success and benefit the wider community. Collaborate with talented colleagues in London and Mumbai, and contribute to a robust control environment. Your work will be recognized by senior management and will influence key business decisions. Take the next step in your career with a team that values your skills and dedication.

As a Legal Entity Controller – Associate in the Legal Entity Control (LEC) team, you ensure a strong control environment for all businesses, products, and operational areas impacting US GAAP financials. You work closely with colleagues in London and Mumbai, collaborating across teams to support accurate financial reporting. You help us maintain compliance and drive business success through your expertise. We value your ability to build relationships and deliver high-quality results. You will be part of a team that supports each other and strives for excellence.

Job responsibilities

• Review monthly financial balances and provide business analysis and commentary for senior management.
• Prepare standalone US regulatory reports for the Federal Reserve Bank.
• Deliver supplemental financial information for Corporate Reporting.
• Develop a deep understanding of business flows and products.
• Post legal entity level adjustments during month-end close and on an ad hoc basis.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with departments such as Product Control, Financial Control, Corporate Financial Reporting, Tax, and UK Regulatory Reporting.
• Act as a point of contact for business queries on financial matters and foster relationships across Lines of Business.
• Collaborate closely with the Mumbai LEC Team.
• Prepare management reports, including monthly MIS, Board Committee papers, and quarterly Executive Management Reports.
• Resolve inter-entity issues efficiently.
• Manage FX tradeout processes

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Qualified accountant with extensive post qualification experience.
• Some experience of working in a monthly reporting cycle on either balance sheet or P&L
• Ability to work under considerable time pressure, whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy and quality.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Knowledge of heritage organisation systems and architecture
• Strong analytical ability, being able to discuss results with product controllers and senior management.
• Diverse product knowledge, with an ability to develop an understanding of new products.
• Ability to partner and influence across businesses and other support groups.
• Control focus and mindset at all times, whilst respectively challenging the status quo.
• Attention to detail whilst being cognizant of materiality levels.
• High level of proficiency in MS Excel

ABOUT US

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.


ABOUT THE TEAM

J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.