
Financial Control - Analyst
at J.P. Morgan
Posted 16 days ago
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As a Financial Control Analyst based in Bengaluru, you will ensure the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of the firm's books and records with a focus on general ledger, operating systems, and infrastructure controls. Key duties include balance sheet reconciliation and certification, GLRS reporting and governance, inter-entity controls, manual accounting and bookings, and coordinating the month-end close. You will analyze and resolve material variances between the general ledger and upstream systems, liaise with business and risk managers, and help identify efficiency and control improvements. The role requires strong analytical, communication, and spreadsheet skills and a bachelor's degree in accounting.
- Compensation
- Not specified
- City
- Bengaluru
- Country
- India
Currency: Not specified
Full Job Description
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
You are a meticulous professional dedicated to upholding the accuracy and integrity of financial records. You have found the right team.
As a Financial Controller in our Finance team, you will spend each day ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of the firm’s books and records, with a focus on general ledger, operating systems, and infrastructure controls throughout the business lifecycle. You will perform key activities such as balance sheet reconciliation and certification, balance sheet substantiation, GLRS reporting and governance, inter-entity control and governance, manual accounting and bookings to the general ledger and operating systems, as well as managing and coordinating the month-end close process.
Job responsibilities
- Ensure the accuracy and validity of line of business general ledger accounts, including adherence to the firmwide General Ledger Reconciliation & Substantiation (GLRS) standards
- Ensure adherence to P&L and Balance Sheet controls owned by Financial Control, including identifying and implementing opportunities for efficiency
- Analyze, communicate, and resolve material variances between the general ledger and upstream systems, as defined by line of business
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
- Excellent desktop/spreadsheet/database skills
- Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills
- Basic understanding of securities and derivatives products
- Comfortable liaising with business and risk managers
- Able to build and maintain partnerships within the various product aligned businesses and across other corporate financial, treasury, and accounting groups
- Able to understand business drivers and requirements, and influence middle and front office partners to deliver solutions to business issues and problems
- Strong analytical skills: Ability to quickly understand workings of a complex processing system and general ledger systems across the infrastructure and their interrelationships and dependencies.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Able to multi-task in a constantly changing environment
- Able to critically challenge with the goal of identifying control issues
- Existing relationships and networks within the firm's IB community an advantage





