Analyst - Product Controller

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Month-end close & reporting oversight
  • Prepare and review month-end close and reporting entries and deliverables, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.
  • Perform and review variance analysis, identify key drivers, and communicate insights to stakeholders and management.
• Financial, SEC & regulatory submissions
  • Support preparation and review of financial reporting and documentation required for internal and external reporting.
  • Provide support for SEC and regulatory reporting processes, including coordination, validation, and timely issue resolution.
• Recovery & Resolution / US regulatory support
  • Support periodic Recovery & Resolution appendices and other US regulatory submissions, ensuring adherence to governance and documentation standards.
• Systems, controls, and change management
  • Review, test, and validate system enhancements impacting financial and regulatory reporting (e.g., SAP/Essbase outputs, upstream/downstream impacts).
  • Drive process improvements, strengthen controls, and implement sustainable procedures to reduce operational risk.
• Accounting standards & policy implementation
  • Assist with adoption of new US GAAP accounting standards and evolving regulatory requirements; assess impacts and support implementation and reporting updates.
• Stakeholder management & escalation
  • Build strong working relationships across Card leadership, Finance, PMs, and control partners.
  • Proactively and constructively escalate issues, and present complex topics clearly and concisely to management

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting (required).
• Experience: 1-3 years in an accounting/controllership environment (internal or external).
• Preferred certifications: CA / CPA / MBA (Finance).
• Domain preference: Prior experience in Controllers within Retail Banking/Card (preferred).

Skills & Competencies

• Strong understanding of US GAAP (preferred).
• Strong analytical capability including variance analysis and ability to synthesize large datasets into clear messaging for leadership.
• Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and attention to detail; able to operate with appropriate governance and controls mindset.
• Ability to learn quickly, structure an approach, and execute to deliver results in a deadline-driven environment.
• Strong project execution skills; ability to drive deliverables across stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.

Systems / Tools (Preferred)

• Advanced Excel skills.
• Experience with SAP and Essbase (preferred).

Work Schedule

• Primary shift: 2:00 PM – 11:00 PM, with extension during critical business periods (e.g., month-end, quarter-end, key regulatory deadlines).