External Reporting Analyst

Job Description

You are a strategic thinker passionate about driving solutions in External Reporting. You have found the right team.

As an analyst within the External Reporting function, you oversee financial statement and management reporting activities while maintaining a sound control environment. You understand and apply appropriate accounting treatments and support compliance with corporate and regulatory requirements. You coordinate quarterly regulatory requirements and ensure accurate and complete data submission to regulators. You validate balance sheet items and understand balance sheet usage and reporting.

Job responsibilities 

• Apply up-to-date product, industry, and market knowledge in specialty reporting areas.
• Consolidate, review, and analyze quarterly financial data for accuracy and completeness, including quarter-over-quarter variance analytics.
• Coordinate data collection and quarterly business results with various lines of business and reporting teams, including Regulatory Controllers and Securities and Exchange Commission reporting teams.
• Assess issues and outcomes thoroughly and support appropriate follow-up.
• Clearly communicate financial information to lines of business and flag potential issues.
• Produce, review, and file monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual regulatory reports used by regulators to compile statistics on domestic and international portfolio positions.
• Follow proof and control procedures to ensure accurate reconciliation across regulatory filings, Securities and Exchange Commission filings, and other published financial reports (e.g., Form 10-Q, Annual Report/Form 10-K, Call Report, FR Y-9C, Pillar III).
• Perform control procedures and edit checks to support the integrity of reported financial results.
• Ensure accurate and complete data submission to regulators.
• Interpret and define regulatory and Securities and Exchange Commission requirements and coordinate internal and external policies.
• Build and manage relationships with lines of business and external regulatory agency constituents through ongoing partnership and dialogue, and participate in data quality and external reporting improvement efforts.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills 

• 1 years of experience in a Finance organization with exposure to accounting, financial statements, and/or regulatory reporting.
• Strong time management, problem solving, and written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively across diverse functions, locations, and businesses.
• Proficiency in Excel and standard computer applications.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills 

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Experience in Product Control or Financial Control, or knowledge of Securities and Exchange Commission reporting and regulatory reporting.
• Project management experience or skills.