Financial Analyst - Regulatory Reporting Quality Assurance

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We’ve also made a difference in the lives of our people, providing a culture of learning and collaboration, and helping them with what they need to succeed and thrive. We have their backs as they grow their skills, conquer new challenges, or even take time to spend with their family or community. And when they’re ready to take on a new career path, we’re right there with them, giving them the guidance and momentum into the best future they envision. 

The Quality Assurance and Regulatory Governance team is responsible for ensuring governance and oversight of regulatory reporting process. The team performs Quality Assurance reviews including process & controls testing, testing the conformity of reported data with reporting instructions and gathering, sampling, understanding, and testing the data to ensure data quality for various regulatory reporting purposes. The team partners closely with the Regulatory Report owners, Technology, Data Governance, and other stakeholders to perform the review and ensure robust governance.

Role Responsibilities:

• Perform process and control review to identify control gaps and improvement opportunities.
• Perform transaction testing, share findings, and monitor closure.
• Support compliance with Regulatory Reporting Governance policy and prepare key metrics.
• Understand the master and reference data to be used across operational and reporting processes.
• Support regulatory reporting to ensure compliance with the reporting guidelines issued by regulators.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies and procedures.
• Support reviews and audits e.g., Federal Reserve Exam, Internal Audit Group review and others.
• Work closely and coordinate with various regulatory reporting, technology, data governance, service management, teams to ensure quality assurance over the regulatory reporting processes.
• Support regulatory reporting governance and oversight by implementing Regulatory Reporting Error Framework, Cross Report Reconciliation Framework, Regulatory Reporting Risk Assessment Framework and Regulatory Reporting Item Log Framework.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3+ years' experience in Accounting/Reporting
• Experience in data analytics, data controls and understanding of data transformation logics.
• Prior experience with U.S. regulatory/SEC reporting or public accounting a plus
• Ability to enhance the governance around regulatory reports
• Must have good communication and interpersonal skills and be able to interact independently with senior business partners / customers etc. 
• Self-driven, team player, have analytical skills and inclination for process improvement.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Quick learner.
• MS Office suite (MS Excel, MS Word, and MS PowerPoint).
• Oracle, Essbase and RRA (Regulatory Reporting Automation).

• BS. in Finance, Accounting or relevant field 

   

Preferred Qualifications:

• Big 4 consulting firm experience (Deloitte, EY, KPMG, and PwC)
• Knowledge of financial reporting and banking products
• Reporting and analysis experience will be an advantage. Familiarity with US GAAP and financial accounting experience
• SharePoint and Power Platform
• SQL queries and understanding of database management
• Chartered Accountant/CPA/MBA

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Salary Range: $55,000.00 to $105,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

• Competitive base salaries 
• Bonus incentives 
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan 
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support 
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits 
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need 
• 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy 
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) 
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program 
• Career development and training opportunities