Firmwide Financial Controller - Equities - Senior Associate

Job Description

Join the Financial Control function team! As a Firmwide Financial Controller – Equities – Senior Associate, you will ensure the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of the firm's books and records with an emphasis on general ledger, operating systems, and infrastructure controls across the entire lifecycle of the business. You will own key activities such as MTD PL reconciliations, balance sheet reconciliation and substantiation, GLRS reporting & governance, inter‑entity control and governance, manual accounting/bookings to the GL, and the month‑end close process and coordination.

• Ensure the accuracy and validity of line‑of‑business general ledger balance sheet accounts, including adherence to the firmwise General Ledger Attestation (GLA) standards.
• Ensure adherence to P&L and Balance Sheet controls owned by Financial Control, 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.
• Work closely with line‑of‑business controllers, middle office, business managers, technology, and operations.
• Understand end‑to‑end flow of trading activities, booking models, product configurations, and trade economics to apply accounting policies and enhance the control framework.
• Ensure integrity and accuracy of line‑of‑business income statement and balance sheet at month, quarter, and year‑ends.
• Engage in line‑of‑business initiatives and projects as the financial control subject matter expert.
• Proactively identify process and/or infrastructure enhancements and work with stakeholders to enact change.
• Oversee preparation of the firm's primary financial statements at quarter‑end for use in the earnings release and SEC filings.
• Control post‑closing entries and consolidation adjustments.
• Perform control procedures to ensure the integrity of reported financial results and enhance the overall control environment.

• Bachelor's degree.
• Minimum 5+ years of related experience.
• Understanding of financial products.
• General Ledger accounting experience.
• Experience with financial reporting and month‑end close responsibilities.
• 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 desktop/spreadsheet/database skills.
• Excellent organizational and problem‑solving skills with the ability to multi‑task.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to build and maintain partnerships within the various product‑aligned businesses and across teams in finance, other accounting groups, ops, and tech.
• Ability to critically challenge with the goal of identifying control issues.

• Existing relationships and networks within the firm's IB community an advantage.

To be eligible for this role, you must be authorized to work in the United States. JPMorgan Chase & Co. does not offer employment‑based immigration sponsorship for this role.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law.