Controllers-Salt Lake -Associate, Product Controllers-Salt Lake Associate

Controllers-Salt Lake City-Associate, Product Controllers-8338475  Salt Lake City, UT, United States

Job Duties:

Associate, Product Controllers with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC in Salt Lake City, Utah. Analyze P&L around trading activity and risk positions to highlight significant items to senior management and prepare P&L commentary. Perform daily, weekly, monthly profit and loss (P&L) analyses for Fixed Income, Currency, and Commodities (FICC) businesses. Liaise with Trading Desk and Operations Teams to ensure transactions are booked appropriately and to facilitate the resolution of any issues (P&L discrepancies) that may arise in a timely manner.

Perform daily balance sheet analyses for FICC businesses. Perform monthly independent price verification to ensure inventory is valued at fair market value. This involves comparing internal pricing marks with external data and addressing discrepancies with the business to align valuations with market conditions. Review process of new trades for appropriate valuation, accounting treatment and disclosure in the financial statements. Work with the financial reporting team in preparation of key external reports, such as earnings release and 10Q/10K disclosures.

Job Requirements:

Master’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Statistics, or related field and one (1) year of experience in the job offered or in a related role OR Bachelor’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Statistics, or related field and three (3) years of experience in the job offered or in a related role.

Prior experience must include one (1) year of experience (with a Master’s degree) OR three (3) years of experience (with a Bachelor’s degree) with the following: financial reporting including experience working with P&L and balance sheet accounts amount reporting periods; liaising and building relationships globally with stakeholders, including operations, finance, technology, and trading professionals, in a highly quantitative, high-pressured environment;

performing profit and loss (P&L) and inventory pricing verification; driving process improvements, generating innovative ideas and translating strategy to execution for core activities including P&L reconciliation and Attribution review for which efficient framework is required; performing ad hoc analyses on matters such as capital optimization, funding efficiency, Risk Weighted Assets and balance sheet cost efficiency as well as accurate valuation and pricing analyses for management or external reporting;

independently researching and troubleshooting problems such as front to back breaks, cash or unrealized Market Value exceptions, position level breaks and General Ledger to Subledger breaks and presenting findings to senior management; and Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint as well as self-service reporting tools/applications.

We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.

We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

Financial Wellness & Retirement

We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.

Health Services

We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.

Fitness

To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).

Child Care & Family Care

We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

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