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Bank of America

CFO Senior Legal Entity Controller

Bank of America, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28245


CFO Senior Legal Entity Controller

Charlotte, North Carolina

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Job Description:

Oversees (and performs) month-End Close responsibilities, g/l balances and trends; Coordinates / prepares complex Internal/ External (i.e. Regulatory) Reporting on standalone and consolidated LE financial statements; Oversees (and performs) General Ledger Governance Routines; Provides subject matter expertise for LE actions related to impact on legal entity.

The Corporate Accounting & Analysis (CAA) team is part of the Corporate Controller Group. The primary focus of our team is ensuring the consolidated financial close process is completed timely, accurately and well-controlled and culminates with production of key financial statements and executive-level financial information for Bank of America. In addition to executing critical month-end routines, our team is a key stakeholder in a number of CFO-wide projects.

Our business partners include LOB Finance, Balance Sheet Management, Enterprise Capital Management, Legal Entity Controllers and other operational groups.

As part of the responsibilities of the role, the teammate will gain a deeper understanding of how the organization operates, will understand key drivers of financial performance, will develop business partner relationships, and will have significant exposure to senior management through special projects.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Produce monthly financial reporting for executive management

Maintain the underlying support and respond to ad hoc senior management questions

Produce the quarterly Statement of Cash Flows, Statement of Shareholders Equity and Earnings per Share submission for the Form 10-K / 10-Q

Leverage emerging technology to improve efficiency and effectiveness of process

Monitor and analyze various financial reporting for accuracy ensuring results are as expected

Perform monthly close routines and produce / review month-end journal entries

Ability to build relationships and collaborate with teammates

Support implementation of new accounting standards / changes

Support Regulatory Reporting, Risk and audit requests / deliverables

Provide guidance to and work with business partners throughout the month

Assist in leading monthly routine meetings

Testing and support of special projects

Transforming ideas into practical plans that address project objectives and permit on-time execution of GFC deliverables

Working with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality work

Skills and Qualifications:

Minimum 5 years of Accounting / Finance experience

Bachelor’s degree (Finance or Accounting) or relevant work experience

Microsoft Excel skills

Strong written and oral communication, presentation, analytical and technical skills

Strong business partner skills with ability to meet multiple deadlines

Analytical and problem solving abilities

Strong initiative and drive for results

Financial Accounting

Financial Analysis

Reporting

Risk Management

Stakeholder Management

Continuous Improvement

Executive Presence

Inclusive Leadership

Regulatory Compliance

Relationship Building

Attention to Detail

Coaching

Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines Management

Project Management

Regulatory Relations

Desired Skills:

Master's degree preferred

CPA

Experience in the Financial Services Industry

Oracle and/or SAP eLedger experience

Workiva, Alteryx and Tableau experience

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:

40

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