Financial Control SVP

Global Investment Bank is currently hiring for a Financial Controller (LEC) to join their Frankfurt office. This role has been created through an internal move and will have complete ownership of the financial reporting and monitoring for a range of the bank’s legal entities.

Responsibilities :

• Ownership and coordination of annual financial statements and statutory audit, liaising directly with the firm’s auditors.
• Lead for technical accounting areas, particularly German GAAP.
• Key point of contact with external regulators on accounting topics.
• Review of monthly and quarterly management accounts under US GAAP, IFRS and German GAAP.
• Coordinating the quarterly consolidated reporting of the Group with regular interaction with Financial Reporting in New York.
• Review of monthly and quarterly board reports.
• Review and analysis of reporting to the Federal Reserve Board.
• Regular interaction with the US, UK and EU tax teams on local and foreign tax issues, VAT returns and submission of annual tax returns
• Identifying improvements to manual processes and management reporting information leading to higher value added work.
• Key involvement in a broad range of department–wide projects and initiatives as well as cross-departmental initiatives.

Responsibilities :

This is a very high profile role across the bank with regular interaction to both internal and external stakeholders and it is therefore essential that you have strong interpersonal skills. The position offers realistic career progression opportunities to Director level in the future.