Reporting Associate Job Description
Reporting associate
provides support for financial reporting preparation and filings for the company’s financial statements, including statutory financial statements for subsidiaries of the parent.
Reporting Associate Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Developing strong collaborative and interactive relationship with team members other parties integral to external reporting, including Corporate Reporting, Investor Relations, Communications and Financial Planning & Analysis as key contributors/recipients of SEC Reporting output
Contributing to the segment reporting change process, including information gathering and recasting of historical results as appropriate
Performing detailed analytical review to support external reporting
Acting as a liaison with external auditors
Provide support for other regulatory reporting Teams FFIEC 009/009a, TIC BC, BL & S Series, FR14M, FRY14Q
Ensure all client deliverables are of the highest quality
The candidate will also need to provide cover for the US market every 3 months for a month from 4pm to midnight
Performing in-depth reviews of the firm level expenses and identify ways to improve operating efficiencies
Supporting long-term and short term management strategy and plan
Further developing and implementing policy and procedures
Reporting Associate Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Reporting Associate
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CFA, CPA, FRM, HCM, BIRT, CA, SAP, DBA, SQL, CDFM
Education for Reporting Associate
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the reporting associate job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Collage Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics, MBA, Mathematics, Statistics, Education, Computer Science, Engineering
Skills for Reporting Associate
Desired skills for reporting associate include:
Business Objects
Business processes and procedures service and systems
SEC and IRS regulations and rules and GAAP Accounting standards
Microsoft Excel and Access
Preparation of financial statements is an asset
Financial products
SQL
Market risk metrics and financial products
Office software
MS Excel
Desired experience for reporting associate includes:
Must have 1-2 years of experience in Sales Auditing or similar role
Must have excellent communication and follow-up skills
Must be organized and be able to prioritize a large workload
While the role is within a team, there will be a lot of self motivation and working without direct supervision
Knowledge regulatory reporting software systems implementation
Highly proficient with Microsoft Excel including lookups, and pivot tables
Reporting Associate Examples
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Reporting Associate Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a reporting associate. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for reporting associate
- Other reports such as Leverage, Liquidity, Surveys and Ad Hoc
- Assist in the development of the business architecture required to support the CCAR process
- Develop the BRD and FRD for the CCAR/FR Y-14 Reporting tool
- Assist in the development of CCAR reconciliation framework between the FR Y-14 and FR Y-9C
- Assist in the aggregation, analysis and reporting of the FR Y-14M, FR Y-14 Q and FR Y-14A
- Assist in the development of internal controls governing the CAP including policies and procedures
- Managing all existing client reporting requirements
- Leading reporting efforts for all new client reports and fund fact sheets
- Preparing daily, monthly, and quarterly reporting to be distributed to both internal and external clients
- Reconciliation and management of data within performance systems, Atlas and Point
Qualifications for reporting associate
- Participate in systems testing for new marketing initiatives (such as new product or fund additions) as they relate to our Pricing and Trading processes
- Price and Trade processes oversight and review
- Bachelors Degree in a business curriculum, such as Accounting, Finance
- Must have 1-2 years of experience in Accounting or Finance role
- Have a strong background in Financial Control and Reporting with experience in Annual Report and Accounts production
- Excellent technical skills, including a thorough and up-to-date knowledge of IFRS
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Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of reporting associate. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for reporting associate
- Managing the maintenance of our data collection systems, financial reporting software and PeopleSoft reports
- Assisting in the preparation of quarterly peer analysis
- Preparation of quarterly earnings release and related fund performance data
- Working on interesting and high-impact projects
- Recurring expense and profit and loss reporting
- Interacting with the firm's senior management on a variety of high-level analyses
- Manage the accurate and timely performance of the monthly financial close process, including review of required journal entries and reconciliations, disclosures for head office and legal entity financial reporting
- Ensure financial reporting and results are in compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), working with the accounting policy and head office financial reporting groups in the implementation of new accounting standards and policies
- Lead the preparation of the notes to the financial statements for the annual Form 1 prepared for IIROC (broker/dealer regulator)
- Review of reconciliations between the sub-ledger and the Bank’s general ledger for financial and regulatory reporting purposes
Qualifications for reporting associate
- Self-starter with ability to take initiative and constantly challenge the status quo
- Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills while maintaining a high degree of accuracy and quality are critical
- Contribute to the preparation of the U.S. GAAP and SEC disclosure checklists, develop and update internal “Plain English” disclosure checklists
- Strong technical accounting, SEC and financial reporting background, with a minimum of 3-5 years of experience
- Be confident and able to interact at all levels at a local and global level
- Ability to follow directions and work with little supervision
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a reporting associate. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for reporting associate
- Ad hoc duties where necessary
- Research, develop and define accounting policy for all investment funds, broker-dealer entities and corporate entities
- Implement new accounting policies or updating existing policies for changes in organization structures or changes to reporting requirements
- Assist other departments when accounting policy and reporting questions arise by performing the relevant accounting research and assisting in the discussion for the proper answer
- Assist in the preparation and completion of combined/consolidated financial statements for operating structure
- Assist in managing the relationship with the external auditors and coordinating the audit between the external auditors, the fund administrator and the financial control accounting group
- Prepare accounting transaction memos that help document any unusual or complicated transactions to assist the auditors in conducting their review
- Complete ad hoc reporting projects
- Daily tasks (reports)
- Collaborate with internal upstream and downstream business partners to identify process efficiencies
Qualifications for reporting associate
- Possess strong organizational, verbal and analytic skills
- Web-savvy and proficient in all Microsoft Office applications (Especially Excel)
- Prepare and maintain specific team guidance (eg FAM Accounting / FAM Setup / Regulatory Reporting Team)
- Associate – 1 year’ experience or Fresher
- A degree in accounting or finance related discipline
- Mature, independent, self-motivated, conscientious, able to work under pressure and drive changes
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of reporting associate. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for reporting associate
- As the owner of the Federal Reserve-mandated Comprehensive Capital Analysis & Review (CCAR), this team partners with lines of business and Finance and Risk management functions across the company to prepare MUAH's Capital Plan and the suite of documentation that supports the Capital Plan
- The team has significant visibility to senior management as its work product is regularly used in discussions with management-level governance committees
- Assist in peer review projects and various other research projects
- Other accounting duties and special projects as requested
- Participate in various data quality projects to implement to enhance the regulatory data warehouse, analyze the regulatory system logic and perform UAT testing
- Research and analyze regulatory pronouncements, reporting requirements and other accounting documents
- Present analysis of recommendations to management
- Participate in bank examinations and internal audit
- Ensure that regulatory reporting requirements are properly addressed on all levels of system and procedural changes, including the introduction of new bank products\
- Assist with internal controls including reviews and updates to process and system control narratives
Qualifications for reporting associate
- Bachelor’s degree required (major in accounting preferred)
- Proven interpersonal communication skills and abiliities professional writing
- Excellent problem solving, analytical
- Ability to run queries and cull out specific reports from various systems
- Coordinating and managing all Database Responsibilities
- Required to suggest process improvements/efficiencies for the sub-process or for the entire process
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a reporting associate. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for reporting associate
- Advanced technical skills including Excel macro design and VBA programming and ability to utilize SQL without relying on IT support
- Ensure that, as a Catlin employee, you are representing the Catlin organization
- Handling recurring expense and profit and loss reporting
- Provides services at expected levels with a clear customer focus and escalates exceptions within the R2R team
- Provides functional support from a statutory accounting perspective for business transactions
- Closely collaborates with the NGSC, FRA Technical Accounting and Divisions across 2 countries in the Cluster to ensure accurate accounting and financial reporting
- Supports the in-time preparation of assigned statutory reports to management and authorities following local regulations, NAM and IFRS
- Is responsible to prepare the bridge between IFRS, Statutory and Tax P&L and Balance-Sheet for routine transactions
- Assists in the preparation of transfer pricing documentation working papers
- Is responsible for the delivery of the direct tax analysis and other local tax submissions for routine transactions
Qualifications for reporting associate
- Document maintenance including
- Demonstrated technical ability/computer skills Excel, PowerPoint
- Working knowledge and innovative skills in VBA Excel could be an additional advantage
- Good Excel and Access skills, Exposure to Oracle/SAP will be an added advantage
- Successful candidate should have solid communication and negotiation skills
- Ability to liaison with multiple team and be able to co-ordinate / negotiate with multiple stakeholders to get through the Reg reporting requirements