Financial Accounting associate

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Financial Accounting Associate.

In this role, you will:

• Provide support for financial accounting related matters for lines of business and control functions

• Review basic activities associated with maintaining ledger accounts, financial statements and regulatory reports

• Gather financial data for financial and regulatory reports

• Review data from the general ledger, unit reports and various financial systems to ensure accuracy

• Receive direction from managers and exercise independent judgment while developing understanding of financial control functions in accordance with the company’s internal control policies

• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals

Required Qualifications:

• 6+ months of Finance, Accounting, Analytics, Financial Reporting, Accounting Reporting or Risk Reporting experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• Qualified CA/CFA/ICWA/MBA with experience in one or a combination of the following: finance, accounting, analytics, financial reporting, accounting reporting or risk reporting

• Financial reporting and analysis experience.

• Advanced problem solving and troubleshooting capabilities.

• Advanced SQL & Alteryx developer working experience.

• Knowledge of RDBMS (Relational Database Management System), like Teradata, Oracle, MS SQL server.

• Experience in Data Management life cycle, including data analysis, data profiling, data acquisition and data quality principles.

• Knowledge and understanding of data management concepts, process, and tools.

• Advanced Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, and Access) skills

• Ability to create reporting from databases and data-marts.

• Build Various dashboards in Power BI with SQL as the back-end data.

• Support data migrations, system transitions, data-mapping, data lineage, data reconciliation and documentation in alignment to policy and governance

• Consult with stakeholders to understand their business, automation, turn them into viable solutions which improve their ability to support their clients globally.

• BI: experience with creating visualizations. Dashboarding experience involving multiple views that all respond to navigation/filter/etc. Ability to publish that can be reused for across dashboards/workbooks and used for self-service by other analysts working on the same domain (and/or, to reuse cube created by others where expedient).

• SQL: access, combine, calculate. Create temp tables. Structure data for common BI needs such as drilling or side-by-side comparison

• Documentation skills. Requirements, query documentation, testing

Job Expectations:

• Review and aggregate data for analysis & reporting. Analysis will include period-over-period variances, trends, aging, capital calculations and reserve adjustments.  This team will also support the preparation and review of management and regulatory reports and data submissions.

• help drive efficiency and automation of these processes. This team will also build a center of excellence capability responsible for partnering across the Controller teams to ensure data analytic needs are met, including automation of processes for enhanced efficiency and effectiveness.

• Access key systems and provide system table maintenance. also handle a variety of research and ad hoc requests.

• Knowledge of USA regulatory agencies (ie SEC, OCC, FED) and related reporting.

• Analyze past results, perform Variance Analysis, identify trends, and make recommendations for improvements.

• Knowledge of banking and lending data and reporting.

• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.

• Ability to execute in a fast paced, high demand, environment while balancing multiple priorities.

• Ability to exercise independent judgment and creative problem solving techniques.

• Ability to prepare presentations, management reporting, and statistical analysis.

• Ability to be flexible and adjust plans quickly to meet changing business needs.

• Experience in corporate loans, capital markets and investment banking preferred.

• Knowledge in Basel Regulatory rules

Posting End Date: 

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

We Value Equal Opportunity

Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit’s risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

Candidates applying to job openings posted in Canada: Applications for employment are encouraged from all qualified candidates, including women, persons with disabilities, aboriginal peoples and visible minorities. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process.

Applicants with Disabilities

To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo.

Drug and Alcohol Policy

Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace.  Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.

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a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.