Controllers- Legal Entity Controller (LEC) - Senior Analyst- Frankfurt

Your tasks

As a Legal Entity Controller you will take complete ownership of the financial reporting and monitoring for a range of our legal entities. You will develop an in-depth understanding of these entities, including their business strategies, products and associated technical accounting and disclosure requirements.

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Responsibilities

• Support the month end close process for the legal entity’s financial reporting.
• Preparation of management accounts for the legal entities we are responsible for.
• Support the preparation of statutory financial statements in German GAAP including liaison with auditors.
• Support the preparation of standalone entity financial information and disclosures in accordance with U.S. GAAP and IFRS.
• Liase extensively with other aread of the firm such as Product Controllers, Funding Controllers, Corporate Treasury, Legal, Tax, Risk on various ad-hoc inquiries including new product requests, strategic changes to existing workflows, and transfer pricing initiatives.
• Understanding the business and keeping up-to-speed with business developments and being able to communicate this effectively to team members.
• Proactively seeking to identify improvements to manual processes including adoption of AI tools.
• Involvement in a broad range of department–wide projects and initiatives as well as cross-departmental initiatives.
• Involvement in ad hoc tasks / responsibilities across the team.

Your profile

Skills and experience

• Academic degree in finance or business administration.
• Business fluency in English, German language skills preferred but not a requirement.
• A strong interest in accounting and desire to learn new skills.
• Attention to detail and time management are essential skills for this role. In addition, the candidate should have the flexibility required to work in a dynamic environment under tight deadlines.
• Strong computing skills – comfortable with large data sets.
• Strong communication – ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, to a broad range of people across the Firm at various levels of seniority.
• Self-motivated and proactive - Ability to run with issues, get involved and be hands-on, and provide constant high-quality feedback.
• Ability to maintain mutual support within a high energy, high profile team.

Competencies

• Functional Expertise - Keeps up-to-date with emerging business, economic, and market trends.
• Technical Skills - Demonstrates strong technical skills required for the role, pays attention to detail, takes initiative to broaden his/her knowledge and demonstrates appropriate financial/analytical skills.
• Drive and Motivation - Successfully handles multiple tasks, takes initiative to improve his/her own performance, works intensely towards extremely challenging goals and persists in the face of obstacles or setbacks.
• Client and Business Focus - Effectively handles difficult requests, builds trusting, long-term relationships with clients, helps the client to identify/define needs and manages client/business expectations.
• Teamwork – Gives evidence of being a strong team player, collaborates with others within and across teams, encourages other team members to participate and contribute and acknowledges others' contributions.
• Communication Skills - Communicates what is relevant and important in a clear and concise manner and shares information/new ideas with others.
• Judgement and Problem solving - Thinks ahead, anticipates questions, plans for contingencies, finds alternative solutions and identifies clear objectives. Sees the big picture and effectively analyses complex issues.
• Creativity/Innovation - Looks for new ways to improve current processes and develop creative solutions that are grounded in reality and have practical value.
• Influencing Outcomes - Presents sound, persuasive rationale for ideas or opinions. Takes a position on issues and influences others' opinions and presents persuasive recommendations.

Your career

The division is ideal for collaborative individuals who enjoy working in a strong team focused culture, and are motivated by opportunities for challenging stretch assignments. You will receive continuous training, both formal and informal, to ensure your ongoing professional development and have exposure to - and support from - senior members of our team from the outset.

Goldman Sachs is a meritocracy where you will be given all the tools to help you develop. At Goldman Sachs, you will have access to excellent training programmes designed to improve multiple facets of your skills portfolio. Our in-house training programme, ‘Goldman Sachs University’ offers a comprehensive series of courses that you will have access to as your career progresses. Goldman Sachs University has an impressive catalogue of courses which span technical, business and leadership skills training.

In order to help you navigate the organisation, you will be given a mentor from outside of your immediate department. This person will be positioned to provide you with objective advice and guidance on your career development.

We value internal mobility. The chance to take on new challenges in the firm over time will ensure that you remain stimulated and will help in your continued professional and personal development.

We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs.

We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process.

Please note that our firm has adopted a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for employees who work onsite at any of our U.S. locations to safeguard the health and well-being of all our employees and others who enter our U.S. offices. This role requires the employee to be able to work on-site. As a condition of employment, employees working on-site at any of our U.S. locations are required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, and to have either had COVID-19 or received a booster dose if eligible under Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) guidance, unless prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Applicants who wish to request for a medical or religious accommodation, or any other accommodation required under applicable law, can do so later in the process. Please note that accommodations are not guaranteed and are decided on a case by case basis.

Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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Fonte: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), tabela; dl-de/by-2-0; cálculo da StarIn