Accounting Policy Finance Manager-CFO Group

Responsibilities

• Manages the preparation, review, and analysis of data in financial reports
• Executes key financial and process controls, including period-over-period trends, variance analysis, and cross report reconciliations
• Drives identification, remediation, monitoring, and escalation of issues impacting financial statements or reports
• Establishes relationships with data owners across multiple lines of business to support complete and timely data submissions
• Provides support and subject matter expertise for data quality improvement and sourcing automation projects
• Provides guidance for interpreting and understanding complex regulatory requirements
• Adapts to changing demands and requirements
• Provide complex accounting guidance to CAO, Corporate Treasurer, Corporate and Legal Entity Controllers, Line of Business CFOs and their staff, primarily related to transactions involving debt securities, derivatives, hedge accounting strategies & leasing transactions.
• Reviews new products and complex structured transactions. Includes participation in internal product review committee processes
• Participate in maintaining and keeping current the Corporation’s Accounting Policy Manual for assigned areas.
• Aid in implementing new accounting standards, primarily US GAAP
• Aid SEC Financial Reporting and Legal Entity Controllers (LEC) teams in developing financial statement disclosures in accordance with applicable U.S. GAAP
• Maintain advanced knowledge of SEC and GAAP reporting requirements and lead in-house education sessions
• Acts in an advocacy role on behalf of the bank with accounting standard setters and various industry organizations
• Reviews and/or writes sections of the Corporation's '34 Act SEC filings
• Drafts comment letters to standard setters
• Drafts responses to SEC review comments
• Interacts directly with External & Internal audit engagement management and staff

Qualifications

• 10+ years of accounting and banking experience, primarily in technical accounting advisory or banking accounting policy
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or related field
• Strong understanding of accounting standards applicable to financial instruments
• Understanding of Bank regulations including SEC requirements
• Strong communication skills including written and oral presentation skills with an ability to interact at different levels of the organization
• Self-Motivated
• Excellent time management and organization skills
• Effectively work across teams within the organization to implement accounting standards and lead projects
• Proven experience to understand and dissect complex transactions, specifically as it relates to hedge accounting transactions