Controllers, Regulatory Financial Reporting, Associate, Jersey City

About the role

The Controllers team ensures the firm meets the financial control and reporting obligations of a global, regulated, and public financial institution. Controllers provides critical analysis while ensuring the accuracy of internal and external financial information and safeguards the firm’s assets through independent scrutiny. The team engages regularly with regulators and auditors, helping to protect the firm from reputational and other risks.

As a member of the Regulatory Reporting Controller team, you will analyze and report Goldman Sachs’s balance sheet of approximately $2.1 trillion. This team is responsible for the end-to-end preparation, review, and submission of key external regulatory filings, including the FR Y-9C, Call Report, FFIEC 030, FR Y-9LP, FR Y-12, FR 2644, and FR 2900. This position offers a unique opportunity to manage complex financial disclosures, collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, and directly support the firm's regulatory reporting obligations at a global scale.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review regulatory reports and financial disclosures, including FR Y-9C, Call Report (FFIEC 031), FR Y-9LP, FR Y-12, FR 2644, and FR 2900, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Participate in projects focused on regulatory disclosure implementation, process streamlining, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Collaborate with other areas of the firm such as Product Controllers, Financial Reporting, Legal Entity Controllers, Risk, and Treasury.
• Assist with internal management reporting and analysis on financial results, new guidance, changes to filing templates, interpretive matters, and ad hoc inquiries.
• Document and perform control procedures such as reconciliations and variance analytics.
• Drive projects contributing to the strategic direction for Controllers’ applications and workflows.
• Interface and coordinate with project teams to define objectives, develop approaches, create schedules, provide status updates, and prepare deliverables.
• Perform in-depth analysis of Controllers’ business processes and systems issues to propose and implement strategic technological and procedural workflow improvements.
• Partner with technology to ensure solutions meet all project specifications.
• Provide frequent project updates to stakeholders and users of all levels using strong written and verbal communication skills.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in Accounting and/or Finance.
• 3-5 years of relevant work experience; strong accounting background preferred.
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills with high proficiency in Microsoft software applications.
• Strong written, verbal communication, and organizational skills.
• Teamwork and collaboration-oriented, with the ability to work independently.
• Demonstrated energy, focus, drive, and a sense of urgency.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, operate within deadlines, and escalate when appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA candidate/license.
• Federal Reserve regulatory reporting experience.
• Well-versed in US GAAP accounting and SEC reporting standards.

Pay

The expected base salary for this Jersey City, NJ, United States-based position is $85,000–$140,000. You may also be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.

Benefits

Goldman Sachs provides competitive benefits and wellness offerings to active, non-temporary, full-time, and part-time US employees who work at least 20 hours per week. A summary of these offerings can be found here.