Head of U.S. Accounting Policy and Financial Reporting (US)

About the role

This role oversees a cross-functional team that is responsible for setting accounting policies under U.S. GAAP and producing financial reports for numerous legal entities and segment reporting purposes. This role will also monitor the Bank's compliance with the asset cap provision.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates across Risk, TBSM, Corp Dev, Business leaders, Chief Accountants, and other critical areas to ensure accurate and complete financial reporting, including reporting on the Bank's asset position and proactively recommending adjustments to executions strategies to ensure the Bank remains compliant with the asset cap provision.
• Liaises with the regulatory affairs team to provide updates to the regulators.
• Provides accounting advisory services to assist with the application of accounting policies as well as proactive Advisory on new and/or complex transactions including Corporate Development transactions.
• Leads technical aspects as well as certain project aspects of the Implementation of new accounting/disclosure requirements.
• Maintains effective and positive external relationships with the Bank's regulators, Auditors, Audit Committee, CBA, OSFI and various standard setters.
• Drives efficiencies and communicates effectively across various work streams.
• Develops, assigns and monitors plans to ensure completion of goals and objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 15+ years of financial services experience required, preferably across multiple disciplines inclusive of deep subject matter expertise in Finance.
• Strong knowledge of accounting policies and practices for financial services under U.S. GAAP and/or IFRS, with demonstrated ability to apply guidance to complex situations.
• Ability to effectively manage financial reporting processes and drive process improvements to reduce risk and create efficiencies.
• Ability to apply consultative relationship management and influencing skills across all levels with organizational prowess.
• Experience in the effective execution of change management strategies and processes in a complex, multi-faceted business.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and determine what is important and where value can be best added.
• Organizational awareness and resourcefulness - understanding of whom to engage in order to identify solutions and resolve issues.
• Superior understanding and judgment on issues to resolve independently or to escalate.
• Strong business acumen and analytical skill set ability to absorb information on a variety of complex issues (financial and nonfinancial) and summarize key issues or concerns.
• High degree of personal integrity in order to recognize and manage access to sensitive information about the Bank, our strategy, results, people and issues being addressed.
• Excellent judgment, relationship management skills, impact and influence capability, with a demonstrated ability to work effectively with leaders at all levels.

Qualifications

• Never: 0%; Occasional: 1-33%; Frequent: 34-66%; Continuous: 67-100%
• Domestic Travel – Occasional
• International Travel – Never
• Performing sedentary work – Continuous
• Performing multiple tasks – Continuous
• Operating standard office equipment - Continuous
• Sitting – Continuous
• Standing – Occasional
• Walking – Occasional
• Moving safely in confined spaces – Occasional
• Lifting/Carrying (under 25 lbs.) – Occasional
• Lifting/Carrying (over 25 lbs.) – Never
• Squatting – Occasional
• Bending – Occasional
• Kneeling – Never
• Crawling – Never
• Climbing – Never
• Reaching overhead – Never
• Reaching forward – Occasional
• Pushing – Never
• Pulling – Never
• Twisting – Never
• Concentrating for long periods of time – Continuous
• Applying common sense to deal with problems involving standardized situations – Continuous
• Reading, writing and comprehending instructions – Continuous
• Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing – Continuous

Skills

• People management leadership
• Data collection for financial reporting purposes
• Auditing and compliance
• Financial analysis and reporting
• Consultative relationship management
• Change management
• Process improvement
• Regulatory affairs
• Accounting policy and practice
• Corporate development
• Internal controls
• Financial modeling
• Strategic planning
• Project management
• Training and development
• Leadership development
• Stakeholder engagement
• Client service excellence
• Financial reporting
• Financial advisory
• Financial disclosure
• Financial reporting standards
• Financial reporting processes
• Financial reporting systems
• Financial reporting tools
• Financial reporting software
• Financial reporting procedures
• Financial reporting guidelines
• Financial reporting regulations
• Financial reporting policies
• Financial reporting procedures
• Financial reporting controls
• Financial reporting metrics
• Financial reporting analytics
• Financial reporting insights
• Financial reporting trends
• Financial reporting risks
• Financial reporting challenges
• Financial reporting solutions
• Financial reporting best practices
• Financial reporting compliance
• Financial reporting oversight
• Financial reporting governance
• Financial reporting accountability
• Financial reporting transparency
• Financial reporting ethics
• Financial reporting integrity
• Financial reporting accuracy
• Financial reporting completeness
• Financial reporting timeliness
• Financial reporting consistency
• Financial reporting reliability
• Financial reporting relevance
• Financial reporting objectivity
• Financial reporting fairness
• Financial reporting efficiency
• Financial reporting effectiveness
• Financial reporting sustainability
• Financial reporting innovation
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