Legal Entity Controller - Asset Management - Associate

As a Legal Entity Controller within the Legal Entity Controller team, you will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of the firm’s books and records. You will focus on general ledger, operating systems, and infrastructure controls across the entire lifecycle of the product and reporting cycles.

This role will require you to work independently and in team environments, demonstrating initiative in building efficiencies and strengthening our internal control environment. You will be responsible for preparing journal entries, account reconciliations, investment reporting, and leading ad hoc projects. This role offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, where your strong analytical skills, decisiveness, and accountability will be highly valued.

We will teach you about financial investment products, how the business operates and provide training on the automation and intelligent tools we use.  We want your curiosity, intelligence and drive to take that knowledge and continually drive the business forward.

Job responsibilities:

• Prepare journal entries, account reconciliations, investment reporting, legal entity and line of business month-end close
• Perform pre- and post-close variance analysis, process documentation, financial statement preparation, general ledger chart of accounts support
• Lead/participate in ad hoc projects
• Build efficiencies and strengthen the internal control environment of our team
• Provide thorough documentation of work performed that will successfully withstand an audit by external or internal examiners

• Coordinate multiple responsibilities within tight reporting deadlines

   

• Work outside normal business hours on a periodic basis

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Bachelor degree in Accounting
• Minimum 3+ years of experience required
• Ability to independently analyze, report, and explain financial data
• Ability to apply theoretical concepts to practical situations
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications required
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Able to multi-task in a constantly changing environment

   

Preferred, but not required, qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Public accounting experience/CPA/MBA a plus
• Financial services industry

Candidates must be able to physically work in our Columbus, OH office 5 days a week.