Manager, Financial Reporting

Job Description

Job Summary

Uses specialized knowledge and skills obtained through education and experience to prepare financial statements, budgets and other reports for complex business units and to reconcile all general ledger accounts. Resolves and recommends solutions to complex problems. Regular contact with management and other internal customers is required to identify, research, and resolve accounting issues and problems.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyze consolidated financial statements to ensure transactions comply with U.S. GAAP
• Responsible for the internal financial management reporting and disclosure reports distributed to leadership on a monthly basis.
• Strengthen internal controls, documentation, and enhance processes around the period-end timelines and related reporting processes.
• Review journal entries and complex general ledger account reconciliations, including researching U.S. GAAP issues and resolving accounting discrepancies.
• Support the internal / external team on reporting financial statement impacts. Coordinate with key stakeholders to ensure all parties are appropriately informed, engaged and driving desired results.
• Prepare and distribute financial information and data within required deadlines and ensure that the information supplied is concise, relevant, and understandable to assist leadership with business and program decisions.
• Serve as the key contact with the external auditors for quarterly review and year-end audits, including discussing and answering technical questions around the parent company accounting process and its impact on the U.S. GAAP reporting.
• Directs training of associates, evaluates and develops associates, including hiring and disciplinary action.
• Directs area workflow by assigning and monitoring work, implementing productivity standards, delegating tasks, enforcing policies, procedures, and controls.
• Collaborates and communicates effectively with other functional areas, including other business unit and IT areas, to resolve complex issues and support achievement of business goals
• Ensures that adequate internal controls and procedures are followed.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge of

Skill in

Ability to

Licenses / Certifications

Education

Bachelor's : Accounting (Required), Bachelor's : Business Administration, Bachelor's : Finance

Work Experience

General Experience - 6 to 10 years

Certifications

Series 7_GS - Gen Sec Rep - Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Series 99_OS-Operations Professional - Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)

Travel

Less than 25%

Workstyle

Hybrid

At Raymond James our associates use five guiding behaviors (Develop, Collaborate, Decide, Deliver, Improve) to deliver on the firm's core values of client-first, integrity, independence and a conservative, long-term view.

We expect our associates at all levels to :

At Raymond James - as part of our people-first culture, we honor, value, and respect the uniqueness, experiences, and backgrounds of all of our Associates. When associates bring their best authentic selves, our organization, clients, and communities thrive. The Company is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs.

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