Senior Analyst - Firmwide Financial Control - TAX Asset Class Control

Job Description
Ready to make a substantial difference in tax data management? As a TAX Asset Class Control (TAX ACC) Analyst, you'll play a crucial role in maintaining the accuracy of our tax-related financial data. Utilize your analytical skills to perform essential controls and reconciliations, and support our Corporate Tax Organization. This role offers the chance to work with complex equity products and contribute to the smooth execution of month-end tax postings and reporting. Join us and lead the way in tax data excellence!
As a TAX Asset Class Control (TAX ACC) Analyst within our team, you will be responsible for executing a variety of controls, checks, analyses, and reconciliations, primarily focusing on tax-related data. Your duties will encompass a range of functions including extracting raw data from various systems, calculating tax related to Equity products such as stocks, bonds, and derivatives, reconciling and substantiating balance sheets, making manual accounting entries to the general ledger, providing audit support for the Corporate Tax Organization, and ensuring timely tax postings and reporting during the month-end close.
Job responsibilities

• Support Tax Organization by understanding data, calculating tax, and postings to the general ledger
• Work closely with line of business controllers, product controllers, corporate tax, & project managers.
• Partner with various FFC teams globally to centralize Tax related activities to Tax ACC
• Manage month end, quarter end, and year end activities related to Tax postings in the general ledger
• Hands-on engagement in multiple projects, which includes proactively identifying process enhancements and work with stakeholders enact change in a timely manner
• Perform various control procedures & reconciliations to ensure the integrity of reported financials
• Identify process and/or infrastructure enhancements proactively and work with stakeholders to enact change
• Mobilize change wherever possible in order to simplify processes and enhance controls

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Basic understanding of financial products such as stocks, bonds, & derivatives
• Good understanding of General Ledger accounting concepts (Balance Sheet, P&L)
• Excellent command of business English and communication skills (both written and spoken)
• Self-driven attitude with good organizational and problem-solving skills
• Ability to critically challenge with the goal of identifying control issues
• Comfort liaising with business and partners while building and maintaining strong working relationships
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or within other numerical field
• Minimum of 1 year experience in Banking, Accounting or other Finance function

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Advanced Excel skills and proficiency in working with numbers
• Previous Tax experience is preferable

About Us
J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
About the Team
Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.
Global Finance & Business Management works to strategically manage capital, drive growth and efficiencies, maintain financial reporting and proactively manage risk. By providing information, analysis and recommendations to improve results and drive decisions, teams ensure the company can navigate all types of market conditions while protecting our fortress balance sheet.