The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc

Controllers, Analyst, SEC Financial Reporting, New York

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc$90K — $120K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Degree in Accounting (CPA preferred)
  • 1-3 years of relevant work experience
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Strong analytical and organizational skills
  • Detail-oriented with multitasking abilities
  • Self-starter, able to work in a fast-paced environment
  • Proficient in Excel and Word

Responsibilities

  • Assist in preparing quarterly and annual consolidated financial statements for SEC filings
  • Interact with various finance teams to ensure compliance with accounting standards
  • Coordinate quarterly disclosure meetings with stakeholders
  • Act as a liaison between multiple finance departments to meet reporting requirements
  • Provide guidance on quarter-end deliverables to LECs and Product Controllers
  • Identify process improvements and propose effective solutions
  • Manage and lead junior team members in financial reporting tasks

Benefits

  • Collaboration with diverse teams across the firm
  • Opportunities for involvement in ad-hoc projects and initiatives
  • Development of leadership skills in a cross-functional environment
  • Experience with implementing new accounting standards and regulations
  • Engagement with Investor Relations on disclosure initiatives
Full Job Description
Job Description

Controllers, Analyst, SEC Financial Reporting, New York

SEC Financial Reporting is a group within Financial Reporting responsible for preparing the firm's quarterly and annual SEC filings (i.e., 10-Q, 10-K). The team interfaces with global product controllers, Legal Entity Controllers (LECs), Accounting Policy, Legal, Funding, Treasury, Credit Risk, Market Risk and various other teams across the firm. In addition, the team participates in and frequently sponsors ad-hoc projects with various departments across GS in order to address new accounting pronouncements and other regulations, and to improve the overall efficiency of the reporting process. The team also frequently interacts with the EO and Investor Relations and support them with their new initiatives on investor disclosures.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS

Principal Responsibilities:

The individual will assist in the preparation of the firm's quarterly and annual consolidated financial statements that are filed with the SEC. This will include significant interaction with various finance teams across the firm, including global product controllers, LECs, Accounting Policy, Legal, Funding, Treasury, Credit Risk, Market Risk, and various other teams across the firm. The individual will be involved in a leadership capacity in cross-functional projects, such as implementing new accounting standards, developing procedures to comply with new pronouncements, updating policies and procedures, system integrations, and proposing improvements and efficiencies to existing reporting processes.

The Analyst's areas of responsibility will include:
  • Preparation and review of the firm's quarterly and annual consolidated financial statements, footnotes and iXBRL filings
  • Obtaining a thorough understanding of accounting standards relevant to the disclosures in the 10-Q/K and ensure compliance with the requirements
  • Preparation and review of financial statement and disclosure review packages
  • Coordination of quarterly disclosure meeting with stakeholders
  • Acting as a liaison between LECs, Product Controllers, Management Reporting & Analysis, Accounting Policy, and other internal departments in order to ensure that reporting requirements are satisfied
  • Responsible for providing guidance to LECs and Product Controllers and other finance team on quarter-end deliverables
  • Identifying development areas and proposing solutions aimed at improving the process by which information is collected, analyzed, and controlled
  • Managing and leading junior and team members

Experience/Skills:
  • Degree in Accounting (CPA preferred)
  • 1-3 years relevant work experience
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication and multi-tasking skills
  • Strong analytical and organizational skills
  • Detail-oriented
  • Self-starter with ability to work in a fast-paced environment under challenging deadlines
  • Strong Excel and Word skills

About The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. provides investment banking, securities, and investment management services, as well as financial services to corporations, financial institutions, governments, and high-net-worth individuals worldwide. Its Investment Banking segment offers financial advisory services, including advisory assignments concerning mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense, risk management, and restructurings and spin-offs; and underwriting services comprising public offerings and private placements of a range of securities, loans, and other financial instruments, and derivative transactions. The company’s Institutional Client Services segment provides client execution services, such as fixed income, currency, and commodities client execution related to making markets in interest rate products, credit products, mortgages, currencies, and commodities; and equities related to making markets in equity products, as well as executes and clears institutional client transactions on stock, options, and futures exchanges. This segment also engages in the securities services business providing financing, securities lending, and other brokerage services to institutional clients, including hedge funds, mutual funds, pension funds, and foundations. Its Investing and Lending segment originates longer-term loans; and invests in debt securities, loans, public and private equity securities, real estate, consolidated investment entities, distressed assets, currencies, commodities, and power generation facilities. The company’s investment management segment provides investment products and services, as well as offers wealth advisory services, including portfolio management and financial counseling, and brokerage and other transaction services.

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Careers

Join the prestigious team at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., a global leader in finance and investments, and propel your career to new heights. Our firm is renowned for its commitment to excellence, innovation, and leadership in the financial sector.

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Learn more about The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc
Size
45,100 employees
Market Cap
$115.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
$9.4 billion
Founded
1869
5 Year Trend
+11.3%
Revenue
$53.4 billion
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