Legal Entity Controller - Senior Associate

Job Description
Join our Legal Entity Controller team to ensure financial integrity, enhance processes, and drive efficiency. Apply your expertise today!
As a Legal Entity Controller (LEC) in a Legal Entity Controllers group you will be responsible for ensuring the overall integrity and validity of the financial statements and controls over the transaction cycle; performing critical reporting functions and improving ongoing processes. You will be focusing on improving efficiency, delivering accurate financial information and liaising with various groups to establish effective controls.
Job responsibilities

• Focuses on Legal entity bookkeeping, General Ledger & Accounts Payable reconciliation, vendor and temporary balances control, tax payments settlement, etc.
• Controls intercompany charges, ensuring compliance with transfer pricing policies
• Reviews and controls statutory books
• Takes care of the reconciliation with Group ledger & Corporate Income Tax fillings
• Takes care of Local tax reporting and filings (Corporate Income Tax, Value Added Tax, Withholding taxes, tax deductibility, legal engagements fillings, etc.)
• Participates in internal and external statutory audits
• Administrates local requirements (Business Registry fillings, Ultimate Beneficiary Ownership, etc.)
• Participates in interim and annual Statutory, Regulatory, Statistical & Corporate Reporting
• Analyses business plan data, prepares financial management information
• Collaborates with other support functions in the location as well as offshore
• Responds to ad hoc queries / projects that involve data quality and process improvements

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Accounting & Taxation qualification - Economics or Business Administration degree
• Fluency in English and Greek
• Ability to work independently under considerable time pressure whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy and quality; takes responsibility / ownership
• Pro-active attitude with attention to detail, flexibility to deal with multiple tasks in a fast moving environment and keep pace with the changes effectively

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Strong technical accounting knowledge, holder or in the process of ACCA / similar qualification
• Exposure to reconciliation, control processes, internal / external reporting role and statutory account preparation; work experience with tax filings
• A minimum of 3 years of relevant previous experience in legal entity controllership along with knowledge of SAP system
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office and workflow automation applications

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
The Corporate & Investment Bank is a global leader across investment banking, wholesale payments, markets and securities services. The world's most important corporations, governments and institutions entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. We provide strategic advice, raise capital, manage risk and extend liquidity in markets around the world.