Australia Legal Entity Controller

1 week ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Full time

_Bring your ideas. Make history. _
BNY Mellon offers an exciting array of future-forward careers at the intersection of business, finance, and technology.

We are one of the world's top asset management and banking firms that manages trillions of dollars in assets, custody and/or administration.

Known as the "bank of banks" - 97% of the world's top banks work with us as we lead and serve our customers into the new era of digital.


With over 238 years of rich history and industry firsts, BNY Mellon has been built upon our proven ability to evolve, lead, and drive new ideas at every turn.

Today, we're approximately 50,000 employees across 35 countries with a culture that empowers you to grow, take risks, experiment and be yourself.

This is what
#LifeAtBNYMellon is all about.

We're seeking a future team member for the role of Australia Legal Entity Controller to join our Finance team. This role is located in Australia (Sydney) - HYBRID.

In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:

  • Provision of oversight for the assigned legal entity. This includes being a point of contact for the entity from a Finance perspective
  • Provision of financial analysis / insight on the assigned legal entities
  • Communication of results and issues both verbally and in written form
  • Coordination with audit (internal / external)
  • Production of the regulatory reporting
  • Supports GST and Income tax


Key responsibilities relate to the production and or review of daily, monthly, quarterly and annual reporting in both local and US GAAP.


Key responsibilities:

Statutory Financials

  • Key contributor to the production of the annual financial statements process for assigned entities
  • Partnership with and review of work produced by the offshore team
  • Contribution to the centralised audit processes as allocated in year end audit (eg. Bank confirmations)

Reporting & Tax

  • Contribution to monthly reporting:
  • In partnership with the country controller for oversight of results for certain legal entities over the month end close, escalate and assist in resolving issues.
  • Review of variance to provide meaningful analysis of different aspects on the legal entity financials
  • Review and approval of certain month end journals.
  • Contribution to quarterly board pack reporting
  • Reporting analysis produced for a variety of stakeholders including the board of directors, internal management and in support of the regulatory reporting process.
  • Production of the regulatory reports in a timely manner to the relevant regulatory bodies
  • Monitoring Liquidity Levels of the Australia Branch and reporting around this.

Governance

  • Maintain process documentation as required
  • Oversight of payments and the AP process
  • Ad hoc projects as required
To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:

Qualifications:

  • Part / Qualified accountant (CPA/CA)
  • Financial services and or banking experience
  • Experience in producing regulatory reports
  • Experience in GST, FBT and Income tax desirable
  • Exposure to general ledgers desirable

Core Competencies:

  • Motivated, adaptable, flexible and proactive
  • Strong communicator who is able to articulate key messages
  • Ability to collaborate across Finance and the wider organisation
  • Able to work in a complex global organisation
  • Selfmotivated individual who enjoys problem solving
  • Good attention to detail
At BNY Mellon, our inclusive culture speaks for itself.

Here's a few of our awards:

  • Fortune World's Most Admired Companies & Top 20 for Diversity and Inclusion
  • Bloomberg's Gender Equality Index (GEI)
  • Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion, Disability: IN 100% score
  • 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators, Fast Company
  • Human Rights Campaign Foundation, 100% score Corporate Equality Index
  • CDP's Climate Change 'A List'

Our Benefits:


BNY Mellon offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy.

We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life's journey.

Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

BNY Mellon is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

BNY Mellon is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Minorities/Females/Individuals With Disabilities/Protected Veterans.
**Our ambition is to build the best global team - one that is representative and inclusive of the diverse talent, clients and communities we work with and serve - and to empower our team to do their best work. We support wellbeing and a balanced life, and offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment

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