Accounting Analyst

Controllers | Analyst | New York / New Jersey NY, United States and 1 more Job Description The Controllers division is dedicated to managing the firm’s financial and regulatory obligations, ensuring accurate financial recording, compliance with accounting standards, and the implementation of internal controls to safeguard company assets. It provides financial analysis and reporting to support strategic decision-making across all business areas. Responsibilities Regulatory Reporting is responsible for the meticulous preparation and timely submission of periodic reports to regulatory authorities. This function ensures the firm’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, contributing to financial stability, investor protection, and effective risk management. These reports cover a broad spectrum of data, including financial statements, risk exposure, customer information, and transaction details, and are crucial for monitoring and supervising the firm’s operations. Financial Reporting focuses on implementing and maintaining the firm’s integrated financial reporting program. This includes preparing comprehensive financial statements such as balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements, which offer an overview of the firm’s financial performance and position. The team ensures accurate financial recording and provides essential financial analysis to guide decision-making and support the firm’s long-term financial goals. Legal Entity Controllers (LEC) are responsible for overseeing the financial integrity and compliance of specific legal entities within the firm. This involves managing the accounting functions, ensuring adherence to local accounting standards and regulatory requirements for each entity, and providing financial oversight for localized performance and reporting. LECs play a key role in maintaining robust internal controls and ensuring that the financial activities of individual legal entities align with the firm’s overall financial policies and objectives. Reconciliations is a critical internal control procedure designed to verify the accuracy and reliability of accounting data and other management information. This team ensures that information transmitted to, contained in, and reported from financial systems is accurate, complete, and recorded in a timely manner. Reconciliations help to substantiate balances, detect errors, ensure consistency between internal records and financial reports, and quickly identify and resolve discrepancies. Product Controllers are responsible for ensuring the integrity and accuracy of financial reporting for trading desks and investment products. This involves managing daily Profit & Loss (P&L), conducting independent valuations, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards and regulations. This role bridges front and back office, supporting risk management and providing performance insights for strategic decision-making and financial transparency. Basic Qualifications 0-3 years of prior work experience in a relevant field. Proficient to advanced skills with MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook) Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail and follow-through Strong ability to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines Team player with positive attitude and strong work ethic Strong communication skills (written and verbal) Ability to work in a fast-paced environment Ability to adapt quickly to a variety of industries and businesses Ability to self-direct, analyze and evaluate and form independent judgments Ability to effectively interact and build relationships with senior management and global stakeholders Commercially savvy with ability to exercise discretion with respect to highly confidential/sensitive information Integrity, ethical standards and sound judgment The expected base salary for this New York/ New Jersey United States based position is: $75,000–$100,000 Benefits We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year. We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees priorities. We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices. To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount). We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency backup care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available. Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. #J-18808-Ljbffr