Senior Financial Reporting Manager

Job Title

Serve as the subject matter expert for Regulatory Capital and Risk-Weighted Assets (RWA) reporting requirements, providing guidance and technical expertise to Finance, Controllership, Treasury, and Regulatory Reporting teams. Responsible for ensuring the delivery of accurate, timely, and well-controlled financial and regulatory reporting to Executive Leadership, the Board of Directors, and regulatory agencies. Partner closely with business lines and cross-functional stakeholders to evaluate the Capital and RWA implications of business initiatives, support strategic decision-making, and enhance the effectiveness of governance and control frameworks. Drive efforts to optimize capital efficiency while maintaining compliance with evolving regulatory requirements. This role will play a critical part in the implementation and ongoing execution of the Basel III Endgame regulatory capital framework and requires a strong understanding of regulatory capital rules, risk-weighted asset methodologies, and related reporting requirements.

Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time.

• Collaborate and work across the Finance division to ensure integrity of the financials and ensures sound controls and procedures.
• Support reporting and analysis for additional constituencies, including Board of Directors, Investor Relations, and various regulatory agencies.
• Provide leadership, talent development, and mentoring for team members to improve their own technical expertise; review and approve work of other team members.
• Foster a team environment that promotes diversity and inclusion broadly across the organization.
• Ensure that changes to reporting process workflow and/ or data source are documented and communicated to downstream reporting groups.
• Maintain technical and working knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), building expertise related to assigned area of responsibility.
• Subject matter expert with continued broadening of understanding on more complex accounting and regulatory reporting matters.
• Provide thought leadership in the design, execution and implementation of process changes and internal controls for new accounting and regulatory reporting requirements.
• Apply knowledge of best practices derived from experience to identify and solve problems of higher technical or operational complexity by leading analysis of possible solutions using data analysis, experience, judgment and precedents.
• Take a new perspective on existing solutions to propose innovative solutions. Initiate and assist in implementing long-term solutions.
• Prepare and review materials to senior leadership summarizing issues and communicating solutions.
• Provide vision and leadership on reporting strategies, improvements and upgrades, and develop comprehensive information delivery strategies for financial reporting and reconcilement.
• Develop strategies to improve the timeliness, availability and usefulness of financial information.
• Ensure data integrity, accuracy and availability of internal and external reports.
• Coordinate internal and external audits and examinations (responses to External and Regulatory requests are to be made in collaboration with other business units).
• Review and update policies and procedures for compliance with governmental regulations and corporate polices and standards.
• Coordinate development of new accounting processes and procedures, as needed.
• Assist in risk management governance and business continuity planning processes as necessary.
• Leverage working relationship with supported business areas and cross-functional departments to complete complex tasks and deliver high quality work.
• Initiate process improvements across broad organizational processes to address internal/external challenges.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or equivalent education and related training.
• Eight years of relevant accounting or accounting policy experience.
• Understanding of GAAP and SEC/Regulatory Reporting.
• Intelligent, strong and decisive leadership within an organization as a result of high integrity, intellectual clarity, and a passion for excellence; strong leadership abilities including proactive thinking and teamwork to drive the best business decisions.
• Strong personal and professional ethics with impeccable integrity.
• High energy level and strong work ethic to meet the demands of a fast paced, goal driven environment; results orientation, which includes meeting commitments, performance metrics, and targeted and required delivery dates.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work without supervision; ability to work under difficult time constraints and manage multiple resources, priorities and projects.
• Strong team orientation; eagerness to pitch in and help larger teams meet goals and responsibilities.
• Excellent technical and research skills; excellent communication and presentation skills; excellent critical and conceptual thinking, problem solving ability and analytical skills; excellent interpersonal skills across internal and external organizational levels.
• Demonstrated proficiency in computer applications, such as Microsoft Office software products, with an emphasis on spreadsheet, word processing and database software.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Deep knowledge of Regulatory Capital and RWA frameworks, with proven experience overseeing reporting and analysis under both the Standardized and Advanced Approaches
• Strong understanding of key methodologies, including the Collateral Haircut Approach, Standardized Approach for Counterparty Credit Risk (SA-CCR), Simplified Supervisory Formula Approach (SSFA), Look-Through Approach, and other applicable regulatory capital frameworks.
• Fundamental understanding of the Basel III Endgame capital framework, including key regulatory capital requirements and the application of the Expanded Risk-Based Approach (ERBA)
• Master's or advanced degree in Business or Accountancy Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation; strong technical accounting knowledge.
• Prior experience working for a large, SEC-registered financial institution or senior manager-level public accountant with extensive bank experience.