Vice President, Legal Entity Controller (NYC)

A global capital markets firm in New York is hiring a Legal Entity Controller to own financial reporting for a portfolio of U.S. entities, including registered broker-dealers and special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). Reporting directly to the Financial Controller, you'll sit on a small, lean team where the role is both hands-on and supervisory: preparing and reviewing financials, partnering across finance, and building stronger processes, controls, and systems.

Compensation : $185,000 to $240,000

Location : NYC (4 days/week onsite)

What You'll Do

- Serve as legal entity controller for U.S. GAAP entities, including broker-dealers and SPACs

- Oversee the month-end close and review journal entries covering investing and financing activities, consolidation of subsidiaries, expense accruals, intercompany activity, and income taxes

- Oversee and review quarterly and annual financial statements for external reporting under U.S. GAAP

- Prepare and review quarterly SPAC financial statements, and review SPAC SEC filings including Forms S-1, S-4, 8-K, 10-Q, and 10-K

- Review monthly balance sheet substantiation, evaluate the adequacy of accruals, resolve issues, and escalate key items to management

- Review monthly and quarterly analytical reporting, including balance sheet and P&L variance commentary

- Provide accounting and advisory support on new transactions and legal entity structure changes

- Partner with SEC Reporting, Corporate Accounting, Regulatory Reporting, Product Control, Tax, Technical Accounting, and Treasury to ensure accurate accounting

- Lead process reengineering and control enhancements, and work with IT to improve systems

- Coach, mentor, and develop junior and experienced team members

What We're Looking For

- Bachelor's degree in Accounting

- CPA required

- 10+ years of accounting and financial reporting experience, with significant hands-on time in industry at a financial services firm

- Legal entity controller or entity-level financial reporting experience at a bank, broker-dealer, swap dealer, or SPAC

- SEC reporting experience

- Comfort working at both the preparation and review level on a lean team

- Financial services regulatory reporting experience

- Track record of building or improving processes, controls, and systems

- Experience managing and developing people

- Strong U.S. GAAP technical knowledge, advanced Excel, and strong project management, communication, and business writing skills

Preferred

- Big Four public accounting experience prior to moving into industry

- SPAC accounting and SEC filing experience

- Swap dealer entity experience

The Environment

An established global capital markets and investment banking firm with a lean, fast-moving finance team. Based in New York, NY, in the office four days per week.