Controllers, Legal Entity Controller (LEC), Vice President, Frankfurt

at  Goldman Sachs

WHO WE ARE

The Goldman Sachs Group is a bank holding company and a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Goldman Sachs provides a wide range of services worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high net worth individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York with offices in major financial centres around the world. We are committed to growing our distinctive Culture and upholding our core values which always place our client’s interests first. These values are reflected in our Business Principles, which emphasise integrity, commitment to excellence, innovation and teamwork.

LEGAL ENTITY CONTROLLER – YOUR IMPACT

As a Legal Entity Controller you will take complete ownership of the financial reporting and monitoring for a range of our legal entities. You will develop an in-depth understanding of these entities, including their business strategies, products and associated technical accounting and disclosure requirements.
We’re looking for an experienced and driven professional to join our Controllers team in Frankfurt, who is keen to use and develop their technical accounting skills to provide high quality reporting and analysis of our entities’ assets and profitability in a challenging and varied environment.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Qualified accountant (German Chartered Auditor or National equivalent).
• Minimum of 5 years of post-qualification experience in an accounting environment, preferably in the financial services industry in Germany.
• Academic degree in finance or business administration preferred.
• Business fluency in German (native) and English.
• Detailed knowledge of accounting rules (German GAAP / IFRS / USGAAP).
• Attention to detail and time management are essential skills for this role. In addition, the candidate should have the flexibility required to work in a dynamic environment under tight deadlines.
• Strong computing skills – comfortable with large data sets.
• Strong communication – ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, to a broad range of people across the firm at various levels of seniority.
• Self-motivated and proactive - Ability to run with issues, get involved and be hands-on, and provide constant high-quality feedback.
• Ability to maintain mutual support within a high energy, high profile team.

• Coordination of annual financial statements and statutory audit, liaising directly with the firm’s auditors.
• Lead on technical accounting areas, particularly German GAAP.
• Facilitation and liaison with the regulators on accounting topics.
• Review of monthly and quarterly management accounts under US GAAP, IFRS and German GAAP.
• Facilitating the quarterly consolidated reporting of the Goldman Sachs Group with regular interaction with Financial Reporting in New York.
• Review of monthly and quarterly board reports.
• Review and analysis of reporting to the Federal Reserve Board.
• Coordination with the US, UK and EU tax teams on local and foreign tax issues, VAT returns and submission of annual tax returns
• Understanding the business and keeping up-to-speed with business developments and being able to communicate this effectively to team members.
• Proactively seeking to identify improvements to manual processes and management reporting information leading to higher value added work.
• Involvement in a broad range of department–wide projects and initiatives as well as cross-departmental initiatives.
• Serve as role model to other team members and champion best practices.