BNY · 1 week ago
Director, Accounting
Pittsburgh, PA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
12+ years expBNY is a leading global financial services company that influences nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. The Director, Accounting will lead the accounting and reporting activities for complex legal entities, providing strategic advice and ensuring the delivery of accurate financial information to senior management and stakeholders.
Financial Services
Responsibilities
Leads the end to end accounting and reporting activities of multiple large, high-visibility /risk, and/or complex legal entities conducting technical review and sign-off before transforming data into information for reporting purposes
Directs the completion of numerous activities from start to close, including consolidations and financial reporting of business outcomes to deliver useable, accurate and timely financial information and recommendations for the desired period (monthly, quarterly or annually)
Performs the most complex research and analyses to provide senior management with analytical/technical support and advice related to financial performance, and critical financial accounting issues
Serves as a key advisor to functional and/or business leaders, frequently delivers presentations, information and/or recommendations to senior management, regulators and the internal board of directors
Provides leadership, direction and functional guidance to more junior analysts to ensure the delivery of performance metrics within assigned processes, geographies, lines of business, or legal entities
Completes advanced accounting activities, including highly complex general ledger events and transactions, continuously improving exceptions identification and analysis activities, facing off with internal/external auditors and SOX, maintaining the control environment, fulfilling ad hoc requests in accordance with global, regional and country-specific process standards and identifying opportunities for process improvements
Uses professional judgement and considerable experience to deliver recommendations for use in accounting and financial reporting to senior management and the internal board of directors
Works closely with the regional or global leaders to review and vet any new proposed process enhancement documentation and training content
Provides statutory and regulatory guidance and support as requested for special projects and continuous improvement work efforts
Has in-depth expertise in the accounting functions of a business, legal entity or geography and serves as a key advisor to functional and/or business leaders
Activities include designing and leading the implementation of new or revised reporting, accounting and accounting process policies, procedures and reports which provide effective financial planning, accounting and reporting of financial information, and authorizing the recording of accounting entries to financial systems
Applies a depth of knowledge from the completion of multiple assignments across lines of business, legal entities and geographies to manage the interaction of legal entity, regulatory and cross-country requirements
Anticipates and plans for existing and emerging risks, identifying and developing recommendations and working with senior management to address/implement solutions
Provides leadership and technical guidance on risk identification to other analysts
Is adept at translating technical information to non-technical audiences, advising the internal board of directors, lines of business and regulators to ensure their questions are answered and needs are met
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience required
12-15 years of total work experience preferred
Knowledge of GAAP and accounting and finance concepts and analysis techniques preferred
Preferred
Accounting concentration preferred
MBA or CPA/CA/local area equivalent certification preferred
Benefits
Highly competitive compensation
Benefits
Wellbeing programs
Flexible global resources and tools
Generous paid leaves
Paid volunteer time
Company
BNY
For more than 240 years BNY has partnered alongside clients, using its expertise and platforms to help them operate more efficiently and accelerate growth.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Brian A. Ruane
CEO Government Securities Services & Global Client Management
Chris Kearns
CEO, Depositary Receipts
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2024-11-01
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