Accountant

"Company is seeking a talented professional to join its stress testing and capital management team. This position will provide leadership to further the development of the Company s regulatory governance and internal control framework over its capital adequacy process, which includes its company-wide capital stress testing process. Position responsibilities will include maintaining and evolving the capital management and stress testing related policies and procedures to ensure adherence to the Company s Regulatory Reporting Governance and Oversight framework, heightened regulatory expectations and thoughtful integration with interlinked corporate policies and procedures (e.g., Model Risk Management).Position responsibilities also include ensuring a strong governance process within the stress testing oversight function, and developing and implementing company-wide stress test policy compliance monitoring tools and reports. This position will take a key role in fostering enhancements to internal controls related to complex, stressed projection processes by collaborating with the financial oversight function to develop company guidelines and disseminate best practices. Position requires a strong understanding of regulations guiding capital adequacy processes as this position will act as subject matter expert on integration of regulatory requirement into policies, procedures, and processes. Position will liaise with lines of business stress testing process owners, corporate risk oversight teams, compliance, internal audit, and regulators to address questions and issues relative to governance and oversight of capital stress testing.In addition, position responsibilities will include high involvement in annual capital plan development and execution of Dodd-Frank Act stress testing including governance over related disclosures.Minimum Qualifications:
- 7+ years accounting experience
-5+ years demonstrated career progression in large banking organization (controllership, risk management, capital, internal or external audit)
-Excellent analytical and problem resolution skills
-Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate and interact with all levels of the organization
-Outstanding organizational skills with strong attention to detail
-Ability to build and maintain relationships within team and across the organizationPreferred Skills:
- Bachelor s or advanced degree in finance or accounting
-Strong knowledge of COSO framework
-Financial services related experience in capital or risk management
-Strong understanding of Basel II/III framework for capital management
-Previous experience reading, interpreting and communicating regulations or other technical documents
-Demonstrated ability to interact effectively with executive management Strong PowerPoint and presentation skills"