Financial Accountant Visa Sponsorship Jobs in New Jersey

INTRODUCTION

Job Duties: Associate, Financial Accounting with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC in Jersey City, New Jersey. Report and govern key metrics related to AUS reporting. Work closely with AWM Controllers Leadership Team to prepare and review global financial reporting materials. Lead strategic change across AWM Controllers by working closely with senior leadership, and Technology. Manage data and perform data reconciliation as well as governance and system testing, data visualization and reporting, project management, and present key metrics and analysis to senior leadership. Create efficiencies through automation. Implement and execute all aspects of strategic initiatives, including, but not limited to: requirements gathering and documentation, project plan creation and maintenance, testing execution, departmental trainings and communications. Collect and treat high volume of data related to AUS, reporting on the effectiveness of the Firm’s governance, risk management, and controls that mitigate current and evolving risks in the Firm. Interact with AWM Controllers leadership to confirm data quality and/or collect rationales in support of critical reporting and internal governance processes. Perform divisional operations functions, including those related to data integrity of reported information. Source data from various data sources and systems and reconciliate this data to ensure completeness and accuracy. Interact with Controllers Leadership and AWM Leadership Teams to present key divisional metrics and analysis.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Accounting, Finance or a related field and three (3) years of experience in the job offered or in a related role. Employer will accept bachelor's degree equivalent based on single degree, combination of degrees, or combination of degree(s) and/or diplomas and/or certification(s) / membership(s) / professional credentials, determined to be equivalent to a U.S. bachelor's degree by a qualified credential evaluation service. Must have at least three (3) years of experience with:

• identifying issues related to internal controls and supplying comprehensive recommendations to management to mitigate company’s risks;
• utilizing knowledge of U.S. General Accepted Accounting experience (GAAP) to produce or review financial information for inclusion in company’s consolidated financials;
• utilizing Excel, MS Word, and MS PowerPoint to create reports and perform analysis using pivot tables, VLOOKUP, charts, filtering, data validation, and other various tools;
• independently review general ledger and journal entries to analyze and reconcile accounts, including investigating fluctuations in both P&L and balance sheet account amounts and reporting periods; and
• identifying and understanding underlying drivers during analytical reviews.

SALARY RANGE

Annual base salary for this Jersey City, New Jersey-based position is $98,000 - $146,000.

WE OFFER BEST-IN-CLASS BENEFITS

Healthcare & Medical Insurance
We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.

Holiday & Vacation Policies
We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

Financial Wellness & Retirement
We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.

Health Services
We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.

Fitness
To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).

Child Care & Family Care
We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

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OPPORTUNITY OVERVIEW

CORPORATE TITLE

Associate

OFFICE LOCATION(S)

Jersey City

DIVISION

Controllers

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