Legal Entity Controller - Associate

Are you ready to make a significant impact on our firm's financial integrity and regulatory compliance? As a member of Finance team in Tokyo you will play a crucial role in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of our financials and risk management related to capital solvency. Join us to work in a dynamic environment where your expertise will contribute to the success of our diverse business operations.

As a Legal Entity Controller in the Finance team in Tokyo, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of our financials and risk management related to capital solvency.. You will leverage your financial and risk management expertise to manage capital adequacy and financial accuracy. Your work will ensure that the capital solvency and financial results are transparent to senior management and regulators, and that the firm's legal entities remain robust in a dynamic market environment. We are seeking a motivated, intellectually curious individual who thrives in a collaborative environment and its passionate about innovate the next wave of financial and risk management control solutions.

Job Responsibilities:

• Oversee capital adequacy, financial reporting, analysis, control processes for assigned legal entities, ensuring compliance with applicable rules and regulations.
• Monitor and assess capital adequacy and regulatory risk including market risk and credit risk exposures, reporting to management
• Prepare financial statements and local regulatory reports
• Assess the potential impact on regulatory risk and capital solvency by new transactions in response to the request from business
• Manage month-end currency hedge process
• Support ad hoc queries and requests from management, auditors, or regulators
• Coordinate with teams such as Product Controllers, Financial Controllers, Business Managers, Market Risk, Credit Risk, Treasury, Technology and Operations
• Support new business initiatives
• Seek better control procedures through cost/benefit analysis

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or related field. Science and Technology background is also welcome.
• Minimum of 3 years of risk management, finance, and/or accounting experience
• Analytical and logical thinker with the ability to understand quantitative concepts relating to risk sensitivity, capital adequacy, Profit & Loss explanation, and stress scenario results etc
• Strong team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to collaborate with a wide variety of teams
• Deep sense of accountability and ability to work independently with limited supervision
• Strong interest in an intellectually stimulating career within the Finance Industry Native level Japanese and basic level English

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Understanding of financial products such as shorting, margin trade, security borrowing/lending, options, swaps, forwards, and futures, including those valuation
• GAAP knowledge (Japan GAAP and/or US GAAP) is a plus
• Prudential regulations and Regulatory reporting knowledge
• Prior involvement in market risk projects, regulatory initiatives, or capital planning
• JCPA, Actuary, CFA, and/or FRM holders are a plus
• Experienced candidates will have the opportunity for career advancement, including promotion to Vice President level, based on performance and demonstrated leadership capabilities

ABOUT US

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

ABOUT THE TEAM

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.