Analyst - Product Controller

Job responsibilities • Prepare and review month-end close and reporting entries and deliverables, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness. • Perform and review variance analysis, identify key drivers, and communicate insights to stakeholders and management. • Support preparation and review of financial reporting and documentation required for internal and external reporting. • Provide support for SEC and regulatory reporting processes, including coordination, validation, and timely issue resolution. • Support periodic Recovery & Resolution appendices and other U.S. regulatory submissions, ensuring adherence to governance and documentation standards. • Review, test, and validate system enhancements impacting financial and regulatory reporting (e.g., SAP/Essbase outputs and upstream/downstream impacts). • Drive process improvements, strengthen controls, and implement sustainable procedures to reduce operational risk. • Assist with adoption of new U.S. GAAP accounting standards and evolving regulatory requirements by assessing impacts and supporting implementation and reporting updates. • Build strong working relationships across Home Lending leadership, and Finance and control partners. • Escalate issues proactively and constructively, and present complex topics clearly and concisely to management. Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting. • 1–3 years of experience in an accounting/controllership environment (internal or external). • Strong analytical capability, including variance analysis and the ability to synthesize large datasets into clear messaging for leadership. • Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and attention to detail with an appropriate governance and controls mindset. • Ability to learn quickly, structure an approach, and execute to deliver results in a deadline-driven environment. • Strong project execution skills with the ability to drive deliverables across stakeholders. • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously. Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills • CA, CPA, or MBA (Finance). • Prior experience in Controllers within Retail Banking/Home Lending. • Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP. • Advanced Excel skills. • Experience with SAP. • Experience with Essbase. Work schedule • Primary shift: 2:00 PM – 11:00 PM, with extension during critical business periods (e.g., month-end, quarter-end, key regulatory deadlines).