Accounting Quality and Control Specialist

**Responsibilities**:
**DEPARTMENT SUMMARY**:
The Finance Department of Global Banking and Investor Solutions (GBIS), is a global organization with local presence, providing the same set of services through global and efficient processes and consistent norms, leveraging on production hubs. Our Core Missions are: Quality and timeliness of GBIS financial statements; assisting GBIS management and all Business Lines in their steering with actionable reports on financial performance and forecasts; independent certification of all financial aggregates of the daily P&L explanation on Market Activities; financial communication and constant benchmarking; providing expertise on accounting, prudential and tax norms and ensuring the compliance of these norms.

The Financial Control and Accounting Quality Oversight team (“PAQ”) in Canada and US is responsible for monitoring the effectiveness of the accounting and financial control framework, which aims at ensuring the quality and accuracy of SOCIETE GENERALE’s financial statements. The team is in charge of implementation and management of the Level 1 control framework for First Line of Defense.

PAQ in Americas reports to the Deputy CFO/Head of Accounting in the US, as well as, functional reporting to the global head of PAQ department in Paris.

The scope of the PAQ department in Americas is to supervise and control the accounting production and supervision of US GAAP, French GAAP and IFRS financial statement reporting for the Branch, the Broker Dealer and other subsidiaries that are based in the Americas (US, Brazil, and Canada).

**OVERVIEW AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:
Prepare tasks related to the accounting supervision and control framework
- Supervision of the account certification process for entities within the Americas perimeter
- Assessing the Accounting, Finance and Operations internal control environment (to the extent that it generates accounting risk)
- Designing, planning, and executing process changes in response to auditor recommendations
- Communicating with multiple teams within the bank on the overall and specific risk assessment of their activities.
- Performing quality analysis related to the accounting processes
- Monthly/quarterly production of Key Performance Indicators/Key Risk Indicators on the certification, identifying internal control issues and estimating financial risk.
- Contributing to the improvement and evolution of the account ownership and certification process
- Having a control mindset and a risk-based approach: be able to identify, assess and report risk

Participation in monitoring of the closing process
- Assist in the monthly and quarterly close process for all Americas entities, including the Branch and Broker Dealer
- Identification and escalation of risk areas and collaboration with production teams for resolution
- Check treatment and documentation of main accounting anomalies linked to the closing
- Create presentations for key meetings and committees in the closing process

Contribution to tasks related to permanent control oversight
- Identify, review, assess and document risk and control issues
- Assist with the implementation of new controls to be compliant with new regulations and/or internal policies
- Monthly reporting on key financial and operational risks, associated action plans and results of the accounting permanent controls
- Assist other areas of the bank in implementation of recommendations from Second and Third Lines of Defense, as it relates to the control framework
- Provide guidance on the design of level 1 controls, as well as training on best practices on the Level 1 control framework
- Ensure controls are correctly mapped to risks within the Finance Americas risk blueprints; maintenance of the mapping; implementation of new rules/regulations in the control framework

**Profile required**:
**SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE NEEDED**:
**Technical Skills**:

- Advanced skills in Excel, PowerPoint, Word

**Desired / Plus**:

- Knowledge of Power BI, Alteryx

**Competencies**:

- Understanding of audit techniques (risk approach, substantive testing, high view analysis )
- Solid understanding of US GAAP and IFRS accounting policies and regulations. Knowledge of French GAAP is a plus.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Detail-oriented and highly organized
- Advanced written and verbal communication skills, as well as presentation skills
- Project management skills
- Leadership, teamwork and client service skills

**Experience Needed**:

- 5-8 years of experience working in the accounting, banking, or financial services field

**Educational Requirements**:

- Undergraduate/Graduate degree in Accounting or Finance.
- Chartered Accountant, CPA, or CMA is a plus.

**Languages**:

- French is a plus

**Business insight**:
**What we do differently at Société Générale**
- Competitive compensation & benefits offering, including but not limited to:

- Minimum of 20 days **Vacation days** + 4 **personal days**: