Associate, Financial Job Description
Associate, financial
provides guidance to reporting locations worldwide to resolve accounting, reporting and complex structure issues related to investment accounting, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and liquidations.
Associate, Financial Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Be one of the primary liaisons between the corporate accounting group and the different business groups
Develop solutions to various accounting problems
Ensure maintenance of accounting control procedures
Involvement in system selections and implementations, Voyanta/Asset Reporting
Review DCF Investment Valuation models for certain asset classes
Preparation of sign-offs and supporting schedules for cash/debt
Ad-hoc reporting and coordination of efforts between RE and other groups to resolve issues related to expense reimbursement and erroneous bookings
Supporting the Transfer Pricing Tax Department who set policy supporting Legal Entity/ Regulatory and Product Controller groups globally
Review fund documents to understand various fund structures and economics for each vehicle
Prepare revenue and balance sheet analytics and provide explanations for significant variances
Associate, Financial Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Associate, Financial
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPA, CFP, MBA, ACAMS, CMA, IFRS, ICWA, CA, NCFM, AMFI
Education for Associate, Financial
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the associate, financial job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Associate and Bachelor's Degree in Associates, Accounting, Education, Finance, Business, Communication, Financial Analysis, Technical, Economics, Human Resources
Skills for Associate, Financial
Desired skills for associate, financial include:
Mergers and acquisitions
International Financial Reporting Standards
Securities and Exchange Commission financial reporting issues
Transaction services
U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and accounting procedures
Excel
Macros desirable
Characteristics and needs of clients and partners within the bank- based investment market space
Accounting
Investments and financial markets and apply key principles appropriately to the individual client's investment needs
Desired experience for associate, financial includes:
Assist with the drafting of certain financial statement footnotes and MD&A sections in quarterly and annual reports
Prepare and maintain internal control documentation
Coordinate activities of internal and external auditors and other consultants
Analyze and coordinate various firm-wide quarterly financial results and related reporting
Coordinate financial statement preparation, transaction review and on-going projects with various administrators
Perform ongoing coordination with various internal groups
Associate, Financial Examples
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Associate, Financial Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking for an associate, financial. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for associate, financial
- Conduct mock SEC exams and compliance testing, using proprietary forensic and transactional testing techniques
- Research laws, rules and regulations
- Develop and evaluate compliance manuals and operational policies and procedures
- Update and maintain proprietary database of client and regulatory information
- Provide assistance to consulting staff and executive management
- Assist clients in responding to regulatory inquiries and enforcement actions
- Provide guidance and direction on the more complex capital and general ledger transaction
- Lead capital and general ledger assessment of new bank programs, initiatives and business transactions
- Develop and conduct capital and general ledger education and training program
- Lead and participate in bank or system meetings, tasks forces, workgroups, , pertaining to issues relevant to capital and general ledger functions, including conducting research, providing information, and preparing formal reports and recommendations for multiple levels of audiences
Qualifications for associate, financial
- Bachelor’s degree and Series 7 and 66 licenses
- Awareness of financial planning issues related to managing wealth
- Familiarity with portfolio management
- Clean disciplinary record
- Bachelor’s degree related to business or information systems preferred
- Experience with client management systems (CRM), portfolio management systems, and/or order management systems (OMS) would be a plus
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of associate, financial. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for associate, financial
- Support for accounts payable and cost accounting
- Maintain viable material accounting system while constantly pursuing meaningful improvements and/or refinements
- Initiating review and adjustment of effort distribution sheets based on input from grant managers (GM) within his/her portfolio on a regular basis to ensure accuracy and timely changes
- Assisting grant managers (GM) on several post-award functions such as setup and maintenance of financial reports, input of sponsor project budgets into financial systems, and preparation of audit selections, when needed
- Assisting Team Lead and GMs with basic proposal development tasks on an as needed basis
- Providing support to the Senior Manager of Administration on payroll issues, on as needed basis
- Completing various related job duties as required
- Contacts existing customers and prospects to schedule appointments and assists customers with paperwork and account information at their home or place of business
- Assesses customer needs and discusses products offered by HIS
- Makes and processes sales in the absence of the Financial Advisor
Qualifications for associate, financial
- Experience in client acquisition, sales, leadership or entrepreneurial work in a fast paced work environment
- Ability to obtain required securities and state licenses with 150 days of hire (*Fully licensed preferred)
- High level on confidence, perseverance and a strong desire to achieve and succeed in a commissioned sales environment
- Analytical ability, persistence and an entrepreneurial perspective to build a client base
- Analytical ability, persistence and an entrepreneurial perspective to help build
- Ability to communicate successfully and in a professional manner with clients, above average math aptitude, excellent oral and written communication skills, excellent decision making and problem solving skills, superior amount of computer literacy and proofreading capabilities and strong organizational skills
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Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of associate, financial. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for associate, financial
- Manages and prioritizes projects to meet the on-going needs of the finance department
- Responsible for identifying and supporting improvement projects
- Provides support in planning and coordinating multiple presentations or information requests and disseminating information to the necessary resources
- Supports organization of plant events
- Supports Controller, Financial Analyst and other local and corporate stakeholders as necessary
- Ensure that inventories are properly valued by providing accurate ingredient and packaging write-offs, correct ingredient and packaging costs, and meaningful prorate basis
- Develop and plan special financial analysis designed to increase profit potential and/or reduce cost
- Assists in leading departmental teams to provide job related input to ensure all relevant information is considered
- Assists in identifying costs and developing methodology for accurate allocation across the organization
- Assists in preparing organization-wide surveys using various financial tools and resources and reviews results with management
Qualifications for associate, financial
- High proficiency in desktop computer applications
- Knowledge of Donovan Data Systems a plus
- Assists with the administration of various University wide construction committee meetings
- Support new deal set-up, data capture (e.g., amendments), lifecycle data maintenance, data quality assurance and tracking support to the rating analysts within the designated Line of Business (LOB)
- Monitors designated mailboxes to ensure timely and effective handling of internal and external client requests
- Facilitates resolution to technical issues and/or more complex external inquiries with supervision by Senior Financial Data Associate/Specialist/Team Leader
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Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for an associate, financial. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for associate, financial
- Communicates regularly with Shared Service Center and other field executives to ensure smooth data collection and reporting processes
- Coordinates work with other analysts to ensure flexibility in meeting Parallon’s reporting needs
- Develop effective working relationships with key stakeholders to maximize customer service, including regular stakeholder feed-back meetings after major deliverables, month end, forecast submissions
- Monthly delivery spend analysis
- Perform arbitrage calculations to satisfy clients' responsibility for monitoring excess earnings on each debt issue where required by federal law
- Assist and supports clients and trustees
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry regulations
- Serves as liaison between client and trustees, other industry professionals
- Performs other duties as assigned and performs all work in an accurate and timely manner
- This position will be required to take the Series 50 exam
Qualifications for associate, financial
- Demonstrates the ability to deal professionally with clients
- Continue to develop broad based knowledge of financial instruments, terminology, and related business practices
- Clear written and verbal communication skills with an ability to communicate complex business concepts to a senior audience
- Requires a high School diploma or equivalent with 2 years of sales experience
- Prefer experience within the brokerage/insurance industry and/or retail banking
- Must have FINRA series 7 and series 66 license or be able to obtain them within the time frame stipulated by the hiring manager
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Associate, Financial Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for an associate, financial. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for associate, financial
- Prepare and review carry calculation and analysis
- Prepare and coordinate capital calls and distributions
- Prepare quarterly analytics deck for PWS management and BUs
- Assist in all aspects of preparing audited annual reports including preparation and review of workpapers and performance of variance analysis
- Manage all regulatory reporting filings
- Conduct client meetings via face-to-face, webcast or phone in a structured client service model
- Preparing recommendations and deliverables for clients in conjunction with support staff
- Services an existing group of customers
- Interacting with outside sources, to encourage the referral of potential customers
- Contributes to a balanced business plan annually
Qualifications for associate, financial
- Be proactive in seeking improvements to processes to ensure they are optimised in terms of completeness, accuracy and efficiency
- FINRA Series 7 and 63 Registered Representative with all applicable state insurance licensing (life, health and accident)
- Must be able to obtain a multi-state Life Insurance license within 90 days of employment
- Ability to learn investment principles, products, and regulations
- Able to perform assignments with supervision
- 2 or more years of wealth management or investment advisory experience required