Accountant – Global Real Estate Accounting

Job Description

JPMorgan Chase's Corporate Controllers is a global organization of approximately 1,500 colleagues, operating through a partnership among Corporate Accounting Policies, Corporate Regulatory Policy & Reporting, Corporate Financial Reporting and Corporate Sector Controllers. Working together, our strengths and resources enable us to ensure the integrity of JPMorgan Chase consolidated books and records and the results of individual legal entities within the Firm. The controllership function is focused on ensuring and improving the organization's credibility through accounting, financial controls, systems and reporting.

Global Real Estate Project Accounting manages construction on a global portfolio of 80+ million square feet of corporate office and banking center space across 9,000+ projects. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Financial review on capital project expenditures to ensure accounting treatment is appropriate and in accordance with GAAP and Firm policies, including timely recording of fixed assets
• Obtain thorough understanding of assigned responsibilities, fixed asset accounting concepts, detailed knowledge of operations that affect our clients, overall operating transactions flow, and all corporate and/or vendor systems and interfaces that affect the timely processing of assigned responsibilities
• Communicate with business partners to facilitate resolution of outstanding items; partners will include internal customers and external service providers
• Identify exceptions to standards, determining underlying causes and escalating to the supervisor and/or partners as appropriate
• Maintain accurate documentation to support transaction processing in compliance with Corporate Accounting and Project Accounting practices and policies
• Perform month end close responsibilities including journal entries, perform monthly reconciliations and financial analysis
• Identify exceptions to standards, determining underlying causes and escalating to the supervisor and/or partners as appropriate
  

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Bachelors' degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or equivalent preferred
• Minimum 1 – 3 years of relevant experience required in accounting or finance
• Strong analytical and financial skills with a track record of execution against deliverables
• Strong attention to detail and a structured mindset with process/continuous improvement and innovative thinking
• Ability to multi-task, work collaboratively and succeed in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Strong interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Self-starter with initiative, ability to take ownership and work independently as well as contribute to the broader team
• Experience preferred with automated financial systems (SAP) and worksheet modeling tools (Excel)
  

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. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.

About the Team

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.

Global Finance & Business Management works to strategically manage capital, drive growth and efficiencies, maintain financial reporting and proactively manage risk. By providing information, analysis and recommendations to improve results and drive decisions, teams ensure the company can navigate all types of market conditions while protecting our fortress balance sheet.

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