Legal Entity Controller - Associate

Build your career in Commercial & Investment Bank Finance by joining the Zurich Legal Entity Control team. You will partner across Finance and key stakeholders to deliver accurate financial statements, support regulatory and statutory reporting, and strengthen the control environment for Swiss legal entities. This role offers broad exposure across close, governance and process improvement in a highly collaborative environment.

As a Legal Entity Controller - Associate within Finance & Business Management team, you will support the integrity, accuracy and timely delivery of financial information for Swiss legal entities. You will contribute to month-end and quarter-end close activities, statutory and corporate reporting, balance sheet substantiation and reconciliations, and continuous improvement of data quality and controls.

Job Responsibilities

• Support month-end, quarter-end, half-year and year-end close for Swiss legal entities, including statutory and corporate reporting.
• Help ensure the integrity and accuracy of financial statements, including review of key balances and variance drivers.
• Perform balance sheet substantiation, reconciliations to the general ledger and data quality checks, escalating issues where required.
• Support intercompany reporting and assist with resolution of intercompany and investment-related differences.
• Produce variance analysis across the balance sheet and profit and loss and support management commentary.
• Coordinate with local and offshore partners to deliver reporting requirements and resolve queries efficiently.
• Support responses to regulatory and head office requests, including evidence gathering and data validation.
• Assist with internal and external audit activity, including preparing documentation and addressing follow-up items.
• Support local tax reporting activities and coordinate with relevant partners and auditors as needed.
• Contribute to financial management information, including dashboards, board materials, revenue analysis and forecasting support.

• Support governance over intercompany charges in alignment with transfer pricing and tax requirements.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills

• Degree in Economics, Business Administration or a related discipline, and/or an accountancy qualification.
• Relevant experience in a financial institution or audit firm, with exposure to controllership, legal entity reporting or related finance roles.
• Experience with reconciliations, control processes and preparation of internal, external or statutory reporting.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge and understanding of financial statements.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.

• Fluency in English is required.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail and a control-focused mindset.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills; ability to work effectively in a multicultural environment.
• Ability to prioritise, manage multiple deliverables and deliver accurately under time pressure.
• Proactive, improvement-oriented approach with a willingness to challenge and enhance existing processes.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills

• Fluency in German is beneficial.
• Experience with SAP is beneficial.
• Experience with workflow automation tools is beneficial.