Legal Entity Controller - Associate

Bring your accounting insight and control mindset to a role where accuracy, transparency, and continuous improvement matter. You will help deliver high-quality financial information, strengthen the control environment, and collaborate across teams to improve data quality and close execution. You will join a supportive, global finance organization where you can broaden your expertise across reporting, governance, and process enhancement.As a Legal Entity Controller, Associate at JPMorganChase within the Controllers organization, you will help ensure the integrity and validity of legal entity financial statements and related controls. You will contribute to statutory and corporate reporting, balance sheet and profit and loss statement analysis, reconciliations, and audit support, while partnering closely with stakeholders to resolve issues and elevate data quality.Job responsibilitiesPrepare monthly, quarterly, half-year and annual statutory and corporate reporting deliverables for assigned legal entitiesEnsure integrity and accuracy of monthly financial statements, including close governance and control executionPerform reconciliations, substantiation, proofing, and data quality reviews, including reconciliation of returns to the general ledgerCoordinate intercompany and inter-entity reporting, investigate breaks, and drive timely resolution of balance sheet and profit and loss statement itemsAnalyze balance sheet and profit and loss statement variances, clearly explaining drivers to stakeholdersSupport income tax and local tax reporting activities, partnering with internal stakeholders and external auditors as neededAct as a point of contact for regulatory and head office queries, providing timely and accurate responsesPrepare financial management information (for example, dashboards, board materials, revenue analysis, and forecasts/plans)Participate in internal and external audits and support remediation of findings and control enhancementsRequired qualifications, capabilities and skillsBachelor’s degree in Accounting, Economics, or Business AdministrationExperience in legal entity controllership, statutory reporting, or external audit within the financial services industryDemonstrated technical accounting knowledge and experience preparing or reviewing financial statementsExperience performing reconciliations, substantiation, and general ledger control processesWorking knowledge of corporate tax and value-added tax (VAT) conceptsProficiency in Microsoft Office, including strong Excel skillsFluency in Italian and English (written and spoken)Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and sound judgment on materialityAbility to manage deadlines under time pressure while maintaining high quality and accuracyPreferred qualifications, capabilities and skillsExperience supporting Italy legal entities and local statutory requirementsExperience with regulatory reporting and responding to regulator or head office inquiriesExperience preparing management dashboards and board-ready materialsExperience using workflow automation and data tools to improve reporting efficiency and data qualityExperience partnering with global shared services teams to deliver consistent outcomes across locationsJ.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. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation. J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world. Full timePosting Date: 2026-08-03