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State Street

Holds assets for institutions and runs index funds

Financial Reporting Senior Associate

Financial AccountingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeToronto, ON, Canada$51k - $84k /yrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Demonstrate strong technology, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
  • Demonstrate the ability to lead within the team and among peers.
  • Have strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills, including time management skills.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare and review interim and annual financial statements for alternative investment funds in accordance with relevant Generally Accepted Accounting Principles requirements.
  • Perform first- or second-level reviews of client financial statements and regulatory reports, process and clear comments, and assist with drafting and distributing materials to clients and auditors.
  • Maintain electronic documentation for each fund during its reporting cycle.
  • Ensure all deliverables are completed accurately and within agreed timelines.
  • Implement standard practices, processes, tools, and technology enhancements.
  • Participate in researching and resolving accounting, client, and auditor issues.
  • Draft and update task lists for local and offshore partners, ensure supporting documentation is available to them, and act as the primary contact for their questions and issues.
  • Work with team members to produce and/or review client monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual financial statements, regulatory filings, and other periodic reporting in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles requirements.
  • Engage with clients, auditors, and other State Street teams to resolve issues, answer inquiries, and process comments while preparing client financial statements and filings for finalization.
  • Assist with the activities of offshore teams.

Desired Qualifications

  • A Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts in Business, Accounting, or Finance, or equivalent experience.
  • Two or more years of experience in a related accounting or finance field.

About the Company

State Street

Holds assets for institutions and runs index funds

State Street holds and services investments for pension funds, insurers, fund companies, and other large institutions, and it also runs index funds through State Street Investment Management. It launched the first US-listed exchange-traded fund, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, in 1993, and in 1924 it became custodian of the first US mutual fund. As a custody bank, it safekeeps clients' stocks and bonds, completes their trades, calculates what their funds are worth, and lends their securities to other investors. It earns fees on the assets it services and manages, plus income from currency trading and from interest on client cash. State Street traces its roots to a bank chartered in 1792 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Boston, MA
Founded
1792

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