Legal Entity Control Team Lead

Are you a highly experienced financials services professional with a proven track record of delivering significant change programs and the ability to build critical relationships with external regulators and other key stakeholders?

We are looking for an Lead Entity Controller who can:

• Lead the UBS Jersey location financial and regulatory reporting team, covering two significant Branches with a combined balance sheet of +$100bn (one existing, one new)
• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, notably the local UBS Jersey Management Committee and the Jersey Financial Services Commission, building on the role of Finance as a critical partner for decision making in addition to delivering Finance’s core mandatory responsibilities
• Proactively manage competing deliverables including Group Finance’s increasing focus on artificial intelligence and the implementation of a new global ledger (AmpliFi), and oversee a continuous improvement program for Jersey’s reporting in keeping with its increasing importance to UBS Group
• Drive a scalable Jersey Finance function which can deliver the full suite of reporting for the two Jersey Branches without requiring incremental headcount

This Channel Islands location has its own local government, regulatory and taxation environment separate from the UK mainland. The Finance team lead needs to live locally in Jersey as a regulatory requirement and to manage its key stakeholders.

Your team

You’ll be working at UBS’s Jersey location, 1 International Finance Centre (IFC), St Helier. You will have a local team of three in Jersey, and a further five in the Poland near-shore location.

The team's primary mandate is to produce and review the monthly IFRS financials for two Jersey Branches, supported by product control for certain elements, and produce the JFSC quarterly regulatory reporting. Providing this ‘entity’ lens to various product, accounting and risk issues is a critical support role for our UK SMFs (Senior Management Functions), as well as our external regulators and auditors.

The Branches encompass two critical businesses: Global Wealth Management (GWM) and Group Treasury (GT). This location is a critical financing hub for UBS Group.

Your expertise

• Extensive post-qualification experience in a finance position
• Previous experience as a senior leader within a financial services Finance function, including managing a team
• Qualification in either Finance, Economics or Accounting, with Big 4 experience preferred.
• Previous experience with the Wealth Management sector an asset but not essential
• Proven record of delivering strategic and tactical process change for the area within their remit.
• Strong analytical skills with great attention to detail.
• Excellent communicator who can adapt style to audience, including experience delivering key financial information to very senior managers
• Proficiency in MS Excel and PowerBI. AI and/or automation knowledge, and prior experience with Axiom would be an asset.
• Motivated, self-directed and creative.

About us

UBS is a leading and truly global wealth manager and the leading universal bank in Switzerland. We also provide diversified asset management solutions and focused investment banking capabilities. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, UBS is present in more than 50 markets around the globe.
We know that great work is never done alone. That’s why we place collaboration at the heart of everything we do. Because together, we’re more than ourselves. Want to find out more? Visit ubs.com/careers.

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At UBS, we know that it's our people, with their diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds, who drive our ongoing success. We’re dedicated to our craft and passionate about putting our people first, with new challenges, a supportive team, opportunities to grow and flexible working options when possible. Our inclusive culture brings out the best in our employees, wherever they are on their career journey. And we use artificial intelligence (AI) to work smarter and more efficiently. We also recognize that great work is never done alone. That’s why collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. Because together, we’re more than ourselves.
We’re committed to disability inclusion and if you need reasonable accommodation/adjustments throughout our recruitment process, you can always contact us.

Disclaimer / Policy statements

UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.