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Controllers, Legal Entity Controller (LEC), Vice President,
Frankfurtlocation_onFrankfurt, Hessen, Germany
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CORPORATE TITLEVice President
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OFFICE LOCATION(S)Frankfurt
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JOB FUNCTIONFinancial Accounting
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DIVISIONControllers
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Who we are

The Goldman Sachs Group is a bank holding company and a leading global
investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Goldman Sachs
provides a wide range of services worldwide to a substantial and diversified
client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and
high net worth individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New
York with offices in major financial centres around the world. We are committed
to growing our distinctive Culture and upholding our core values which always
place our client's interests first. These values are reflected in our Business
Principles, which emphasise integrity, commitment to excellence, innovation and
teamwork.

Legal Entity Controller – Your Impact

As a Legal Entity Controller you will take complete ownership of the financial
reporting and monitoring for a range of our legal entities.  You will develop an
in-depth understanding of these entities, including their business strategies,
products and associated technical accounting and disclosure requirements. 

We’re looking for an experienced and driven professional to join our Controllers
team in Frankfurt, who is keen to use and develop their technical accounting
skills to provide high quality reporting and analysis of our entities’ assets
and profitability in a challenging and varied environment.   

Controllers – Our Impact

Controllers are a diverse team of specialists charged with ensuring the firm
meets the financial control and reporting obligations of a global, regulated and
public financial institution. Whether Legal Entity Controllers are ensuring the
integrity of our entities’ financial information, facilitating the firm’s
consolidation, or offering analytical and regulatory support, our work will
contribute directly to the firm’s success. 

As contact with virtually every part of the firm is essential to Controllers,
professionals in the department have the opportunity to experience Goldman Sachs
businesses, products and sophisticated information technology systems on a daily
basis. If you are keen to develop an in-depth understanding of financial
services, Controllers is a great place to further your career.   

The division is ideal for collaborative individuals who enjoy working in a
strong team focused culture, and are motivated by opportunities for challenging
stretch assignments.  You will receive continuous training, both formal and
informal, to ensure your ongoing professional development and have exposure to -
and support from - senior members of our team from the outset. 

Responsibilities

 * Coordination of annual financial statements and statutory audit, liaising
   directly with the firm’s auditors.
 * Lead on technical accounting areas, particularly German GAAP.
 * Facilitation and liaison with the regulators on accounting topics.
 * Review of monthly and quarterly management accounts under US GAAP, IFRS and
   German GAAP.
 * Facilitating the quarterly consolidated reporting of the Goldman Sachs Group
   with regular interaction with Financial Reporting in New York.
 * Review of monthly and quarterly board reports.
 * Review and analysis of reporting to the Federal Reserve Board.
 * Coordination with the US, UK and EU tax teams on local and foreign tax
   issues, VAT returns and submission of annual tax returns
 * Understanding the business and keeping up-to-speed with business developments
   and being able to communicate this effectively to team members.
 * Proactively seeking to identify improvements to manual processes and
   management reporting information leading to higher value added work.
 * Involvement in a broad range of department–wide projects and initiatives as
   well as cross-departmental initiatives.
 * Serve as role model to other team members and champion best practices.

Skills and experience

 * Qualified accountant (German Chartered Auditor or National equivalent).
 * Minimum of 5 years of post-qualification experience in an accounting
   environment, preferably in the financial services industry in Germany.
 * Academic degree in finance or business administration preferred.
 * Business fluency in German (native) and English.
 * Detailed knowledge of accounting rules (German GAAP / IFRS / USGAAP).
 * Attention to detail and time management are essential skills for this role.
   In addition, the candidate should have the flexibility required to work in a
   dynamic environment under tight deadlines.
 * Strong computing skills – comfortable with large data sets.
 * Strong communication – ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in
   writing, to a broad range of people across the firm at various levels of
   seniority.
 * Self-motivated and proactive - Ability to run with issues, get involved and
   be hands-on, and provide constant high-quality feedback.
 * Ability to maintain mutual support within a high energy, high profile team.

Competencies

 * Functional Expertise - Keeps up-to-date with emerging business, economic, and
   market trends.
 * Technical Skills - Demonstrates strong technical skills required for the
   role, pays attention to detail, takes initiative to broaden his/her knowledge
   and demonstrates appropriate financial/analytical skills.
 * Drive and Motivation - Successfully handles multiple tasks, takes initiative
   to improve his/her own performance, works intensely towards extremely
   challenging goals and persists in the face of obstacles or setbacks.
 * Client and Business Focus - Effectively handles difficult requests, builds
   trusting, long-term relationships with clients, helps the client to
   identify/define needs and manages client/business expectations.
 * Teamwork – Gives evidence of being a strong team player, collaborates with
   others within and across teams, encourages other team members to participate
   and contribute and acknowledges others' contributions.
 * Communication Skills - Communicates what is relevant and important in a clear
   and concise manner and shares information/new ideas with others.
 * Judgement and Problem solving - Thinks ahead, anticipates questions, plans
   for contingencies, finds alternative solutions and identifies clear
   objectives.  Sees the big picture and effectively analyses complex issues.
 * Creativity/Innovation - Looks for new ways to improve current processes and
   develop creative solutions that are grounded in reality and have practical
   value.
 * Influencing Outcomes - Presents sound, persuasive rationale for ideas or
   opinions.  Takes a position on issues and influences others' opinions and
   presents persuasive recommendations.

Your career

Goldman Sachs is a meritocracy where you will be given all the tools to help you
develop. At Goldman Sachs, you will have access to excellent training programmes
designed to improve multiple facets of your skills portfolio. Our in-house
training programme, ‘Goldman Sachs University’ offers a comprehensive series of
courses that you will have access to as your career progresses. Goldman Sachs
University has an impressive catalogue of courses which span technical, business
and leadership skills training. 

In order to help you navigate the organisation, you will be given a mentor from
outside of your immediate department. This person will be positioned to provide
you with objective advice and guidance on your career development.

We value internal mobility. The chance to take on new challenges in the firm
over time will ensure that you remain stimulated and will help in your continued
professional and personal development. 

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients,
shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a
leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm.
Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world. 

We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to
fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond
by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to
grow professionally and personally, from our training and development
opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance
offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and
people at GS.com/careers. 

We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special
needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more:
https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html 

Applicants who wish to request for a medical or religious accommodation, or any
other accommodation required under applicable law, can do so later in the
process. Please note that accommodations are not guaranteed and are decided on a
case by case basis.
 

© The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2023. All rights reserved.
Goldman Sachs is an equal employment/affirmative action employer
Female/Minority/Disability/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

 
We Offer Best-In-Class Benefits

Healthcare & Medical Insurance
We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on
office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability,
long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel
accident insurance.

Holiday & Vacation Policies
We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office
location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous
vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each
year.

Financial Wellness & Retirement
We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial
support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees
prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a
variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.

Health Services
We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing
critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the
Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and
Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer
state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.

Fitness
To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our
offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically
reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a
pre-approved amount).

Child Care & Family Care
We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up
care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we
provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and
transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption,
surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

Benefits at Goldman Sachs
Read more about the full suite of class-leading benefits our firm has to offer.
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