Senior Financial Accountant

About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Financial Accountant.
In this role, you will:

• Act as lead Consultant for financial accounting related matters for lines of business and other control functions
• Provide technical expertise regarding accounting issues, regulatory information and research
• Provide technical assistance on major transactions and product development
• Provide data for preparing and reviewing financial and regulatory reports
• Communicate practices and procedures for proper financial control
• Articulate the impact of policy changes to management within business group or enterprise
• Perform ongoing financial control functions in accordance with the company's internal controls policies
• Apply extensive specialized knowledge and act as internal consultant
• Lead implementation of complex projects and initiatives impacting one or more lines of business
• Identify compliance and risk management requirements for supported area and may support implementation of key risk initiatives
• Communicate and provide consultation regularly with more experienced stakeholders throughout the enterprise

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years of Finance, Accounting, Analytics, Financial Reporting, Accounting Reporting or Risk Reporting experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• Good Team Player and most importantly is self-starter
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to track deadlines and submissions on time
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and across all organizational levels, where flexibility, collaboration, and adaptability are important
• Experience with Oracle, Essbase, Alteryx, will be an added advantage

Job Expectations:

• Qualified CA/CFA/ICWA with relevant experience in Finance & Accounting
• Significant experience in preparing end to end reconciliation, SEC and Regulatory reporting, preparation of Financial Statements
• Knowledge of US GAAP, particularly Accounting for Loans
• Control focused, knowledge of controls around reconciliations, Journal entries and Financial Reporting
• Liaise and effectively present owned processes to auditors, other teams
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Advanced Microsoft excel skills
• General ledger experience
• Ability to trace and investigate transactions to resolve questionable data and apply corrective actions when necessary

Additional Note:

• Shift timing: 1.30pm to 10.30pm IST. Need to work till 1am on critical days like BD1 & BD15 and whenever there is a business requirement
• 3 days in a week is mandatory to report to office. No exceptions

Posting End Date:
10 Aug 2025
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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