Commercial & Investment Bank, Finance and Business Management - Legal Entity Controller - Associate

Help shape how a regulated financial institution reports, governs, and manages its legal entities in Singapore. You’ll build deep expertise in statutory and regulatory reporting, controls, and accounting interpretation while partnering closely with senior stakeholders. We’ll support your growth through exposure to complex products, evolving regulations, and cross-functional collaboration. If you enjoy combining technical accounting with practical problem-solving and ownership, this role offers meaningful impact.

As a Legal Entity Controller (Associate) within the Legal Entity Control team, you will deliver accurate and timely statutory and regulatory reporting for a Singapore legal entity and help maintain a strong governance and internal control environment. You’ll partner with stakeholders across Finance, Risk, and the business to assess legal entity impacts from new activities and regulatory change. You’ll monitor regulatory and accounting developments and translate them into practical reporting and control enhancements. You’ll contribute to capital management and key financial ratio oversight to support safe and resilient operations.

The Legal Entity Control team is responsible for legal entity financial reporting, local regulatory submissions, and coordination with external auditors and regulators. You’ll work in a collaborative environment that values ownership, clear communication, and strong control discipline. The scope includes analysis of legal entity implications from business change and evolving regulatory frameworks in Singapore.

Job responsibilities

• Deliver legal entity control activities to support accurate financial reporting and governance for a Singapore banking legal entity

• Prepare, review, and submit regulatory returns and local regulatory reporting to the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)

• Produce statutory financial reporting and coordinate audit deliverables and responses with external auditors

• Ensure reporting processes align to firmwide accounting and control policies and local requirements

• Prepare and deliver timely and accurate reporting to global Finance stakeholders

• Maintain and enhance a strong internal control environment, including documentation, testing support, and issue remediation

• Monitor accounting and regulatory developments (e.g., International Financial Reporting Standards and U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) and assess impacts to reporting and controls

• Analyze legal entity impacts from new business developments and regulatory framework changes, recommending practical actions

• Partner with stakeholders to support capital management insights and monitoring of key legal entity ratios

• Improve reporting efficiency and quality through process standardization, data analysis, and automation where appropriate

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Minimum 5 years of post-qualification accounting experience in a public accounting firm and/or a financial institution

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or a professional qualification such as Chartered Accountant, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), or Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

• Working knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP)

• Understanding of Singapore banking regulatory requirements relevant to financial and regulatory reporting

• Experience preparing, reviewing, or supporting regulatory returns and local regulatory reporting submissions

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including use of formulas, pivot tables, and structured analysis

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex information and identify reporting implications

• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams and with external parties

• Strong planning and organization skills to manage deadlines and multiple deliverables

• Ability to work independently while contributing positively within a team environment

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Hands-on experience with MAS regulatory returns and submission processes

• Broader understanding of banking products and how they impact legal entity reporting

• Experience using Microsoft Excel automation, including macros or Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) or other automation ( Alteryx or Python)

• Experience strengthening controls, driving remediation, or supporting audit and regulatory examinations

• Comfort working with large datasets and identifying process improvement opportunities through analysis

• Experience partnering with stakeholders across Finance, Risk, and business teams

• Additional finance or regulatory reporting certifications or training from recognized professional bodies or institutes