Associate, Legal Entity Controller

Associate, Legal Entity Controller

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

(4 days in office/1 day remote)

*No Sponsorship available

Cantor Fitzgerald, with over 16,000 employees, has been a leading global financial services firm at the forefront of financial and technological innovation since 1945. Cantor is a preeminent investment bank serving more than 5,000 institutional clients around the world, recognized for its strengths in fixed income and equity capital markets, investment banking, SPAC underwriting, PIPE placements, commercial real estate, and for its global distribution platform. Capitalizing on the firm’s financial acumen and technology prowess, Cantor’s portfolio of businesses also includes Prime Brokerage, Asset Management, and other businesses and ventures.

Cantor has consistently fueled the growth of original ideas, pioneered new markets, and provided superior service to clients. Cantor operates trading desks in every major financial center globally, with offices in over 30 locations around the world. As one of the few remaining private partnerships on Wall Street, Cantor has the distinct ability to focus on long-term value creation and solid relationship building. Our structure allows us to respond quickly to client needs, develop solutions that address complex challenges, avoid the limitations of bureaucracy, and attract talented individuals who are driven to succeed.

Job Summary

Legal Entity Controller is an integral member of the finance team, reporting to Financial Controller, participating in the accounting and finance processes and controls over internal and external financial reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide legal entity controller and financial support for Cantor’s broker-dealer/security-based swap dealer (SBSD) and special purpose acquisition companies (SPAC) entities under U.S. GAAP;

• Liaise with Corporate Accounting, Legal, Tax, Technical Accounting, Treasury, Regulatory Reporting, Product Control, Operations, FP&A, and Cash Management in order to ensure proper accounting;

• Spearhead and provide financial and advisory support for new and existing transactions and entity structure changes impacting the firm;

• Responsible for month/quarter-end close process of journal entries associated with investing activities, financing activities, expense accruals, intercompany activities, cash activities, and income taxes;

• Responsible for quarterly waterfall calculation and wire payments as well as other ad-hoc capital transactions

• Prepare/Review quarterly reviewed broker-dealer financial statements for external financial reporting in compliance with U.S. GAAP;

• Perform administrative tasks related to the operations of the entities such as processing wire payments, intercompany settlements, invoice processing, etc.

• Perform the monthly balance sheet substantiation, evaluate adequacy of expense accruals, resolving issues, and escalate key items to management timely;

• Prepare monthly and quarterly analytical reporting for the broker-dealer/SBSD including commentary on balance sheet and P&L variances;

• Initiate process reengineering, improve efficiency, building controls and work with IT on improving systems;

• Assist with internal and external audit inquiries;

• Ad hoc projects by supporting team, department, and business managers on various special projects

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting is required

• CPA is required

• Minimum 2-4 years of related experience in the financial accounting group of a financial services company

• Big Four public accounting firm experience preferable

• Technical knowledge of accounting and financial reporting

• Oracle, ESSBASE, HFM experience preferable

• Advanced analytical and Excel capabilities, project management skills, and ability to multitask.

• Strong analytical problem solving skills

• Critical thinking

• Team oriented view

• Attention to detail

• Exceptional Communication and interpersonal skills

• Business writing and project management

We do not accept unsolicited resumes, candidate referrals, or outreach from third-party recruiters or staffing agencies. Any such submissions will be considered property of Cantor Fitzgerald and will not be eligible for any placement fee. Recruiters must have a signed agreement with our Talent Acquisition team and be invited to submit candidates for a specific role. Direct contact with hiring managers or employees is strictly prohibited.