What are the responsibilities and job description for the Vice President, External Reporting position at JPMorgan Chase?
Build a career where your work directly supports high‑stakes decisions and trusted financial reporting. You’ll join a collaborative team that values strong controls, clear communication, and continuous improvement. In this role, you’ll help strengthen reporting integrity, modernize processes through automation, and partner closely with stakeholders across finance and the business. If you enjoy solving complex problems and improving how reporting gets done, we’d like to meet you.
As a Vice President, External Reporting in the External Reporting team, you will help oversee financial statement and management reporting through a strong control environment. You will apply appropriate accounting treatments and support compliance with corporate and regulatory requirements. You will coordinate quarterly regulatory deliverables, validate key balance sheet items, and lead initiatives that improve accuracy, transparency, and timeliness. You will partner across teams to implement new disclosures and drive automation that strengthens data quality and reduces cycle time.
Job responsibilities- Oversee aspects of monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual reports filed with regulatory agencies
- Consolidate, review, and analyze quarterly financial data for accuracy and completeness
- Develop and implement control procedures and edit checks to protect the integrity of reported results
- Validate balance sheet accounts, supporting schedules, and reporting usage
- Perform quarter‑over‑quarter variance analysis and consolidate explanations of key drivers
- Maintain familiarity with new accounting standards and disclosure requirements and assess reporting impacts
- Partner on firmwide initiatives to implement new accounting disclosures and reporting changes
- Lead automation initiatives in specialty reporting areas to improve data quality and efficiency
- Identify gaps in current reporting processes and implement new controls and strategic solutions
- Oversee migration of report preparation activities into the team and re‑engineer workflows where needed
- Coordinate release testing and implementation work related to reporting changes
- 6 years of experience in a finance or accounting organization with exposure to financial statements and regulatory reporting
- Strong understanding of end‑to‑end reporting processes and internal controls
- Proven ability to analyze complex financial data and investigate variances with strong attention to detail
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex topics clearly to senior leaders
- Strong interpersonal and stakeholder‑management skills, including the ability to influence outcomes
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines and deliver high‑quality work in a fast‑moving environment
- Self‑motivated, takes initiative, and thrives in a changing work environment
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation
- Experience using SQL for analysis, reconciliations, or controls
- Experience with Databricks or similar data platforms
- Experience leading automation or process re‑engineering in a reporting or controllership environment