Job Description - Legal Entity Control Associate (230001A7)
- Job Number: 230001A7
Requisition Title : Legal Entity Control Associate
**Description**:
**Your team responsibilities**
Financial accounting and reporting for MSCI's Americas legal entities, including the US, Canada,
Mexico and Brazil, and will play a significant role in MSCI's financial reporting processes both at a
regional and global level
**What we offer you**
- At MSCI we are passionate about what we do, and we are inspired by our purpose - to power better investment decisions. You'll be part of an industry-leading network of creative, curious, and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you can challenge yourself, set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself, our clients, and our industry.
- Wherever you are located you will find transparent compensation schemes and employee benefits that can help ensure your financial security and health. While they vary by different locations, we offer a broad range of benefits that are part of the value you receive as an MSCI employee.
- Our flexible ways of working will allow you to maximize your potential, and we will empower you with the trust, accountability, and advanced technology to perform at your very best.
- You'll find a purposeful approach to wellbeing to provide you with all the resources you need to be your best at work and in your personal life. Our 'Here For You' Employee Assistance Program is available for our employees globally, providing confidential emotional support, financial and legal advice free of charge.
**Your key responsibilities**
- Prepare, review and/or enter journal entries into the company's ERP, mainly related to
prepaid expenses and accruals.
- Participate in month-end, quarterly, annual closings for corporate reporting in line with
the group and local timetables.
- Assist in the preparation of the company's subsidiary financial statements.
Support/coordinate internal and external audits.
- Perform reconciliations of cash, payroll, prepaid expense, accrued expense and other
balance sheet accounts and coordinate resolution of discrepancies.
- Perform monthly and quarterly balance sheet and income statement variance analysis.
- Participate in projects impacting legal entities, Controller processes or Finance systems
with a view to transforming the Company's Finance processes through technology
automation (e.g., RPA).
- Participate in forecasting of cash and benefits expense, professional fees, and transfer
pricing.
- Assist as necessary in the calculation and booking of the tax provision for certain non-US
entities in the Americas region, as well as liaising with third party tax preparers on the
- preparation of tax returns for such entities.
**Your skills and experience that will help you excel**
- 2- 4 years of finance and accounting experience.
- Understanding of operational accounting, including monthly close process
- Process improvement and automation experience helpful.
**How we'll support you**
- Our culture of high performance and innovation relies on our people sharing their knowledge and lifting each other up. You'll be surrounded by a collaborative, global network of talented colleagues who will support and inspire you to do the best work of your career.
- We believe new and challenging experiences drive personal growth and innovation. With the right challenges, encouragement, and development support you can shape your own career experience. Career paths are multi-directional, and we encourage and support internal mobility to help you identify new opportunities to progress and take control of your future.
- As a new joiner you'll be enrolled on our Global Orientation interactive learning experience to set you up for success.
- At MSCI we act in ways that encourage respect for all voices, ensuring that everyone can be themselves and feel like they are a part of the company. We are intentional about ensuring that everyone is treated fairly and supported with equal opportunities to succeed.
- We have eight MSCI Employee Resource Groups: All Abilities, Asian Support Network, Black Leadership Network, Climate Action Network, Hola! MSCI, Pride & Allies, Women in Tech, and Women's Leadership Forum.
**About MSCI**
MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community. With over 50 years of expertise in research, data, and technology, we power better investment decisions by enabling clients to understand and analyze key drivers of risk and return and confidently build more effective portfolios. We create industry-leading research-enhanced solutions that clients use to gain insight into and improve transparency across the investment process.
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