Job Description:

Manager, Controllership Center of Excellence

Are you an organized and process-minded person that collaborates well across teams to achieve shared goals? Do you value being a trusted business partner that can solve problems and work diligently to enhance the firm’s control environment? Are you a standout colleague who demonstrates passion, energy, and an eagerness to learn while taking initiative to drive progress within the organization? If so, you would be a great fit to join Fidelity’s Controllership Center of Excellence!

As a member of this team, you will gain exposure across Fidelity’s lines of business and serve as a key resource to all of the Business Unit Controllers. This role will deliver significant value to the business by working in partnership with the firm’s Financial Controls Program team to review and assess critical financial processes and associated controls. You’ll have core responsibilities coordinating with business, operational / technology risk, audit, and finance partners to implement and validate changes that mitigate risks to the firm. You will also be focused on ad hoc projects related to developing, streamlining, and/or modernizing the processes and tools supporting our financial reporting.

The Expertise We’re Looking For

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance (CPA, CIA, or advanced degree recommended but not required)

3-5+ years of relevant Accounting, internal / external audit, or risk management experience

Financial Services industry experience is highly desirable

Experience in leading process assessments / walkthroughs

Strong understanding of accounting principles and internal controls over financial reporting

Excellent written and verbal communications skills

Excellent project management experience and proven ability to balance multiple priorities at once

Experience designing and implementing accounting processes or financial systems a plus

The Skills You Bring

Highly self-motivated, flexible, and quality focused teammate with excellent organizational skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Effective at managing internal relationships and building successful partnerships

Ability to take initiative and work without too much direction while exhibiting both independent thinking and good judgment

Ability to effectively identify and assess the risks impacting the firm's control environment

Ability to analyze data and implement solutions to streamline business processes

Ability to maintain process and control testing documentation that is easy to understand and accurately reflects the results of assessments performed

Detail oriented while maintaining a broad view of business objectives

Strong learning agility to quickly understand and connect key concepts and dependencies across the enterprise

The Value You Deliver

Work closely with business partners to ensure proper internal controls and documentation are in place to safeguard the integrity of the firm’s financial reporting

Identify and assist in the implementation of opportunities to strengthen the control environment / drive efficiencies including the use of tools such as Alteryx

Take initiative in finding, recommending, and presenting solutions in response to ad hoc inquiries that require significant coordination and education efforts

Partner with Business Unit Controllers to evaluate the changing risk landscape and implement changes to integrated testing and assessment plans accordingly

Lead discussions with business partners to develop, document, and test corrective actions for findings identified through process reviews or risk incidences

Work cross-functionally to support critical finance modernization, simplification, and standardization initiatives.

Assist with new product launches or system enhancements to ensure all associated transactions are recorded, validated, and reported accurately

Lead coordination efforts with other internal risk functions, agile development teams, and our external auditor

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Company Overview

At Fidelity Investments, our customers are at the heart of everything we do. As a privately held company with a rich 75-year history, our mission has remained the same since our founding: to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients’ money.

Join Us

At Fidelity, you’ll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples’ lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. And you don’t need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity—we offer a range of opportunities for learning and growth so you can build the career you’ve always imagined. We welcome associates from different backgrounds and with different perspectives to help us innovate and make a difference for our customers and our communities.

We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.

Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Leave of Absence/Accommodation Team by sending an email to accommodations @fmr.com, or by calling 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 2.

Fidelity will continue to keep the safety of associates and customers as our top priority and this will never change. As the pandemic evolves and Federal, State, and Local regulations emerge, it has become clear that knowing the vaccination status of all associates is critical to our safety efforts.

Therefore, Fidelity will require all candidates to disclose their COVID-19 vaccination status during the hiring process, and if vaccinated, provide proof of vaccine.

This is not a requirement to be vaccinated. It is a requirement to report vaccination status and, if vaccinated, provide proof.