Senior Accounting Policy Expert recruitment
UBS is one of the world’s leading global financial services firms, serving a discerning international client base. As an integrated firm, UBS creates added value for clients by drawing on the combined resources and expertise of all its businesses. UBS is the leading global wealth manager, a leading global investment banking and securities firm, and one of the largest global asset managers. In Switzerland, UBS is the market leader in retail and commercial banking. UBS is present in all major financial centers worldwide. Its shares are listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange (SWX), the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).
Some key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Work closely with the Business, Finance colleagues and GAP team members in other locations to provide rigorous analyses of new and complex transactions ensuring that the accounting principles are applied with integrity and that decisions are appropriately documented.
- Identify opportunities for GAP to provide value added services including partnering diverse clients in their dealings with and resolution of accounting policy issues.
- Interact effectively with senior management and staff from across the different areas within the Investment Bank. Clients will include those at AD, D, ED and MD level on high profile topics.
- Work within virtual teams across Finance from the different functional areas to resolve technical accounting issues as they arise, bringing in expertise from other GAP team members from other regions as necessary.
- Contribute to the deep resource of technical accounting knowledge provided by the GAP team to the Business and control functions.
- Identify the accounting risks associated with existing and proposed transactions and work with the business, other members of the GAP team and the appropriate control functions to address any issues which may arise.
- Analyse new trade proposals and new business ideas to determine the appropriate accounting treatment in UBS’s multi-GAAP environment (including both IFRS and US GAAP), considering the client’s motivation and any reputational risk this could create for UBS.
- Be in a position to provide guidance on a number of different GAAP reporting regimes. In particular advise on relevant IFRS and US GAAP reporting requirements, along with other group level considerations (e.g. Swiss GAAP) as necessary.
- Assist in the implementation of new accounting policy requirements through i. Developing and presenting appropriate materials, ii. Preparing and presenting quarterly training sessions to the Finance team, iii. Contribute views and suggestions to the GAP discussions and comment letter process in order to develop the UBS view.
July 15, 2012
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