Controllers - Associate, Financial Accounting

Associate, Financial Accounting at Goldman Sachs in Salt Lake City onsite, this role focuses on executing and ensuring the accuracy of global transfer pricing calculations and preparing monthly financial results for senior leaders. The position supports transfer pricing policy enforcement, tax compliance, and process improvements, including participation in stress testing and capital planning.

Responsibilities

• Execute and ensure accuracy of global transfer pricing calculations relating to residual profit sharing, cost sharing agreements, and other transfer pricing methodologies.
• Prepare monthly financial results to be presented to senior leaders and educate stakeholders on complex transfer pricing regulations and methods.
• Participate in stress testing and capital planning, including DFAST and CCAR, by forecasting transfer pricing impact on the Firm’s key legal entities.
• Support Vice Presidents in establishing, implementing, and enforcing the Firm’s global transfer pricing policies within their regions through timely and quality execution of granular and routine tasks.
• Assist tax experts and attorneys to ensure compliance with global tax regulations by preparing impact analyses, feasibility studies and documentation.
• Enhance transfer pricing operational infrastructure through automation and improvements to existing workflows.
• Coordinate large scale transfer pricing methodology changes and oversee international transfer pricing calculations as part of the U.S. headquarter team.

Requirements

• Master’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field and one year of experience in the job offered or a related role.
• Bachelor’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field and three years of experience in the job offered or a related role.
• Experience in a large financial services firm or a Big Four accounting firm.
• Transfer pricing and international tax guidelines and regulations, such as Treas. Reg. 1.482 or OECD Guidelines.
• Financial modeling and economic analysis experience with transfer pricing models and profitability analysis.
• Conducting functional reviews and analyses of financial processes and reports, including identification and understanding of drivers of trends and variances.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint to create reports and perform analysis using pivot tables, VLOOKUP, charts, filtering, data validation, and other what-if tools.
• Ability to manage multiple, concurrent time-sensitive assignments such as transfer pricing analytical reviews and documentation.

Technologies

• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft PowerPoint

Benefits

• Healthcare & Medical Insurance: A wide range of health and welfare programs that vary by office location, including medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident, and business travel accident insurance.
• Holiday & Vacation Policies: Competitive vacation entitlements based on employee level and office location, with a minimum of three weeks of vacation usage each year.
• Financial Wellness & Retirement: Support for saving and retirement planning, educational resources, and financial education on topics relevant to employees.
• Health Services: Medical advocacy for employees and families, counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program, Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance, Workplace Ergonomics, and on-site health centers in certain offices.
• Fitness: On-site fitness centers in some offices and reimbursement for fitness club memberships or activities up to a pre-approved amount for eligible employees.
• Child Care & Family Care: On-site child care centers, full-time and emergency back-up care, mother and baby rooms, counseling resources, parental resources, and stipends for adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and related needs.
• Benefits at Goldman Sachs: Access to the full suite of Goldman Sachs benefits.

Opportunity Overview

• Corporate Title: Associate
• Office Location: Salt Lake City
• Division: Controllers