Associate Accountant

Job Description:

Associate Accountant – FMR LLC Accounting

The Role

As an Associate Accountant on the FMR LLC Accounting Team, you will gain exposure to various areas of accounting and have opportunities to enhance your skills and grow professionally.  Your primarily responsibilities will include assisting in the monthly close process for various central business functions supported by the FMR LLC Accounting Team.  You will work closely with members of the finance and business teams to ensure accuracy and completeness during monthly, quarterly, and annual processes.  Additionally, you will work with treasury, external auditors and other departments that support the business. 

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting

• Understanding of accounting principles, financial reporting, and internal controls

• Highly motivated, flexible, quality focused teammate with excellent organizational skills

• Ability to quickly grasp complex organizational/ownership structures

• Ability to work independently and exhibit both independent thinking and good judgment

• Inquisitive nature and process improvement demeanor

• Motivated and maintain a sense of accountability in and ownership of your work

• Ability to solve problems independently or as part of a team

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills that build and maintain strong, constructive relationships with business partners

• Passionate about details while maintaining a broad view of business objectives

• Can work on multiple deliverables concurrently and meet tight deadlines

• Passion for learning new technology

• Ability to take detailed data analysis and convert into a higher-level story for presentation to stakeholders and business partners

• Understanding of Microsoft Office Suite (particularly Excel and PowerPoint)

• Understanding of and ability to learn financial systems and multidimensional reporting tools (i.e., Oracle, Free Form Planning, Power BI, CoStar)

How Your Work Impacts the Organization

The FMR LLC Accounting Team is a dynamic team with a focus on continuous improvement and providing added value to our business partners and other accounting teams. The FMR LLC Accounting team works across the Company and gains exposure to a variety of new and emerging areas.

Certifications:

Category:Accounting

Fidelity’s hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Working onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office.