AVP, AI & Financial Accounting & Controls

Posted 12 Days Ago
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New York, NY, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Financial Services
The Role
Lead reconciliations, variance analysis, and control execution for finance transformation. Validate automation and AI outputs, maintain audit-ready evidence, manage exceptions and remediation, and coordinate with auditors and cross-functional teams to ensure control frameworks and data integrity.
Summary Generated by Built In
The AVP AI & Financial Accounting & Controls role is integral to our Finance Transformation efforts. You will ensure the integrity of financial outputs, manage reconciliations, and lead variance analysis. As a key liaison, you will coordinate audit activities and maintain a robust control environment. Your expertise will be pivotal in guiding the adoption of automation and AI, ensuring alignment with control frameworks and data integrity standards. Responsibilities
  • Maintain ownership of critical reconciliations for Finance functions.
  • Lead variance analysis and root-cause investigations, providing timely reports to Finance leadership.
  • Review and approve system outputs, automation results, and AI-assisted calculations for accuracy and completeness.
  • Ensure automation and AI adoption aligns with firmwide control frameworks and data integrity standards.
  • Execute and document financial controls, maintaining audit-ready evidence.
  • Track exceptions, manage remediation, and escalate issues to Finance leadership.
  • Serve as the primary audit and compliance liaison for Finance transformation workstreams.
  • Coordinate with internal and external auditors for timely audit responses.
  • Proactively identify audit risks arising from process and technology changes.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, communicating control requirements and accounting considerations.
Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
  • 5-7 years of experience in finance or accounting roles, or equivalent accounting/controls experience.
  • Strong financial accounting knowledge and experience executing financial controls.
  • Ability to critically review automated and AI-generated outputs with sound accounting judgment.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Professional accounting qualification or equivalent is preferred.
  • Experience working within Finance or Controllership functions is an asset.
  • Working knowledge of systems like Oracle, Essbase, and Tableau is advantageous.
  • Experience supporting audit engagements is desirable.
  • A proven track record of successful collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
  • 5-7 years of experience in finance or accounting roles, or equivalent accounting/controls experience.
  • Strong financial accounting knowledge and experience executing financial controls.
  • Ability to critically review automated and AI-generated outputs with sound accounting judgment.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Professional accounting qualification or equivalent.
  • Experience working within Finance or Controllership functions.
  • Working knowledge of systems like Oracle, Essbase, and Tableau.
  • Experience supporting audit engagements.
  • Proven track record of successful collaboration with cross-functional teams.
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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
1,857 Employees
Year Founded: 1945

What We Do

Cantor Fitzgerald is a leading global financial services firm, serving clients from over 30 offices around the world. Founded in 1945 as a securities brokerage and investment bank, the firm pioneered computer-based bond trading, built one of the broadest distribution networks in the industry and became the market’s premier dealer of government securities. Today, Cantor Fitzgerald is known for its strength across a diverse array of businesses, including equity and fixed income capital markets, investment banking, commercial real estate finance and services, prime brokerage, asset management and wealth management, and e-commerce and online ventures. In all its businesses, the firm is an acknowledged leader in developing advanced technologies to expand market access, and help clients achieve their most important financial and strategic objectives. This commitment to client-centered innovation has led to enduring relationships with many of the world’s most demanding institutional investors and corporations. For more information please visit www.cantor.com.

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