Job Description

You are a strategic thinker passionate about driving solutions in cost accounting and financial analysis. You have found the right team.


As a Cost Accounting Associate in our Finance team, you will spend each day defining, refining, and delivering set goals for our firm. You will be responsible for ensuring the appropriate cost accounting principles are applied in recording expenses and ensuring reasonableness of all cost elements at the client level. You will partner across the firm to provide critical data that informs strategic decision-making by senior management, supporting transparency and accuracy in financial statements.


Our Cost Accounting and Analysis teams are responsible for a wide range of activities including managing production and month-end close deliverables, collaborating with Product Managers and Business Managers to derive unit costs, automating controls and checks, performing reconciliation of input data with output, and providing regular updates to stakeholders. You will also play a proactive role in enhancing current BAU processes and support strategic initiatives and business planning.

Job responsibilities

Manage production and month-end close deliverables. Utilize costing to support pricing decisions and client reviews, providing critical data that informs strategic decision-making by senior management. Ensure costing is integrated into the firm's financial reporting systems, supporting transparency and accuracy in financial statements. Collaborate with Product Managers, Business Managers, and Operations/Technology teams to derive unit costs that inform pricing strategies and enhance profitability analytics. Automate and build controls and checks, perform reconciliation of input data with output, and provide regular updates to stakeholders. Analyze and interpret client profitability, including preparing financial summaries for various management requirements. Develop and implement costing strategies for the Securities Services business, ensuring accuracy and alignment with operational realities. Build and maintain data models using Alteryx and create insightful reports in Tableau; familiarity with QlikSense is a plus. Serve as a subject matter expert on costing methodologies, addressing queries and providing insights to Product/Business management across various lines of business, thereby supporting strategic initiatives and business planning. Play a proactive role in enhancing the current BAU processes. Require stakeholder management skills in an individual contributor role without direct people management.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Experience in Costing, Planning & Analysis, and Performance Reporting. Strong knowledge of finance, accounting, and valuation concepts. Understanding of financial markets and instruments. Strong analytical skills with great attention to detail and an eye for spotting trends. Articulate in written and verbal communication, able to present and support conclusions to senior audiences. Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint is a prerequisite. Project and Change Management skills. Proactive with a drive to improve processes and resolve outstanding issues. Strong organizational, project, and time management skills; flexibility and ability to dynamically prioritize requests and multitask. Enthusiastic, self-motivated, and effective under pressure. Strong analytical and numeric skills, understanding of financial statements, and excellent attention to detail. Excellent communication skills and ability to build relationships and influence others across multiple disciplines and levels of seniority. Ability to work well individually and partner effectively within a team. Proactive and problem-solving mindset with the ability to identify, present, and implement solutions. Thorough understanding and appreciation of risks and controls; disciplined approach to managing processes and controls.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

Post-Graduate degree (MBA/CA) with 5-10 years of experience in banking; knowledge of the financial services industry is preferable. Familiarity with the Securities Services business. Working knowledge of MIS tools like Cognos. Inclination to adapt to technology initiatives; knowledge of reporting tools such as Tableau, Qlikview, and Alteryx is a plus. * Ability to analyze large data sets and present conclusions concisely.