State Street
Financial Services
CoreOperations,AVP
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“Core Operations, AVP at State Street. Skills: Service Delivery, Transformation Lead, Controllership, Process Re-Engineering, Standardization, Automation. Serve as a senior Service Delivery and Transformation Lead, providing accounting oversight across North America legal entities.. Partner closely with Controllers, Global Accounting Operations (GAO), Regulatory Reporting, and FP&A to ensure governance, effective service delivery, and a robust control environment.”
What You'll Achieve.
ensure governance; effective service delivery; robust control environment; modernize finance operations; improve scalability; reduce operational risk; simplification; control strengthening; efficiency; sustainable implementation of process improvements
Industry & Context.
analytical; data driven decisions
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years of experience in a large financial institution and/or Big 4 public accounting environment., Proven experience leading process improvement, standardization, and automation initiatives in complex organizations.
Nice to Have
CPA and/or MBA preferred.
What You'll Do.
Serve as a senior Service Delivery and Transformation Lead
providing accounting oversight across North America legal entities.
Partner closely with Controllers
Global Accounting Operations (GAO)
and FP&A to ensure governance
effective service delivery
and a robust control environment.
Drive process re-engineering
and automation initiatives to modernize finance operations
and reduce operational risk.
Act as primary liaison between Business Unit and Legal Entity Controllers
Serve as an escalation point for accounting
and control issues impacting business units or legal entities.
Provide subject-matter expertise on complex accounting matters
and variance analysis.
Oversee SLA performance
and error partner with GAO and Risk Governance to drive remediation.
Ensure compliance with local regulatory
and internal control requirements.
Support internal and external audits
including preparation and review of audit materials.
Lead end-to-end process re-engineering initiatives focused on simplification
control strengthening
Drive standardization of accounting processes
and documentation across Controllers and GAO.
Partner with Global Process Owners
and Transformation teams to implement automation and digital solutions.
Champion adoption of standardized workflows
and monitoring capabilities.
Establish governance and change-management practices to ensure sustainable implementation of process improvements.
Promote a continuous-improvement culture and share best practices across teams.
Lead or contribute to cross-functional initiatives
including regulatory changes
system implementations
and new transactions.
Develop and maintain process documentation
Ensure deliverables are executed within committed timelines through disciplined planning and stakeholder coordination.
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner closely with Controllers, Global Accounting Operations (GAO), Regulatory Reporting, and FP&A.; Partner with GAO and Risk Governance to drive remediation.; Partner with Global Process Owners, Technology, and Transformation teams to implement automation and digital solutions.; Lead or contribute to cross-functional initiatives.; Stakeholder coordination.
Communication Scope
communication; presentation skills
Process & Methodology
Project execution capabilities, Disciplined planning, Stakeholder coordination
Full Job Description
**Who we are looking for** The Assistant Vice President – Controllers serves as a senior Service Delivery and Transformation Lead, providing accounting oversight across North America legal entities. This role partners closely with Controllers, Global Accounting Operations (GAO), Regulatory Reporting, and FP&A to ensure strong governance, effective service delivery, and a robust control environment. In addition to Business‑As‑Usual (BAU) responsibilities, this role is accountable for driving process re‑engineering, standardization, and automation initiatives to modernize finance operations, improve scalability, and reduce operational risk. **What you will be responsible for** Service Delivery & Controllership * Act as primary liaison between Business Unit and Legal Entity Controllers, GAO, Regulatory Reporting, and FP&A. * Serve as an escalation point for accounting, service delivery, and control issues impacting business units or legal entities. * Provide subject‑matter expertise on complex accounting matters, transactions, and variance analysis. * Oversee SLA performance, KPIs, KRIs, and error trends; partner with GAO and Risk Governance to drive remediation. * Ensure compliance with local regulatory, legal‑entity, and internal control requirements. * Support internal and external audits, including preparation and review of audit materials. Process Re‑Engineering, Standardization & Automation * Lead end‑to‑end process re‑engineering initiatives focused on simplification, control strengthening, and efficiency. * Drive standardization of accounting processes, controls, and documentation across Controllers and GAO. * Partner with Global Process Owners, Technology, and Transformation teams to implement automation and digital solutions. * Champion adoption of standardized workflows, reporting, and monitoring capabilities. * Establish governance and change‑management practices to ensure sustainable implementation of process improvements. * Promote a continuous‑improvemen
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