Finance Reporting Analyst

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GENERAL FUNCTION:

Assist in the execution of moderately complex financial analysis of key business areas within the Bancorp.  Streamline external reporting schedules through development of a centralized data source.  Focus efforts around automation in reporting, documenting data flow for transparency, and pursuing resolution of data quality issues in partnership with various lines of business.  Escalating and communicating issues as they arise to ensure the right level of visibility is critical.

Responsible and accountable for risk by openly exchanging ideas and opinions, elevating concerns, and personally following policies and procedures as defined.  Accountable for always doing the right thing for customers and colleagues, and ensuring that actions and behaviors drive a positive customer experience.  While operating within the Bank’s risk appetite, achieves results by consistently identifying, assessing, managing, monitoring, and reporting risks of all types.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Lead the development and production of reports and documentation for FRY14-M, FRY14Q, and regulatory reporting.

Assume responsibility for the existing reporting processes and all related calculations and support, which requires the employee to:

• Develop an understanding of existing and proposed regulatory guidance around the reporting of externally prepared schedules
• Identify, analyze, and support data used in the schedules, and work with line of business partners to ensure improved data quality
• Maintain schedule documentation, including process mapping, edit testing, and reconciliations
• Work collaboratively with Internal and External Auditors and Federal Reserve Bank Examiners

Typical duties include:

• Document current reporting to ensure transparency in the current reporting framework.  Evaluate and improve the design of reports in existence, through a centralized process and data flow. Improve access to and quality of data used.
• Perform edit/validation checks and analytical reviews as necessary to verify data inputs are complete and accurate.
• Support the development of datasets for improved transparency.
• Perform analytical review on reporting outputs to understand changes in portfolio composition and identify errors or omissions.
• Perform and/or leverage portfolio analysis such as industry/geographic/product segmentation and ensure that impact is expected to ensure accuracy.
• Develop, analyze, and justify assumptions and calculations to ensure transparency throughout the bank incorporating regulatory guidance
• Maintain procedural documents, data, and calculation reference material.

Process improvements:

• Participate in the development of new 14Q and 14M reporting processes under centralized data sources
• Collaborate with the teams who design, develop, implement, document, and maintain new reporting processes to improve the quality, transparency, and consistency of the data reported
• Develop relationships with the appropriate levels of management for process improvement ideas, issue identification, and resolution.
• Work collaboratively with Commercial and Consumer Lines of business, Risk Management, the Enterprise Data Office, and Regulators.  Ensure that schedule changes are well communicated, approach is consistent, and issues are escalated as appropriate to the Regulatory Reporting Disclosure Committee.
• Communicate with internal stakeholders: maintain regular communication with the finance and accounting, the lines of business, risk, IT, and EDO to ensure that all appropriate items and issues are addressed, and that important items are documented and presented timely to senior management.
• Proficient with various in-house transaction systems, including but not limited to booking systems (AFS, ACBS, Infolease, etc) underwriting systems (CCAS, nCino, etc), etc.
• Assume additional responsibilities as required to fulfill departmental goals.

Finance Reporting Analyst

At Fifth Third, we understand the importance of recognizing our employees for the role they play in improving the lives of our customers, communities and each other. Our Total Rewards include comprehensive benefits and differentiated compensation offerings to give each employee the opportunity to be their best every day.

The base salary for this position is reflective of the range of salary levels for all roles within this pay grade across the U.S. Individual salaries within this range will vary based on factors such as role, relevant skillset, relevant experience, education and geographic location. In addition to the base salary, this role is eligible to participate in an incentive compensation plan, with any such payment based upon company, line of business and/or individual performance.

Our extensive benefits programs are designed to support the individual needs of our employees and their families, encompassing physical, financial, emotional and social well-being. You can learn more about those programs on our 53.com Careers page at: https://www.53.com/content/fifth-third/en/careers/benefits.html or by consulting with your talent acquisition partner. 

LOCATION -- Frisco, Texas 75034

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