Financial Controls Analyst at Piper Sandler & Co. in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Job Description:

Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR) is an investment bank headquartered in Minneapolis, MN with offices in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, Charlotte and Houston. A leading investment bank since 1895, Piper Sandler focuses on mergers & acquisitions, equity and debt capital markets, restructuring & special situations and private placements across our core focus sectors.

At Piper Sandler, we're only as successful as the talent we bring together. That's why we pride ourselves on attracting and retaining highly motivated people, empowering them to make decisions close to the client and supporting them with the full weight of our firm.

Piper Sandler is currently seeking a Financial Controls Analyst to join our team in Minneapolis. This position is on the Corporate Accounting team, primarily responsible for the administration of internal controls over financial reporting throughout our consolidated companies, to evaluate and maintain strong internal controls and support compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley ('SOX'). This position will assist process owners with control design, lead and execute audits, work closely with our internal and external audit teams, and perform various accounting projects.

Responsibilities:

This position primarily contributes to the administration of internal controls over financial reporting and compliance with SOX:

• Maintaining documentation to support the firm's COSO internal control framework.
• Partnering with process owners by providing guidance and assistance with updating and improving existing internal control process documentation.
• Partnering with process owners to provide training and implement internal control process documentation for new business initiatives and acquisitions.
• Executing annual financial and information technology process walkthroughs.
• Partnering with our internal audit team on testing of key controls.
• Partnering with process owners to evaluate and remediate identified control deficiencies.
• Supporting our external auditors with their audit of internal controls over financial reporting and partnering with them to ensure standards and deadlines for reliance are accomplished.
• Executing quarterly SOX 404 and SOX 302 procedures.

This position will also be responsible for:

• Supporting our external audit firm in other required financial audits and procedures.
• Executing and leading a variety of challenging accounting projects, which includes supporting the accounting and operations of funds and related entities, including registered investment advisors.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field
• Minimum 3 years of internal audit and/or public accounting experience
• CPA designation is considered a strong plus
• Financial services industry experience is considered a strong plus
• Professional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to collaborate with various levels of management
• Effective project management skills, including the ability to multitask
• Strong analytical skills

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