Job Description:
Associate Accountant – FMR LLC Accounting
The Role
As an Associate Accountant on the FMR LLC Accounting Team, you will gain exposure to various areas of accounting and have opportunities to enhance your skills and grow professionally. Your primarily responsibilities will include assisting in the monthly close process for various central business functions supported by the FMR LLC Accounting Team. You will work closely with members of the finance and business teams to ensure accuracy and completeness during monthly, quarterly, and annual processes. Additionally, you will work with treasury, external auditors and other departments that support the business.
The Expertise and Skills You Bring
Bachelor’s degree in accounting
Understanding of accounting principles, financial reporting, and internal controls
Highly motivated, flexible, quality focused teammate with excellent organizational skills
Ability to quickly grasp complex organizational/ownership structures
Ability to work independently and exhibit both independent thinking and good judgment
Inquisitive nature and process improvement demeanor
Motivated and maintain a sense of accountability in and ownership of your work
Ability to solve problems independently or as part of a team
Excellent written and verbal communication skills that build and maintain strong, constructive relationships with business partners
Passionate about details while maintaining a broad view of business objectives
Can work on multiple deliverables concurrently and meet tight deadlines
Passion for learning new technology
Ability to take detailed data analysis and convert into a higher-level story for presentation to stakeholders and business partners
Understanding of Microsoft Office Suite (particularly Excel and PowerPoint)
Understanding of and ability to learn financial systems and multidimensional reporting tools (i.e., Oracle, Free Form Planning, Power BI, CoStar)
How Your Work Impacts the Organization
The FMR LLC Accounting Team is a dynamic team with a focus on continuous improvement and providing added value to our business partners and other accounting teams. The FMR LLC Accounting team works across the Company and gains exposure to a variety of new and emerging areas.
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Company Overview
Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients' money.
Join Us
At Fidelity, you'll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples' lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees' Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don't need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity-we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you've always imagined.
Fidelity's hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Having the majority of our associates work onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most roles listed as Hybrid will require associates to work onsite all business days of every other week in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to roles listed as Remote or Onsite.
At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation, detailed in this document, and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.
We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.
Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.
Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to accommodations@fmr.com.
