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CFO National Financial Services

Fidelity

Fidelity

Accounting & Finance
Jersey City, NJ, USA · Boston, MA, USA
USD 185k-350k / year
Posted on Apr 14, 2025

Job Description:

The role will serve as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of four broker-dealers: National Financial Services (NFS), Fidelity Prime Financing (FPF), Fidelity Distributors Corp (FDC), and Digital Brokerage Services (DBS), with NFS representing the vast majority of overall responsibilities. The NFS CFO leads the Regulatory Reporting, Regulatory Control, and Bank Reconciliation and Processing Support functions, with total FTE of ~25, and collaborates closely with our brokerage treasury, operations, and accounting functions. The position reports to the Treasurer of FMR, LLC (part of the Finance organization) and requires extensive interaction with senior leaders from across the company. Location(s): Jersey City, NJ; Boston, MA

  • Responsibilities of the Regulatory Reporting function:
    • Weekly (and transition to daily) SEC 15c3-3 Reserve Computation
    • FOCUS reporting, including balance sheet, income statement, net capital, customer reserve and operational information
    • Supplemental reports, including: Leverage, Form Custody, Supplemental Income, and Supplemental Liquidity
  • Responsibilities of the Regulatory Control function:
    • Federal Reserve Treasury International Capital (TIC) Reporting
    • FINRA Short Interest Reporting
    • Possession or Control Reporting
    • Net Capital Reporting
    • Reserve Reporting
  • Responsibilities of the Bank Reconciliation and Processing Support function:
    • Produces numerous daily, weekly, and monthly reconciliation and other reports for NFS and select other business areas
    • Bank Reconciliation includes reconciling all book/bank check depositories, operational accounts, disbursement accounts, and digital products for NFS LLC daily, creating and distributing custom end user reporting, and validating and signing off on monthly reports
    • Processing Support includes approving/rejecting bank reconciliation requests, monitoring queues, and researching and responding to inquiries, as well as processing and reviewing various manual adjustments

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

We are seeking a candidate who has extensive experience and expertise in securities regulation, accounting and operations and can lead and develop an impactful team while maintaining strong attention to detail, accuracy, timeliness, and control process development. In addition, the ability to navigate complexity, influence business partners, and identify and escalate issues is important.

Licenses: Series 27 will be required

A detailed understanding and experience in the Financial Services industry operating in a multi-distribution channel organization.

Senior level presence, with the capability to build credibility and gain trust and respect. Ability to thoughtfully challenge decisions or recommendations as appropriate. Ability to collaborate with critical partners of all levels and subject areas.

High degree of business understanding and ability to maintain a high level of credibility with external partners at a senior level, particularly regulators, industry peers, and counterparties.

Proven influencing, negotiating, relationship management and communication skills both internal and external to the organization.

Proactive focus and depth of thought is required with a can-do attitude. Individual must possess the ability to anticipate requirements and obstacles and have plans to address them.

Excellent management and leadership skills that attract, develop, and retain top talent.

Note: Fidelity is not providing immigration sponsorship for this position

The Team

National Financial Services (NFS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fidelity Investments, is a large provider of brokerage and custody services, serving as a clearing firm for many broker-dealers and offering services like trade execution, clearing, and custody.

Finance supports the management of the business in the achievement of business goals and objectives and improves shareholder value by ensuring the timeliness, accuracy, integrity, consistency and relevance of financial information in relation to the business decision-making process. It is responsible for the control in good order of the financial books and records of the company and accordingly is accountable for the financial reputation of the company.

In addition, it is responsible for the development of sound financial strategies and the assessment of financial risks, and through Treasury their effective management. It is the custodian of the company’s fiduciary values safeguarding the financial assets and interests for the benefit of all FMR’s shareholders and key partners.

The base salary range for this position is $185,000.00 - $350,000.00 per year.
Placement in the range will vary based on job responsibilities and scope, geographic location, candidate’s relevant experience, and other factors.

Base salary is only part of the total compensation package. Depending on the position and eligibility requirements, the offer package may also include bonus or other variable compensation.

Certifications:

Series 27 - FINRA

Category:

Finance

Fidelity’s hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Working onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office.

Company overview

At Fidelity, we are passionate about making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want! We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workplace where we respect and value our associates for their unique perspectives and experiences. For information about working at Fidelity, visit FidelityCareers.com. Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to complete the application or interview process.

If you would like to request an accommodation, please contact us at:

accommodations@fmr.com

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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 working model blends the best of working offsite with maximizing time together in person to meet associate and business needs. Currently, most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of one assigned week per four-week period (beginning in September 2024, the requirement will be two full assigned weeks).

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, or by calling 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 3.

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 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.

Benefits
Learning & development
Culture

Benefits that adapt to everything life sends your way

401(k) with company match

Medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage

16-week maternity leave & 12-week parental leave

Student loan assistance

Fidelity is invested in you

Committed to Professional Development

At Fidelity, we are constantly adapting to the changing needs of our customers, new technologies, and better ways of working. And we empower our employees to do the same, with an emphasis on developing skills and connections that will help propel you forward in your career while being able to make an impact for Fidelity’s customers around the world.

We offer a wide range of options for professional development including online, in-person, and mentor driven solutions. Special interest and networking groups are also part of our culture of empowerment, personal and professional enrichment, diversity and inclusion, and knowledge sharing.

Continuing Education & Training

  • Assess, build, and align your development plan through resources like our skill-building classroom and online courses.
  • Video-based training for technology, leadership, management & more.
  • Ongoing skills development and coaching opportunities.
  • Paid training with a facilitator who is dedicated to your onboarding and will track and evaluate your progress, giving you strategies to improve.
  • A range of talent development programs to support career mobility.

Mentoring

  • Utilize the skills of experienced leaders to enrich your career.
  • Dedicated mentors to help you grow into new areas of Fidelity’s business as you develop new skills.
  • An open atmosphere of knowledge sharing and collaboration.
  • Opportunities to pay it forward, sharing the knowledge you develop and as you help others define how they want their career to take shape.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

"Fidelity believes in, and is committed to, fair and equitable treatment for every associate and customer, and to creating a safe and respectful environment, in which everyone is treated with kindness, compassion and respect." Abby Johnson | Chairman and CEO Fidelity Investments

At Fidelity, we are committed to building an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging that will attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce.

Fidelity’s ten affinity groups are self-organized groups of employees with common interests in areas such as race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation, or who share similar interests based on similar sets of experiences.

These Employee Resource Groups and Special Interest Groups are models of inclusion for Fidelity. They’re also a powerful form of engagement and development and can provide a pathway to visible leadership roles. Our affinity groups make a large contribution on the business, helping to ensure our products and services are delivered in a welcoming and equitable environment.

  • Over 22K employees participate in an affinity group.
  • Over 1,400 affinity group members volunteered for Fidelity Cares in 2020.
  • 74% increase in affinity group memberships over the last three years.

Giving Back to Our Communities

Throughout Fidelity, you’ll find a genuine commitment to social responsibility – where we strive to make an impact for customers, while also making an impact on the world.

Fidelity Cares

  • Provides associates with opportunities to actively volunteer and share their talents.
  • Hosts numerous company-wide volunteer events (in-person and virtual).
  • Partners with nonprofit organizations to support our local communities.
  • More than 12,000 associates donate time annually – from interns to SVPs.
  • Impact includes refurbishing schools, donating books and supplies, and teaching financial literacy.

Fidelity Charitable®

  • Created to make it easy for people to support charitable organizations they care about.
  • Helped deliver $7.3 billion in donor-recommended grants to charity in 2019.
  • Supported more than 300,000 unique charities around the world.
  • Since its inception, more than $42 billion has been given to public charities.

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