Job Description
Join our dynamic team and make a meaningful impact by delivering high-quality support that resonates with clients.
The product control function provides support to the financial controllers and trading desks. As a Product Controller, you will be responsible for ensuring that the P&L, balance sheet, and month-end close procedures are completed correctly and accurately.
Job Responsibilities
1. Production of T+1 P&L to Front Office and obtaining daily P&L sign-off, including substantiation through comparison to trader predicts, current risk and market moves.
2. Perform the analytical review of the desk P&L and explain the business drivers of the P&L movement.
3. Reconciliation and reporting EOD Risk and obtaining daily risk sign-off.
4. Reconciling and owning inputs to the Value-at-Risk (VaR) calculations of the firm.
5. Ensure that the team is in compliance with the P&L and Risk minimum standards and support projects to enhance the control environment.
6. Provide ad hoc reports driven by Front Office, Market Risk and Business Management.
7. Month end – Liaising with Financial control to reconcile P&L Aggregator to general ledger, review of reserve adjustments and other month end adjustments.
8. Review the key control metrics and monitor the current control issues ensuring they are effectively escalated and mitigated.
9. Pro-actively identify the control risks and manage the subsequent project plans to achieve resolution.
10. Ensure the integrity of the business financial results are maintained under US and local regulatory requirements.
Required qualifications, capabilities and skills
1. Good financial product knowledge, preferably fixed income products.
2. Strong numerate background - ideally a numerate degree.
3. Strong technical skills (Advanced Excel).
4. Control focused / mindset with an attention to detail.
5. Ability to work effectively to meet challenging deadlines and be able to work under pressure.
6. Analytical and quantitative aptitude. Ability to identify and solve problems.
7. Team player with ability in managing daily processes and interacting with the business.
8. Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
9. Proactive and willing to accept responsibility.
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