Senior Manager

Job Description:

About us*

Bank of America is one of the world s leading financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses, and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services.

We are committed to attracting and retaining top talent across the globe to ensure our continued success. Along with taking care of our customers, we want to be the best place for people to work and aim at creating a work environment where all employees have the opportunity to achieve their goals.

We are a part of the Global Business Services which delivers technology and operations capabilities to all Bank of America lines of business (LOB) and enterprise functions.

Our employees help our customers and clients at every stage of their financial lives, helping them connect to what matters most. This purpose defines and unites us. Every day, we are focused on delivering value, convenience, expertise and innovation for individuals, businesses, and institutional investors we serve worldwide.

BA Continuum is a nonbank subsidiary of Bank of America, part of Global Business Services in the bank.

Process Overview*

Global Markets Business Finance Control (BFC) is a division of Global Banking Markets (GBAM) Finance responsible for the production and independent validation of Global Markets profit and loss and balance sheet. In this regard, BFC will ensure, inter alia, that accounting policies are correctly and consistently applied, and that trading portfolios are appropriately valued.

The team prepares and reports PL and balance sheet to the business and ensures the accuracy and integrity of the general ledger. We are responsible for daily service delivery and ensuring effective controls, transparent management information and becoming a center of excellence delivering process simplification and efficiencies. We work closely with front office, middle office, traders and valuation control teams to drive the control agenda across the business.

Job Description*

Global Markets Business Finance Control (BFC) seeks to provide a support service with particular focus on the relationship between trading risk positions and PL components. We are looking to recruit an individual to work in the PL production area covering the Global Credit Trading desks. The candidate s main responsibility will be to produce and deliver the daily PL to front office, providing a high standard of analysis and explanation around any issues faced and daily revenue drivers. The candidate will therefore have considerable interaction with the respective Front Office, Middle Office, and Finance and Trade Capture teams so good communication and time management skills are an essential requirement for this job.

Responsibilities*

Primary products covered will include: Bonds, P-Floats, Rites, CDS, TRS and Loans

Production and reporting of daily PL to Front Office Senior Management

Reconcile actual PL with trader estimates and provide flash/actual variance analysis

Working closely with the trading desks on position, PL or other issues on an ad-hoc basis

Front-to-Back analysis reconciliations of front office PnL and balance sheet to firm sub-ledgers

Assist with execution of month-end controls ensuring management vs financial PL variances are within thresholds

Analyze traders risk positions and understand and apply the Greeks (Delta, Vega Gamma) vs daily market moves

Would be typical own set of books / cost center and Business Units

Liaise with various business partners such as Technology, Market Risk, Credit Risk, Operations and Finance to resolve issues / queries

Development continuous improvement of existing processes workflow

Testing / UAT for systems work ranging from minor system releases to major system implementations

Remediation of issues in an autonomous yet timely manner considering the principles of control and the need to mitigate operational risk

Requirements*

Education*

Qualified Chartered Accountant/CPA /CFA / MBA from Tier I/II institute

Certifications If Any

CFA / FRM certified candidates would be preferred

Advanced education and/or enhanced technical qualifications are a plus

Ability to use Access or VBA would enhance the candidate s attractiveness significantly

Experience Range*

8+ years of experience in Global Markets

Foundational skills*

Detailed Knowledge of product control and financial markets

Prior BFC experience for >7 years is mandatory

Proficiency in MS Office Suite; expert knowledge of Excel, Word, PowerPoint. Knowledge of Visual Basic, Access databases and macros will be an added advantage.

The right individual will have strong people skills and can multi-task to manage the challenges of Finance processes yet have the awareness to escalate potential issues to their supervisor in a timely manner

Candidate must have a proven track record of communicating effectively with personnel from various areas within an organization and at different management levels

Must be proactive and be a highly motivated and self-starter. Reactive and/or passive individuals need not apply

Desired skills

Alteryx / Python / Tableau knowledge would be an added advantage

Must be proactive and be a highly-motivated self-starter

Effective communication skills with English proficiency

Demonstrated ability to work in a high pressure environment

Takes initiative and challenges existing processes and procedures in a proactive manner

Strong team player

Ability to analyze issues independently and derive solutions

Analytical skills

Inherent sense of principles of control through experience and sound judgment

Reliability

Work Timings*

1:30 PM to 10:30 PM

Job Location*

Gurugram/Mumbai