Manager - Regulated

Job Description:

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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 Rates 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

Primary products covered will include Fixed Income, Money markets, FX, interest rate derivatives both plain vanilla and exotics

Responsibilities*

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 with relevant experience in Product Control or Global Markets environment and organization of similar scale with US GAAP, IFRS, IAS reporting framework with an interest and aptitude for derivative products

Certifications If Any

CFA / FRM certified candidates would be preferred

Advanced education and/or enhanced technical qualifications are a plus

Experience Range*

4 to 8 years with at least 4+ years experience in Global Markets Product Control role

Foundational skills

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 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- 7 AM IST to 4 PM IST

Job Location- Mumbai/Gurugram