Description
Product Controller
Chester
6 months Contract
The successful candidate will gain knowledge and experience of multiple Equity trading desks.
The role will involve exposure to multiple different products; swaps, equities, ADRs, options, futures, repos etc and it is expected that the successful candidate will gain a detailed working knowledge of these products in time.
The role will offer significant opportunities to challenge the status quo and implement/standardise new procedures and processes in a controlled fashion.
In time it is expected that the candidate will take on managerial responsibility for a relatively junior team on site including objective setting and performance reviews.
The role will be wide in breadth and scope and will offer the successful candidate a platform to build a successful career in financial services.
What Will I Be Doing?
Responsibilities
This is A hire within the Equity Product Control Finance team.
The role includes:
- Completion and oversight of core daily tasks including P&L & Balance Sheet explain and Front to back reconciliation
- Being a direct point of contact for the trading desks
- Completion of month end P&L and balance sheet close - review of reconciliations, investigation of differences between reported and ledger numbers and review of accounting journal entries.
- The requirement to proactively challenge the status quo of the current range of P&L product control functions and contribute to additional ad hoc projects and queries as they arise
Competencies We Look For
Business Results
- Execution Displays high level of attention to detail and considers relevant risk factors when performing the role
- Appropriately escalates issues in a timely manner to manager
- People Leadership/Team Working
- Collaboration Communicates and partners well with others to accomplish goals
- Works with others and shares ideas
- Builds effective relationships across peer group
- Personal Effectiveness
- Energy and Drive Maintains high levels of self motivation. Accepts and tackles demanding goals
- Seeks opportunities to apply new skills/knowledge
- Demonstrates personal commitment and confidence as well as being excited about the work we do
- Courage Stands up for what he or she believes in and has the confidence to speak up
- Character Acts on feedback to improve performance
- Works through challenges to achieve success
- Communicates effectively
Skills We Look For
Skill Level Description
- Management Strong Potential to lead and direct teams in time with full responsibility for own career and performance management.
- Communication Strong Will require regular communication with the trading desk and many other groups within the bank
- Adaptability Strong Ability to exhibit a flexible approach to work and ad hoc task management in a time pressured environment.
- Control Focus Strong Exhibit control awareness and recognise the requirement to appropriately escalate issues
- Change Management Some exposure Exhibits awareness of opportunities to influence change and improve daily processes in the work place
Nice to have
- Product knowledge
- Ability to pick up new concepts quickly
- Candidate to have experience of dealing with Financial Products and be able to demonstrate a theoretical appreciation of the P&L Explain process.
- Accounting knowledge
- Strong Theoretical appreciation of the fundamentals of accounting (through ACA/CIMA/ACCA or equivalent experience)
- Financial services insight
- Strong Understanding of markets and/or banking and the general concepts used within the industry.