AVP, Funding Product Control, Commodities recruitment
Main Function
The main function of the role will be to support the Commodities business from a financial reporting perspective and to ensure that the key elements of the control infrastructure are in place with a focus on Economic Funding.
The role requires someone to be heavily involved in driving improvements to processes – both within the team and working closely with the IT department.
Specific Tasks:
- Economic Funding Infrastructure– working with the Front Office, Product Control and IT teams in order to deliver reporting requirements for Economic Funding; working through the project lifecycle in delivery.
- Allocations – calculations, analysis and reporting of allocations of cross business funding and other charges.
- Dealing with ad hoc queries with the business relating to Funding PL explains, variances, trade booking and valuation issues
- Process Improvements. Commodities Product Control is constantly seeking to innovate and rationalise existing processes. All team members are expected to contribute to this process.
Person Requirements
- Strong mathematical and analytical ability
- Qualified accountant – ACA / CIMA or similar ios preferable but not a prerequisite
- The individual needs to be assertive and able to work with the traders closely
- Good knowledge and understanding of financial markets – with experience of Treasury / Liquidity Management products
- A strong practical understanding of the importance of a rigorous controls environment.
- Excellent Excel skills
• Use of SQL / DB queries and ability to code in VBA would be advantageous