Fixed Income Exotics Product Control recruitment
Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for customers and clients worldwide. With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking, we operate in over 50 countries and employ over 140,000 people.
We provide large corporate, government and institutional clients with a full spectrum of solutions to their strategic advisory, financing and risk management needs. Our clients also benefit from access to the breadth of expertise across Barclays. We’re one of the largest financial services providers in the world, and are also engaged in retail banking, credit cards, corporate banking, and wealth and investment management.
Product Control is a great starting point for a newly qualified accountant and the function has a critical role within Barclays. There is a close working relationship with the trading desks and other areas focusing on control, service and reporting. We are a central point of contact for many issues that affect the bank including new product approval, model validation and independent verification of derivative valuations. By placing a heavy emphasis on information technology and focusing on project work we are able to address control and operational risks and meet our internal and external obligations.
The London based FI Rates Options PCG team supports the Europe Rates Options business which is part of the Structured Rates desk.
Skills / Experience required:
- Strong/numerate degree
- ACA/CIMA/ACCA qualified preferred or Msc in numerate/quantitative degree
- Derivative experience in a prior product control or valuation role in FI or Interest rate products
- Experienced driving initiatives directly with business and senior management directly
- Ability to work closely and confidently with FO
- A strong communicator who can direct business initiatives
- Strong understanding of controls
- Experienced in guiding and managing teams
- Strong financial awareness
Our goal is to be the best-in-class finance function, contributing to the success of Barclays Investment Bank through the provision of independent control and trusted advice.
We believe that the engagement and commitment of our people is essential to our department’s and firm’s success. We hire and encourage the brightest talent, and as we place so much value on our people, we give them every opportunity to develop and prosper.
Internal mobility and career development are both key parts of our culture. Transferring internally supports career progression and helps employees achieve long-term goals. We actively encourage our people to pursue opportunities throughout the firm and support them in making relevant transitions. To highlight this commitment, a number of activities and events are held throughout Finance, across geographies to promote mobility, networking and development including, specialised training courses, careers fairs and speed networking.