Global Securitized Products - Product Controller

Overview

 

Finance & Business Management’s (F&BM) goals are to ensure sound control environments and provide financial advice to support the business strategy. Within F&BM, the Controllers organization is responsible for ensuring the overall integrity and validity of the financial statements and controls over the transaction cycle; performing critical reporting functions for the organization, both financial and regulatory, as well as ensuring execution and implementation of the overall financial architecture.

 

The Securitized Products Group (SPG) is part of Markets within Corporate & Investment Bank.  The business actively engages in the following business activities:

• Acquires or originates, warehouses, and subsequently securitizes consumer and other financial assets

• Makes markets in existing securitized financial assets

• Provides financing of consumer and other financial assets for clients

• Underwrites securitizations for third parties

• Structures and trades in derivative products linked to securitized products

 

Position Description & Responsibilities

 

We are looking for an Analyst to join a multi-regional staff responsible for the activities listed below.  Specifically, this Product Control team covers a variety of SPG businesses including ABS Trading, Non-Agency RMBS Trading, Mortgage Finance (lending), and several whole loan mortgage businesses, as well as several derivatives desks.

 

Key responsibilities of the Product Control team are:

• Production, preparation and reporting of the daily P&L and risk to various stakeholders, including senior CIB and senior Trading personnel. 

• Understand, produce and explain daily P&L into constituent risk components; investigating any issues as needed.

• Review with FO to obtain sign-off of P&L and risk, and address any ad hoc requests and queries.  

• First point of contact for FO for all financial and performance information.

• Coordinate month-end closing of books, ensuring accurate and reconciled balance sheet, income statement, and other financial statements.

• Liaise with middle office areas, back office, VCG and technology development groups as appropriate.

• Work with various stakeholders to support new business activities, including ensuring proper accounting, system flow, downstream reporting, etc.

• Work with Market Risk Coverage to report, validate and reconcile key risk metrics in various reports including limits and daily reporting packs.

• Manage projects and initiatives related to all of the above as well as larger cross-business programs as required.

Requirements & Qualifications

 

• Certified Public Accountant or strong accounting background highly preferred,

• Strong understanding of Securitized Products in their various forms (Loans, Securities, and Derivatives),

• Strong analytical, problem-solving abilities and detail oriented

• Good written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to multitask and prioritize effectively  

   

Advantageous

 

• Accounting / Control experience- a professional accounting qualification, e.g. CPA, ACA, CIMA 

• CFA charter holder