Senior Manager, Product Control GBS

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for P&L and B/S related controls covering various product categories and regions. (Asset classes: Credit, Equities, Fixed Income, Commodities, Treasury etc.)
• Ensure appropriate controls and reviews are maintained for Daily P&L production, Core reconciliations, Month end close and BSS.
• Ensure the teams are performing timely lockdown of daily and monthly P&L.
• Should be able to substantiate daily and monthly adjustments held in P&L and control accounts.
• Review monthly/quarterly balance sheet, with substantiation and potential financial exposure.
• Review various reconciliation reports, management packs and adhoc reports.
• Review of month end Journals for accrual, provision and true up.
• Take responsibility for the quality of work submitted and ensure that the highest standards are maintained.
• Ensure adherence to SLA’s, KPI’s , Internal metrics & FMG wide policies.
• Identify/ manage risk and control breakdowns.
• Develop & maintain effective and standard processes. Maintain KOP’s/DI’s.
• Support change project initiatives and conduct User Acceptance Testing for enhancements to current systems or migration to new system

Strategy

• Review monthly balance sheet, with substantiation and potential financial exposure.
• Review/Prepare various reconciliation reports, management packs and adhoc reports.
• Posting and review of month end Journals for accrual, provision and true up.
• Take responsibility for the quality of work submitted and ensure that the highest standards are maintained.

Business

• Ensure adherence to SLA’s, KPI’s , Internal metrics & FMG wide policies.
• Identify/ manage risk and control breakdowns.
• Develop & Maintain effective and standard processes. Maintain KOP’s/DI’s.
• Support change project initiatives and conduct User Acceptance Testing for enhancements to current systems or migration to new system.
• Production of monthly packs and assist in implementation of sound controls and consistent processes around Monthly packs.
• Balance Sheet & RWA forecast for Corporate Finance
• Client Analytics – Understanding Client performance, relationship, and resource consumption.
• Production and validation of CF scorecards for measuring business performance.
• Bespoke analysis surrounding ledger and client balances and helping the business achieve its target

Risk Management

• Ensure appropriate controls and reviews are maintained for Daily P&L production, Core reconciliations, Month end close and BSRS.

Key stakeholders

• Regular face off with Deal Team, Product Control Management, Regional finance team and various internal stakeholders within GFS.
• Act as a point of reference for team members and internal clients.
• Manage relationship with internal stakeholders, take regular feedback, anticipate and understand issues and escalate appropriately for timely resolution
• Manage strong relationship with support teams (IT, Operations and Risk) and bring synergies by interacting and integrating with cross functional teams.

Qualification & Requirements

Skills And Experience

• Communication
• Accounting
• Product Control
• Financial Market Products

Qualifications

• MBA, CA, CFA, ACCA with a minimum of 6+ years of experience (post qualification) in a financial service industry with at least 2+ years of People Management experience.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to manage teams
• Control mindset and ability to identify and mitigate and control gaps
• Good understanding of financial market products

Benefits

• In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies – everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.