Global Rates Product Controller – Senior Associate

Move your career forward with this fast-paced career opportunity! 

As a Global Rates Product Controller - Senior Associate in the Corporate & Investment Bank, you will be responsible for overseeing the financial statements and management reporting, ensuring a sound control environment, and providing guidance on accounting for products. You will also work closely with the Front Office to optimize balance sheet and capital usage across the business and participate in key projects and initiatives.

The role also provides an excellent opportunity to learn and gain an in-depth understanding of Interest Rate trading and balance sheet strategies and risk management techniques via exposure to one of the highest ranked Rates trading desks across the industry. The Global Rates business trades a wide range of products such as Bonds, Structured Notes, Credit-Linked Notes (CLN), Repo, Interest Rate Swaps and FX forwards across EMEA, APAC and North America.

Job responsibilities

• Oversee financial statements and management reporting for Global Rates Line of Business (LOB) ensuring compliance with corporate and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor the Global Rates Balance Sheet from a Net Funding, Basel 3 liquidity ratios, Global Systemically Important Banks (GSIB), and leverage ratios perspective.
• Provide analytic support to Front Office to optimize balance sheet and capital usage across the Global Rates business.
• Provide guidance on accounting, regulatory, and capital treatment for new products liaising with Corporate Accounting Policy and Regulatory Policy groups where appropriate to ensure compliance with reporting requirements.
• Work with the Business / Front Office to ensure they fully understand developments in Regulatory framework and priorities, i.e. changes to the Capital framework, the impact of Risk Weighted Assets (RWA), Global Systematically Important Bank (GSIB) surcharge, leverage ratios, revenue recognition on structured deals, etc.
• Represent the team and lead efforts around strategic initiatives and ongoing improvements around our internal/external reporting processes.
• Establish and manage relationships with Front Office, CIB Treasury, and Corporate Financial Reporting teams.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills.

• 4+ years in a Finance organization with exposure to accounting, financial statements, regulatory reporting, and financial products
• Strong understanding of end-to-end reporting and control processes.
• Excellent analytical, interpersonal, communication and influencing skills.
• Ability to summarize complex information and deliver it at business executive level.
• Self-motivated and willing to take initiative; ability to thrive in a changing work environment.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills.

• Experience in Product Control, Financial Control and/or knowledge of Regulatory Reporting 
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance preferred, CPA