- This is a fantastic opportunity to join a tob global firm
- Newly created role, working for an established asset manager
About Our Client
This London based Product Controller (Commodities) role is with a leading financial services business.
Job Description
The responsibilities of the successful candidate for this London based Product Controller (Commodities) role will include:
- Timely & accurate production of T0 & T1 P&L and assist in performing firmwide valuation controls.
- This role will provide NY support to the Product Control & Valuations team while also liaising with the key stakeholders of the Commodities Business including PMs, Risk, Trading COO, Technology and TAs.
- P&L Explanation & Model Validation - to help facilitate T+0 and T+1 P&L production and explanation to senior management, portfolio managers, and business leads.
- Pricing - Perform verification/checks of inputs used in pricing and models: e.g., pricing sources, curve models, including challenging Counterparty valuations.
- Primary Interface - the function will interface primarily with portfolio managers, operations, fund accounting, Risk, and etc. to resolve P&L related issues and coordinate the resolution of those issues.
- Daily/Monthly Valuation support - responsible for preparing and reviewing valuations for the entire firm's portfolio, covering a wide variety of products with an initial primary focus on credit. Help drive Policy implementation, current Valuation Policy to new processes, and system improvement in partnership with the trading COO team, Technology.
- Review reconciliation reports and provide explanations where appropriate: stale prices, outsized moves, mark overrides, cash break, reconciliation vs administrator, "mark to model" reviews.
The Successful Applicant
The successful candidate for this Product Controller (Commodities) role will have the following background:
- At least 3 years of experience working for a commodities brokerage
- Experience with commodity is a must. Working knowledge of listed derivatives and other products cleared at PB, FCM and or other cleared exchanges; experience working with oil & gas
- Good understanding of corporate action, tax, security master or reference master of listed products.
- Experience with price testing and other month-end related dealing with administrators or other outsource services/vendors. Solid understanding of market behaviour, i.e. able to associate market events with P&L explain
What's on Offer
Attractive salary and benefits package.