Product Controller - Investment Banking

Contract length: 12 months

Rate: £550 per day inside IR35

Location: Chester

Hybrid working model

LHH is currently partnered with a Tier 1 Investment bank that is looking for an interim accountant to join their team on an initial contract of 12 months, paying £550 per day inside IR35.

You will part of the CFO team and will support various businesses which trade a variety of products ranging from credit, interest rate and FX products in addition to exchange-traded products such as options & futures. The primary function of the team is to provide control and business advisory guidance to key business partners; Price Verification (PVG), Trading Desk, Credit & Market risk, Regulatory Group and the RWA team.

This role is to support Equities Financial Control, which primarily runs the P&L explanation and front to back-office reconciliations, as well as supporting the business.

Specification:

• P&L explain which includes validating and potentially re-attributing the explanation of one or more of the various FICC trading desks.
• Reconciliations and substantiation of balances to ensure the integrity of the general ledger.
• Daily P&L & Balance sheet reporting and oversight. This includes a review of daily sub-ledger P&L, preparation of daily commentary and reviewing changes to the daily balance sheet.
• Planning & Reporting including influencing business strategy.

Core Skills

• Good academic background
  Qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) or CFA with good working knowledge of accounting concepts, desirable.
• Excellent MS Excel skills with the ability to build and use spreadsheets.
• Demonstrable risk identification and management.
• Positive relationship management and partner management ability.
• Investment banking experience is desirable.
• Knowledge of derivatives and associated products or a willingness to learn about these products.