Global Investment Bank. Process Improvements and automation focus. Work from home. APAC desk coverage.
Our client, a Tier 1 Global Investment Bank is seeking an outstanding candidate to be the VP Product Control with a focus on Process Improvements.
The candidate must have a strong understanding of current global accounting and regulatory developments pertaining to valuation of financial instruments, along with a strong understanding of implementing/maintaining an effective control framework.

Role Responsibilities:

• Overseeing product control processes, including offshore productions, and end-to-end controls to ensure that they are in line with the Product Control standards
• Establishing a positive relationship & regularly provide the business with value-added insights on the region's revenue, P&L explain, valuations, and risk-weighted assets
• Providing appropriate independent challenge to the Business when required;
• Partnering with Front Office and other support groups in facilitating new products / initiatives & developing / reporting management accounting information to the business
• Contributing to user design and execute regional change initiatives to improve process efficiency and the control environment
• Participating in the roll out of strategic equities system stack front-to-back, and strategic finance transformation projects
• Identifying and communicating valuation issues to PC-Valuations team, and working closely with them to ensure that such issues are escalated and well documented
• Collaborating with wider APAC Finance function or Global Equites Product Control team on key initiatives / projects

Experience & Qualifications:

• Be CA / CPA / CFA qualified & hold a degree or equivalent
• Product control or related function experience
• Exceptional level of senior stakeholder management skills and firm-first mentality, with the ability to balance commercial & control requirements
• Proven experience of exception management and resolution in a complex product and control environment.
• Confidently identify root cause, propose solutions and execute change.
• Be control focused and show evidence of deep understanding of end-to-end control framework with exceptional level of interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
• Comprehensive knowledge of financial markets and products, preferably in non-linear derivatives, Equity Derivatives and Financing businesses.