Introduction:
• Produce daily desk PL including commentaries, investigate Flash/Formal differences
• Ensure the maintenance of a strong internal control environment. Review key controls: FOBOs, adjustment substantiation and New, Amends & Cancels trades review
What will you be doing?
• Perform daily P&L, P&L attribution, P&L commentary, Investigate Flash vs. Formal differences
• Develop a sound understanding of daily processes – “the what”, “the why” and “the how”.
• Review P&L attributions and prepare commentaries and other MI
• Maintain trader mandate, monitor Volcker limits.
• Submit Clean & Hypo P&L for back-testing
• Attend to ad hoc queries from the traders and other infrastructure partners relating to trading revenue and Balance Sheet.
What we’re looking for:
• Experienced with MS office toolkit (Word, PPT, Excel, Access Database etc)
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in both formal and informal settings & ability to interact with the region and UK / US as part of a global team (written and verbal) Strong control awareness – in particular, the ability to identify and escalate potential control breakdowns and to streamline processes in an effective and efficient manner.
• Has the initiative and ability to break down problems into components parts and resolving them
• Attention to detail and analytical
• Confident and assertive manner
Skills that will help you in the role:
• CFA / Masters in Finance / Financial Engineering would be an advantage
• Articleship / Industrial trainee in mid to large sized firms
• Audit exposure in large financial institutions / banks preferred