Manager, Product Control

Responsibilities

Financial Control & P&L Integrity

• Own end‑to‑end daily, monthly, and quarterly P&L processes, including validation, attribution, and variance analysis across physical and financial commodities.
• Ensure robust control over valuation methodologies, pricing curves, model inputs, and market data, in line with internal policies and governance standards.
• Review and challenge trading results, ensuring issues are identified, escalated, and resolved with appropriate independence.

Trading & Commercial Partnership

• Act as a trusted but independent partner to Front Office, providing insight into the financial and valuation impact of trading strategies, new deals, and structured transactions.
• Support new product onboarding and deal review, ensuring accounting, valuation, and control implications are fully assessed before execution.
• Interface closely with Market Risk and Credit to ensure consistent views of exposure, limits, and performance.

ETRM & Systems Oversight

• Oversee product control activities within ETRM systems (e.g., Open Link/Endur), including trade capture validation, lifecycle events, and system‑generated P&L.
• Drive enhancements to systems, data quality, automation, and reporting, reducing manual intervention and operational risk.

Control Framework, Governance & Audit

• Design, own, and continuously enhance product control policies, procedures, and internal controls aligned with audit and regulatory expectations.
• Serve as a key point of contact for internal and external audits, including documentation, walkthroughs, issue remediation, and control testing.
• Ensure appropriate governance, escalation, and accountability for control breaches or material reporting issues.

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of product control and trading support professionals.
• Set a strong control culture, reinforcing ownership, rigor, and professional skepticism across the team.
• Drive performance standards, role clarity, and capability development consistent with a growing, complex commercial environment.

Forward‑Looking Insight

• Provide management with forward‑looking views on earnings drivers, risk exposures, and sensitivities to market movements.
• Support planning, forecasting, and scenario analysis in partnership with FP&A, Risk, and Commercial teams.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field (CPA, CFA, or FRM preferred).
• Typically 8–12+ years of experience in Product Control, Trading Support, Market Risk, or Commercial Finance within energy, commodities, or financial trading environments.
• Strong understanding of trade life cycles, P&L attribution, valuation concepts, derivatives, and physical commodity structures.
• Hands‑on experience with ETRM/CTRM platforms (Open Link/Endur strongly preferred).
• Proven people leadership experience with the ability to operate as an independent control authority.

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