Product Controller Job New York New York USA,Finance & Banking

Location: New York

Our client, a leading global financial institution, is seeking a Product Controller (Consultant) to join their Product Control team. This is a unique opportunity for someone with strong analytical skills and a passion for financial control to provide Profit & Loss and Valuation oversight across the firm's institutional businesses.

In this role, you'll be a key partner across Operations, Technology, and Market Risk - helping to develop and maintain the control processes that ensure accurate, well-governed P&L reporting and general ledger accounting.

Key Responsibilities

Review and report P&L from trading activities; evaluate trader-supplied valuations, calculate and analyze P&L, and explain P&L movements

Provide daily net revenue inputs to the management reporting group

Conduct month-end actual vs. reported review and reconciliation

Partner closely with Operations, Technology, and Market Risk to resolve issues

Ensure proper accounting treatment of trading activity, including preparing/posting journal entries and performing the month-end general ledger close

Support process and system improvement initiatives

Understand process flows from front-end systems through the subledger to the General Ledger

Ensure compliance with internal/external audit and regulatory requirements

Provide ad-hoc reporting to senior management and identify opportunities for new management information (MI)

Complete month-end duties to ensure the general ledger is accurate and all deadlines are met

Required Skills & Experience

Proven ability to rationalize and re-engineer complex, spreadsheet-based processes

Experience identifying control gaps and implementing improvements

Strong technical and analytical skills, with MS Excel expertise and the ability to manage/reconcile large data sets

Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills

Highly organized, with the ability to prioritize under tight, competing deadlines

Daily P&L experience with strong understanding of equity and fixed income products

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting preferred

Preferred Skills

Understanding of Independent Price Verification (IPV)

Awareness of current market trends and regulatory changes

P&L Attribution experience

SQL and Visual Basic proficiency

Familiarity with Oracle GL, Bloomberg, Sungard Phase 3, or FSS Spectrum

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