Central Reporting Controller - London

Huxley Associates are currently recruiting for a Reporting Controller for a Multinational Banking and Financial Services company based in London on a three month rolling contract.

REQUIREMENTS

Education (essential) - Accounting Qualification (1st time passes)
Audit Training in one of the top accountancy firms
University Degree (2.1 or equivalent)

Experience - Experience of a Product Control environment wopuld be an advantage in Investment Banking

ROLE:

The job holder will be part of a wider PC Central Reporting team situated within Product Control and currently comprising 12 finance professionals with a breadth of skills and experience.

* The team is stakeholder focused and its main purpose is to efficiently produce relevant, high quality cross asset class consolidated information for Product Control supported businesses and all related processes, to facilitate decision making and evidence control processes. As far as possible, the team seeks to provide an initial "one-stop" portal for high level summary information pertaining to Product Control.
* The team provides daily, monthly and quarterly financial information to Product Control Senior Management, Regional CFO, GBM CFO, Risk Management, Group Finance, Operational Risk management, Internal Audit, External Audit, Regulatory Bodies.
* The job holder will have daily contact with the Business Area Product Controllers and therefore will be a conduit to ensure all departments have accurate and timely information.

MAJOR CHALLENGES:
* Understanding products, risk positions and key trading strategies globally and leveraging this understanding to add value and enhance reports
* Understanding the valuation reports produced by satellite sites and using accounting knowledge and experience to challenge postings
* Understanding reasons for collateral valuation differences and the actions required to resolve them
* Developing relationships within and outside Product Control (Line Management, Group Finance, Market Risk Management, Operational Risk Management, Finance IT) and across the regions.
* Working under pressure to meet reporting deadlines