Head - Treasury Accounting - Investment Bank

Job Profile:

- Daily ownership of funding allocation and reporting for significant businesses within the Investment Bank

- Develop a sound understanding of the funding and FX sell off position from detailed discussions with key stakeholders.

- Review and provide P&L and B/S substantiation and reporting including explain, reconciliation, commentaries and adherence to accounting principles.

- Month end ledger close responsibilities, including substantiation

- Provide management with technical and operational analysis of the funding position.

- Draw sound conclusions to present to senior stakeholders.

- Ensure team’s KPI and SLAs are met.

- Regular interaction with Front Office, Operations and Product control.

- Ongoing monitoring and control around integrated funding processes

- Investigation and resolution of control gaps/issues around Interest allocation

- Foster a culture of performance improvement by serving as a lead for recommendations.

- Ensure the maintenance of a strong internal control environment.

- Monitoring team activity to ensure compliance with various policies.

- Ensure clean audit results from internal and external reviews.

- Ensure the completeness and accuracy of key documentation for key PC processes, risk assessments and SOX documentation.

- Raise the team’s level of control awareness. Lead by example and encourage strong control culture.

- Run initiatives to improve existing funding allocation processes

- Support strategic enhancement of the funding allocation processes

- Identify and drive process re-engineering and constantly challenge status quo for control improvements and process efficiency.

- Motivate and empower the team to deliver continuous improvements.

- Working on other projects within Funding and Liquidity Support when required

Candidate Profile:

- 4/6 years work experience

- Strong knowledge of treasury/interest rate products

- Product Control experience or experience in a funding related function for a large organisation

- Demonstrate appreciation of controls, process enhancement and improvement

- Strong Excel and Access skills (VBA not required)

- Solid appreciation of the importance of controls supporting the Product Control function

- Good understanding and appreciation of financial markets

- Highly diligent with excellent attention to detail

- Strong team player

- Inquisitive and strong desire to challenge the status quo where there is opportunity for improvement