Commodities Controller

StoneX Group Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

StoneX Group Inc. in London is seeking a London-based Product Control professional to support daily P&L production across Precious Metals, LME, FXPB and OTC businesses, reconciling trading systems to accounting ledgers and strengthening control frameworks.

The role requires ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CPA or equivalent and 5+ years in financial control within financial services, with a focus on daily P&L, risk reporting, and process improvements.

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant qualification or equivalent in financial services.
• 5+ years in Product Control / Financial Control within finance.
• Experience with daily product accounting for derivatives, physicals and FX.
• Experience in a regulated environment with controls around duties.
• Experience in monthly and daily P&L and risk reporting.
• Strong knowledge of derivatives and general ledger.
• Proficient in identifying process improvements and delivering P&L explanations.

Responsibilities

• Support daily P&L production for multiple businesses globally.
• Reconcile trading systems to accounting systems for revenue and client balances.
• Perform accounting and reporting activities throughout the month.
• Validate and reconcile monthly results; post month-end adjustments.
• Assist with implementing processes and control enhancements.
• Contribute to cross-product initiatives and trade validation and reporting.
• Balance sheet analysis and substantiation; update month-end tools.
• Respond to audit-related queries and support system migrations.

Skills

MS Excel

SQL queries

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Teamwork

Strong judgment

Financial analysis

Blackline

Education

Chartered Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CPA)

Tools

Blackline

Job description

Overview

Connecting clients to markets – and talent to opportunity.

Overview

Connecting clients to markets – and talent to opportunity.

With 4,500+ employees and over 300,000 commercial, institutional, payments, and retail clients, we operate from more than 70 offices spread across six continents. As a Fortune 100, Nasdaq-listed provider, we connect clients to the global markets – focusing on innovation, human connection, and providing world-class products and services to all types of investors.

Whether you want to forge a career connecting our retail clients to potential trading opportunities, or ingrain yourself in the world of institutional investing, StoneX Group is made up of four business segments that offer endless potential for progression and growth.

Position Purpose:

Support the London-based Product Control team in the daily and monthly accounting cycle, undertaking financial and management accounting activities with a focus on P&L reporting for StoneX Financial Ltd and other global group entities.The role centres on cross-product initiatives across Precious Metals, LME, FX Prime Broker (FXPB) and OTC businesses, including daily reconciliation of trading systems to accounting ledgers, strengthening and enhancing existing control frameworks, and supporting the continued growth of the businesses.

Responsibilities

• Supporting daily P&L production for Precious Metals, LME, FXPB and OTC businesses globally
• Reconciling trading system to accounting system for revenue and client balances
• Perform accounting and reporting activities throughout the month
• Validation & reconciliation of monthly results and posting of month end adjustments a reconilcations of books and records.
• Assisting with implementation of current processes and integration of control enhancements
• Contributing to stardisation of cross product initiatives
• New and existing trade validation and reporting
• Balance sheet analysis and substantiation
• Updating Blackline (month end reporting tool)
• Audit related queries
• Assisting with trading and accounting system migrationsProvde cover for wider team

Qualifications

Knowledge and Experience

• UK or overseas Chartered Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA qualified or equivalent) or qualified by experience who has had experience in the preparation of accounts, within the Financial Services sector
• 5+ years of Product Control / Financial Control experience.
• Knowledge and experience of daily product accounting for commodity derivatives, physical products (LME and Precious Metals) and FXPB.
• Working within a regulated environment and exposure to Sarbannes Oxley requirements; controls surrounding division of duties
• Experience of monthly and daily routine processes for daily P&L and risk reporting
• Strong knowledge of dervivatives and other financial instruments
• Solid general ledger and balance sheet experience
• Experience in performing process improvements and comfortable with P&L explains

Qualification And Skills

• Working well under strict deadlines
• Good personal and team working skills
• Medium to Advanced-level MS Excel experience including database and SQL queries including AI adoption
• Experience with daily P&L reporting
• Attention to detail and strong balance sheet appreciation
• Good problem-solving skills
• Sound technical skills, abilities to deconstruct information and assess with excellent judgement, and strong operational focus