Product Control Specialist

Brickendon Consulting; Kraków; On-site; PLN 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Brickendon Consulting is seeking an experienced Product Control Specialist for one of our Banking clients. You will work closely with Product Control, Front Office and IT to understand data and processes, and you will gain exposure to front-to-back flows for several financial instruments.

This role is based in Krakow with travel to the Krakow office roughly twice a month. A minimum of 3–5 years in analysis within financial institutions and strong VBA/SQL proficiency are required.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years analysis experience in financial institutions or investment banks.
• Project Delivery experience of at least 1 year.
• 3+ years in either Product Control or Valuation Control; strong knowledge of Product Control processes.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Control Change, Front Office and IT to understand data and processes.
• Understand front-to-back flows for various financial instruments.
• Identify opportunities for improvement and implement strategies.
• Understand the front to back flows for various financial instruments.
• Daily P&L and financial exposure reporting; provide P&L explain, attribution and commentary.
• Fully attribute daily P&L changes and manage impacts on FO systems, regulatory or business changes.
• Establish requirements roadmap and planning of changes; analyse processes for improvements.
• Actively manage and drive improvements in the process to close the books and records, ensuring accuracy of legal entity, regional, regulatory and external financial statements, consistency between management P&L and general ledger, and proper substantiation of balance sheet accounts

Skills

Product Control

P&L Analysis

Data Analysis

Stakeholder Coordination

VBA

Python

Derivatives

Interest Rates Knowledge

Tools

SQL

VBA

Python

Job description

Brickendon Consulting is an award-winning global management and technology consultancy specializing in innovative solutions and transforming complex, highly regulated environments. Founded in 2010, Brickendon has a strong focus on financial services and the public sector, helping organizations navigate and implement significant changes.

We are seeking an experienced Product Control Specialist with a strong background in Product Control for one of our Banking clients.

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Work setting

around 2 times per month from Krakow office

Contract

B2B

Responsibilities

• To work closely with Product Control Change, Front Office and IT to understand the data and processes
• Understand the front to back flows for various financial instruments
• Identify opportunities for improvement and implement strategies.
• Understand the front to back flows for various financial instruments
• Daily profit and loss, as well as financial exposure reporting
• Provide P&L explain, attribution and commentary
• Fully attribute daily P&L change
• Identify and manage the impacts for Product Control of FO systems, regulatory or business changes
• Establish requirements roadmap and planning of these changes Analyse processes and identify improvements
• Actively manage and drive improvements in the process to close the books and records, ensuring accuracy of legal entity, regional, regulatory and external financial statements, consistency between management P&L and general ledger, and proper substantiation of balance sheet accounts

You will have the following skills and experience:

• Must have a 3-5 years Analysis experience, ideally delivering within financial institutions /investment banks.
• Project Delivery experience of at least a year (either through line role, or as part of project team)
• At least 3 years' experience within either Product Control or ValuationControl.
• Knowledge and understanding of Product Control processes
• Strong product / asset class knowledge, ideally Interest Rates or derivativesproducts
• Ability to coordinate actions between the various stakeholders (locally and within the Group) in an efficient manner
• Strong analytical skills, problem solving and an attention todetail.
• Strong organizational and communication skills and a positive attitude and focus
• You will be proficient in VBAand SQL.
• Any knowledge of Python advantageous.
• Ability to deal with change