Pay Rate
$95-105/hr
This role involves managing the accounting and financial reporting for fixed income trading desks.
The position serves as a primary control function, overseeing transactions, P&L, and ensuring accurate financial documentation.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate with front office staff to produce daily, weekly, and monthly P&L reports and analyses.
- Identify and resolve P&L discrepancies due to trade booking errors, missing deals, system issues, or valuation problems.
- Coordinate with various departments, including Front Office, Operations, Technology, Middle Office, and Market Risk.
- Enhance the Internal Control environment by evaluating and improving current controls and processes.
- Complete month-end closing processes, including balance sheet reconciliation and substantiation.
- Handle ad hoc requests from the trading desk.
- Participate in projects aimed at improving processes and systems.
- Evaluate new trades for appropriate valuation, accounting treatment, and financial statement disclosure.
Qualifications
- 5 years of experience in Product Control, with a preference for experience in Municipals, Loan Trading (LoanIQ), or Securitized Products.
- Strong understanding of accounting principles.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Quick learner and effective team collaborator.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, including v-lookups and pivot tables.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to articulate ideas clearly.
- Degree in Accounting or Finance required.