Senior Product Controller - Treasury

About Marex

Marex Group plc (NASDAQ: MRX) is a diversified global financial services platform providing essential liquidity, market access and infrastructure services to clients across energy, commodities and financial markets. The group provides comprehensive breadth and depth of coverage across four core services: clearing, agency and execution, market making, and hedging and investment solutions. It has a leading franchise in many major metals, energy and agricultural products, with access to 60 exchanges. The group provides access to the world's major commodity markets, covering a broad range of clients that include some of the largest commodity producers, consumers and traders, banks, hedge funds and asset managers. With more than 40 offices worldwide, the group has over 2,300 employees across Europe, Asia and the Americas.

The Market Making and Treasury Product Control team sits within the wider Product Control function reporting to the Deputy Chief Financial Officer within the Finance department.

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Role Summary

A position for a Senior Product Controller with significant experience of Rates derivatives and Fixed Income products. The role is within the Market Making and Treasury Product Control team.

Will be responsible for the production and oversight of global NII P&L reporting, NII forecasting, and all reporting and analyses in respect of the global hedging programmes (CFH, FVH, NIH), plus monthly balance sheet substantiation and monthly and quarterly performance reporting and analyses.

Responsibilities

• Preparation, analysis and reporting of daily NII P&L and accruals
• Preparation of regular forecasts and commentaries
• Ensuring hedged items and instruments in designated relationships are accurately captured and reported, and any ineffectiveness analysed and reported or remediated
• Prepare reports for monthly Global Hedge Committee meetings
• Prepare monthly balance sheet substantiation and reconciliation, ensuring all allocated accounts are fairly represented considering legal entity, completeness, valuation and balance sheet classification
• Prepare analyses and commentary for quarterly returns and for notes to the statutory accounts
• Build and maintain relationships with both key stakeholders both within Finance and across related functions including Treasury, FP&A, Risk and Operations
• Improve efficiency and robustness of processes by understanding non/semi-automated processes, helping to design automated processes and deliver improvement working with relevant technology teams
• Assist in internal and external audit activities
• Ensure all Product Control activities are documented in sufficient detail and kept up to date
• Ensuring compliance with the company's regulatory requirements under the FCA, NFA, AMF, AFM, MAS and any other relevant regulatory body.
• Adhere to the operational risk framework for your role ensuring that all regulatory or company determined parameters are complied with.
• Role model for demonstrating highest level standards of integrity and conduct and reflecting Company Values.
• At all times complying with the FCA's Code of Conduct and Marex's Code of Conduct
• To ensure that you are fully aware of and adhere to internal policies that relate to you, your role or any other activities for which you have any level of responsibility
• To report any breaches of policy to Compliance and/ or your supervisor as required
• To escalate risk events immediately
• To provide input to risk management processes, as required.

Skills and Experience

• A thorough understanding of Rates derivatives and Fixed Income products and markets, both in terms their valuation and their accounting representation
• An understanding of the essentials of hedge accounting requirements (some experience specifically in a hedge focussed role would be beneficial but not essential)
• ACA Qualified accountant (or equivalent)
• In depth understanding of product control processes, systems and frameworks
• Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability and gravitas to interact with senior management and influence outcomes
• Proficient in MS Excel and use of GL systems (ideally PeopleSoft) and FO/BO systems
• Experience working in a regulated environment and knowledge of the risk and compliance requirements associated with this.

Competencies

• A collaborative team player, approachable, self-efficient and influences a positive work environment
• Demonstrates curiosity
• Resilient in a challenging, fast-paced environment
• Ability to take a high level of responsibility in a fast pace and high-volume environment
• Excels at building relationships, networking and influencing others
• Strategic collaborator with insight and agility, able to anticipate future challenges, ensuring operational effectiveness

Conduct Rules

You must:

• Act with integrity
• Act with due skill, care and diligence
• Be open and cooperative with the FCA, the PRA and other regulators
• Pay due regard to the interests of customers and treat them fairly
• Observe proper standard of market conduct
• Act to deliver good outcomes for retail customers

Company Values

Acting as a role model for the values of the Company:

Respect - Clients are at the heart of our business, with superior execution and superb client service the foundation of the firm. We respect our clients and always treat them fairly.

Integrity - Doing business the right way is the only way. We hold ourselves to a high ethical standard in everything we do – our clients expect this and we demand it of ourselves.

Collaborative - We work in teams - open and direct communication and the willingness to work hard and collaboratively are the basis for effective teamwork. Working well with others is necessary for us to succeed at what we do.

Developing our People - Our people are the basis of our competitive advantage. We look to “grow our own” and make Marex the place ambitious, hardworking, talented people choose to build their careers.

Adaptable and Nimble - Our size and flexibility is an advantage. We are big enough to support our client's various needs, and adaptable and nimble enough to respond quickly to changing conditions or requirements. A non-bureaucratic, but well controlled environment fosters initiative as well as employee satisfaction.

Marex is fully committed to the elimination of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the company.

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