Manager - Product Control - BFS

Manager - Product Control

World's leading financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services.

We are committed to attracting and retaining top talent across the globe to ensure our continued success. Along with taking care of our customers, we want to be the best place for people to work and aim at creating a work environment where all employees have the opportunity to achieve their goals.

We are a part of the Global Business Services which delivers technology and operations capabilities to all Bank of America lines of business (LOB) and enterprise functions.

Our employees help our customers and clients at every stage of their financial lives, helping them connect to what matters most. This purpose defines and unites us. Every day, we are focused on delivering value, convenience, expertise and innovation for individuals, businesses and institutional investors we serve worldwide.

- BA Continuum is a nonbank subsidiary of Bank of America, part of Global Business Services in the bank.

Process Overview:

- Business Finance and Control (BFC) sits within the CFO Org and is mainly responsible to ensure stron financial controls along with enabling the business. The Counterparty Portfolio Management (CPM) BFC supports the CPM business , which falls under Global Markets and specifically in the Global Market FICC division.

- The CPM business includes 1) XVA desk which is responsible for managing the counterparty credit and Funding risk( CVA/FVA) ; 2) Cross Asset Structured Notes - Central Funding Desk (CFD) responsible to centrally manage and own the various exotic structured notes issued by the bank and 3) Risk optimization group - which consists of Collateral trade optimization(CTO) and Risk Opt desk (RO).

- The CPM BFC teams are responsible for assisting in Analysis & reporting of XVAs, CFD & Collateral PnL and ensuring integrity, completeness and accuracy of PnL data. Teams work closely with CPM front office desks and support them on various other initiatives to enable the business and ensure better controls.

- The CPM BFC teams are responsible for assisting in Analysis & reporting of XVAs, CFD & Collateral PnL and ensuring integrity, completeness and accuracy of PnL data. Teams work closely with CPM front office desks and support them on various other initiatives to enable the business and ensure better controls.

Responsibilities :

- Responsibilities for this role will initially require an associate to perform daily business as usual operations which entails running of PnL reports and interacting with various stakeholders such as Front office, Operations and technology support to refine existing processes. Also, individual will be accountable for the success of small projects or sections of larger ones & responsible for the quality and timeliness of all project deliverables.

- CPM Daily P&L

- Review and validate daily inputs into PnL calculations

- PnL report preparation and distribution/presentation

- Trader Flash to Actual explain

- New deal/activity analysis

- Commentary and submission into Ledger

Front to Back reconciliations:

- Month-end submissions, Expected to Actual Analysis, Ledger Vs SubLedger

- Control activities that support risk mitigation

- Participate/Initiate PnL & Risk analysis in response to any market/regulatory event

- Process Improvement

- Identify issues and control gaps in existing infrastructure

- Work with technology team to streamline our processes and enhance data integrity and control

- Team Management - Associate would be expected to manage a small team of 5-6 associates, which will involve reviewing their work, talent planning etc.

- Stakeholder Management

Requirements:

Education:

- Bachelors/Masters Degree in Finance, Financial Engineering, Chartered Accountant

- Certifications If Any

- Good to have (not mandatory) - CFA, FRM

Experience Range: 4 - 6 years of experience working in Product Control / Middle Office / Market or Credit Risk role

Foundational skills:

- Basic understanding of Counterparty Credit risk, Market Risk and regulations impacting investment banking

- Knowledge of financial instruments including the valuation of OTC derivatives in IR, FX, Credit

- Knowledge of pricing vanilla derivative products and their risk drivers like Futures, Options, Indexes, CDS, FRAs, SWAPs, SWAPTIONs, CAPs/FLOORs.

- Understanding of Greeks and impacts on PnL

- Strong Technical Skills including: Excel/VBA programming

- Effective communication skills with proficiency in English language.

- Ensure BAU deliveries and handover to US partners

- Stakeholder Management

- Identify prospective changes and drive execution

Desired skills :

- Analytical mindset

- Should be a strong team player

- Should exhibit a 'Can do' attitude

Work Timings:

Shift Timings: AMRS Shift (1330 till 2230)

Job Location: Mumbai