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Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator
new market leading investment bank
An exciting opportunity has opened up for an experienced Project Coordinator to work at this very high profile Investment Bank as a member of their Finance Control Team. You will be involved in all areas of tracking project status, gatheirng information from all members of the team and providing regular progress report sto ensure all deadlines are met. This is initally a 3 month role, with an immediate start.
Main Function
The role is for a project coordinator to support the project team.
Main Duties
Assist with meeting coordination and agenda preparation.
Prepare and/or edit meeting minutes, presentations and tables.
Assist with document distribution (including comms) to stakeholders.
Assist with maintenance of project RAIDs and interface with PMO.
Assist with aligning milestones across workstreams and monitoring/tracking individual workstream and overall project progress.
Collect contributions from the project team (including business analysts and customers as relevant), record and manage.
Assist with enforcement of adherence to deadlines through proactive coordination and monitoring across all workstreams.
Responsible for generation of all regular project reporting.
Maintain and file documents methodically within an agreed project documents library structure.
Person Requirements
Required:
Previous experience as a project coordinator, preferably gained within the PMO of a sizeable programme involving large numbers of stakeholders; strong general administration experience.
Excellent MS Powerpoint, Word and Excel skills.
Experienced Sharepoint user.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Proactive approach demonstrated by a track record of taking initiative and identifying opportunities to add value to a project by efficient organisation, coordination and reporting activities.
Preferred:
Experience of MS Project.
Experience of working on a major Finance change programme.
PRINCE 2 or equivalent qualification.
Financial Control
Financial Control
Our Client, a leading world Investment Bank, is looking for Financial Controller to work within their structured products team. The business is challenging and offers the opportunity to interact with various areas within the Bank including Front Office. The team mainly consists of qualified accountants with a range of experience across a number of product areas.
The applicant will be responsible for;
- Prepare management month end reporting for the entities involved within the structures covering trade P&L, balance sheet movements, intercompany mismatches, and tax entries.
- The role requires the applicant to prepare financial statements for a number of legal entities under IFRS and UK GAAP.
- To perform quarterly consolidated financial reporting for the Bank and document any applicable hedge effectiveness testing.
- The applicant will be required to work with front office to resolve accounting issues and queries in relation to the structures they are responsible for
The successful candidate will have good technical understanding of accounting concepts in accordance with IFRS, and UK GAPP knowledge would be beneficial. You will be ACA, CIMA or ACCA qualified or equivalent and have strong Excel skills. You will be a good communicator with the confidence to deal with front office and senior finance management on complex accounting issues.
Nostro Cash and Securities Reconciliations
Nostro Cash and Securities Reconciliations
A new position has com available in a small team responsible for funding Primary nostros, Security trading Nostros and Euroclear cash accounts within a world recognized Custodian.
Role responsibilities
• Provide liquidity trader with Primary Nostro balances at specific times during the day to assist cash management process.
• Provide support to Treasury trading function.
• Pro-active approach to cash funding to maximize net interest revenue.
• Use and create system tools that increase efficiency and reduce human risk.
Specific Duties:
• Monitor and verify balances on Primary / Security Nostros and Euroclear/other cash accounts.
• Provide liquidity trader with accurate balances at specific times during the day and resolve discrepancies promptly.
• Identify exceptional account activity that impacts the funding process and pro-actively take action to avoid losses.
• Liaison with other treasury sites within the firm, internal departments, custody sites and agent banks to resolve funding issues.
• Prompt escalation of all potential problems to team manager.
Specific Qualifications/Skills:
• Evidence of professional study (preferred)
• Previous relevant reconciliations experience required
• A Level (or equivalent) although degree (or equivalent) preferred
• Knowledge of cash payments or liquidity management would be a strong advantage although exposure to high-pressure deadline orientated workflow essential
• Security settlements experience a strong advantage.
Head of MI, research and customer Insight
Head of MI, research and customer Insight
My Client is a top 10 global wealth manager, and the UK’s largest, with total client assets of £151.3bn under management. With offices in over 20 countries, My Client serves affluent, high net worth and intermediary clients worldwide, providing international and private banking, investment management, fiduciary services and brokerage.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of world class global MI, Research and Customer insight provision for the whole of the company
The successful candidate will work with the Head of Business Development to ensure the company has in place the most effective tracking; reporting and insight function in order to facilitate the exponential growth of the firm.
Responsibility's will include:
Evaluate the needs of all key stakeholders in the business who either: currently use or have the desire and need to use the central MI, Research and Customer Insight Teams.
Evaluate all current Data, MI and Customer insight activities and ensure the current teams are structured in the most appropriate manner to deliver the solutions required.
Manage the relationships with key stakeholders in the business monitoring the value and output of the data / MI we provide to them.
Input to all GAMMA work streams related to MI, Data and Business Intelligence to ensure the Data, MI and Customer Insight team’s needs are included in this business transformation project.
Work closely with Business Development Country Heads to identify proactive opportunities for new and existing clients.
Provide weekly reports to the Head of Business Development and other key stakeholders as required.
Full responsibility for a team of 12 – 15 individuals who have strong technical expertise in their field of
Recruit, develop and train your individual team members to ensure you retain and grow key talent.
The successful candidate will Ideally have experience in managing remote resources and the ability to manage a diverse team.
Significant experience of leading and developing a high quality team of graduate calibre professionals within a large company
Previous experience of change management and implementing new data teams would be advantageous.
Skilled in assessment and implementation of large scale data / reporting teams / systems.
Expertise in statistical / data modelling work with a background in or knowledge of client insight modelling techniques and their application in tool such as SAS & KXEN and how to leverage analytics to leverage commercial objectives and deeper client understanding.
Qualifications
A high quality degree level education and a first class general academic track record with solid numerical, analytical and commercial skills.
Finance Business Partner - London
Finance Business Partner - London
The client is looking to hire a strong candidate to take on a position in the middle office, which faces off to the product and the finance teams. The role essentially has been created to develop analysis for the client and discover what is driving the income of the company, the candidate will also be the key contact throughout the budget process and thus be finalising the budget splits.
Due to the exposure to various departments and different people within the business, including reporting to the COO, the candidate will receive a full understanding of the whole company picture. Therefore development post this role can be very varied. The candidate could rotate into a front office business partner role or move into a product management environment.
There will be no supervisory responsibilities within in this role.
Purpose of role:
The role holder will support the consolidated monthly reporting process and manage the in year and short term planning
process.
Core accountabilities:
Month End Reporting Process
The role holder will support the production of the monthly reported results within the Group and business unit timelines. They will be responsible for the production of informative and add value business commentary to inform senior management on the performance of individual business units.
Financial Planning
The successful candidate will co-ordinate the short term financial planning activity across the various finance teams: Financial Control, Performance and Planning, Capital and Tax. They will be expected to liaise regularly with finance and business teams to understand in year forecast.
Ad Hoc Analysis
The role holder will deep drill into business unit performance for a clear understanding of key business drivers.
Job title: Central Reporting Manager
Business unit/team: Finance
Corporate title: Analyst 5 / AVP
Reporting line: Head of Central Finance Reporting
Role requirements
Business Skills:
The role holder should have strong communication skills and be comfortable with different levels of seniority in both formal and informal settings. They will have the ability to perform creatively for problem solving / issue resolution.
Commercial Effectiveness
The successful candidate should demonstrate an understanding of Financial Services Industry (preferably relating to Wealth Management); an understanding of business operating models and best practice; and an understanding of both operational and revenue producing environments.
Technical Knowledge:
The ideal candidate will demonstrate technical financial accounting and reporting knowledge (IFRS, Regulatory Reporting) gained within the Financial Services Industry, a leading Accountancy Firm or related studies. They should also have a sound understanding of end-to-end financial control/accounting processes and related issues.
Professional/technical experience
It is expected that the role holder will have a track record of success within previous roles.
Academic and professional qualifications:
Qualified Accountant or equivalent (depending on market in which relevant experience gained)
Personal attributes:
The role holder will be a strong Team Player (collaborative, listens effectively and shows empathy) whilst being an excellent communicator. Commercial Acumen is essential, the ideal candidate will be confident, assertive, creative and enthusiastic with a strong can-do attitude whilst being a quick learner and self-starter. They will have strong attention to detail and accuracy with exceptional analytical and numerical skills. The ideal candidate will have the ability to work well under pressure and deliver results while remaining aware of personal development requirements, proactively working to progress professionally and address development areas. To succeed in this role the candidate will possess personal resilience.
Quantitative Market Risk Analyst - London
Quantitative Market Risk Analyst - London
We are looking for a quantitative analyst to join the Risk Methodology group in London for a large European investment bank. You will need to have specialised in the measurement of market risk. There are two main areas,
• Risk Methodology, which is responsible for the development and specification of the quantitative methodologies used for measuring market risk, including Value at Risk (VaR).
• Model Validation, which is responsible for independent validation of the pricing models used by the firm, for P&L and risk sensitivity reporting purposes.
You will be aligned to a particular business area, and will be required to provide quantitative support to those needs identified by the business cluster manager. Each analyst also participates in regular business meetings led by the relevant cluster manager.
The major responsibilities of this role relate to the development and specification of quantitative methodologies, which are used to measure market risk. The following responsibilities for the specific cluster/business line analysed will be to:
• Ensure that all risk models are adequately documented for both internal and external (e.g. regulatory) purposes.
• Develop and specify the firm's Value at Risk (VaR) model.
• Understand the products traded and trading strategies used.
• Identify all sources of market risk.
• Ensure that any risk not captured by the VaR model is measured within the Risks-not-in-VaR framework.
• Support the development and specification of the Economic Risk Capital (ERC) model.
• Collaborate closely with the Model Validation group to ensure that the risk sensitivities used for risk calculations are appropriate.
• Collaborate closely with the data team to ensure that the historical data used in VaR or ERC calculations are appropriate.
• Ensure that any changes to methodology are appropriately project-managed for implementation.
It is essential that you have extensive experience in the preparation of financial documentation, suitable for presentation to senior management and regulatory bodies. You must be able to explain complicated concepts clearly to all stakeholders, both through written documents and direct interactions and you should also have a very good understanding of financial securities, and in particular an understanding of derivative instruments and the risks they generate.
Administration Assistant - Risk
Administration Assistant - Risk
new prestigious investment bank
Are you an administrator looking for career progression? Interested in developing a career in Risk Management in one of th worlds biggest investment banks? If so then read on, this could be the opportunity you have been waiting for...
Responsiblities
Reporting to a Senior Risk Manager, you will be responsible for providing administrative support to the entire Risk Management team.
- You will be responsible for the day-to-day administration of the function in the accomplishment of its tasks.
- This will include assistance in arranging the regular and ad hoc meetings required in the risk governance process, the preparation and co-ordination with all those involved, particularly whenever team members are travelling.
- You will be responsible for making travel arrangements for the team as and when required
- You will assist the Deputy Global Head of Risk Management in the tasks required to ensure the smooth-running of the financial and budget routines, the HR processes necessary in the life of the function and to facilitate the regular sharing and communication of key information related to the business.
- In addition to the tasks above, and where time and the relevant knowledge requirements allow, you will be requested to provide support to Credit & Risk projects and initiatives as they arise from time to time. You will be encouraged to participate actively in the life of the function and to take on additional areas of responsibility wherever practical and appropriate.
Experience and skills required:
- You will be very well organised and possess good administrative skills
- You will have an ability to work under tight time pressure and deadlines in support of commercial needs
- You will demonstrate an enquiring mind and a willingness to learn new tasks.
While initially an administrative role, this position is designed to provide opportunity to someone willing to learn and progress in the risk function by becoming involved more actively in the day-to-day tasks involved
Regulatory Reporting Officer
Regulatory Reporting Officer
Our Client, a loading Investment Bank, is looking for a Regulatory Reporting Officer to join a new team. The position is within the Regulatory department of UK Finance. The group is a service-orientated business comprised of specialised individuals with knowledge and expertise in understanding, managing and delivering financial information to our regulators. The group is also dedicated to adding value to clients and improving efficiency, quality and controls.
The regulatory controllers department is a high profile function, providing financial information to the Financial Services Authority, Bank of England, Office of National Statistics and the Federal Reserve Bank.
The main responsibilities will be;
- Preparation of the monthly, quarterly and annual returns for submission to the Bank of England.
- Establish a fully function production process.
- Frequent communication with other JPM Finance and Business areas.
A background in accounting and finance is a preference as well as knowledge of Investment Products. You will have strong interpersonal skills and have the ability to work to tight deadlines.
Compliance Manager - London
Compliance Manager - London
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Compliance Manager to join a top tier investment bank. You will be responsible for providing front line compliance advisory support across the business including both onshore and offshore banking, investment and corporate banking solutions.
Responsibilities
• Ensuring resolution of all compliance advisory issues across the relevant jurisdictions, in conjunction with other compliance colleagues.
• Provide a consistent approach to compliance issues across all the relevant jurisdictions.
• Review and ensure that controls within the business are fit for purpose and address current and future regulatory requirements.
• Ensure that the businesses maintain an appropriate level of compliance with existing and future policies.
• Participation in all major regulatory projects that have a business impact, ensuring that changes are appropriately landed in the business.
• Ensure effective implementation of all new compliance policies.
• Ensure that an appropriate level of compliance monitoring is undertaken in respect of the core risks of the business
• Carry out ad hoc risk based reviews and assist the Monitoring Team with reviews and helping the business to devise and close out on corrective action plans.
• Production of timely and effective management reporting to the business stakeholders and compliance management.
• Represent the compliance team and the Head of at key governance forums (risk committees).
Skills
• The suitable candidate will have relevant experience in a UK or International Private Banking institution with wide ranging front office experience.
• An excellent understanding of UK regulatory requirements (COBs, conflicts on interest, PA Dealing, best execution etc).
• Strong understanding of global regulatory environments.
• In-depth knowledge of financial products (both banking and investment), sales and relationship management and key operational processes relating to a sales channel.
• Must be able to demonstrate an understanding of the need to balance commercial and regulatory risk.
• Be able to demonstrate strong conflict management and influencing skills and the ability to progress controversial issues with pragmatic workable solutions.
• Background in financial services regulation is essential.
• Educated to degree level (or equivalent) and a first class general academic track record.
• The role holder will be a strong leader who will continually strive to improve personal development, and development of colleagues.
• Strong understanding of UK, EU and International regulatory environments as day to day queries will include a wide range of topics including conduct of business rules, conflicts management and cross border sales.
To apply for this role you will need to possess the relevant experience as listed above and have excellent communication skills. This is an exciting opportunity to join a top tier investment bank in a growing team which offers excellent career progression.
To apply for this role you must be eligible to work within the UK.
Financial Control
Financial Control
Our Client, a leading global Investment Bank, is looking for a Financial Controller to join a team of three people. The team provides Product Control support to the ABS Investment desk. The main products traded are ABS across all collateral classes and the candidate will have daily contact with the Front Office, Valuation Control, Operations and Market Risk and therefore will be a conduit to ensure all departments have accurate and timely information.
The candidate will be responsible for;
· Daily and monthly p&l and balance sheet reconciliation and substantiation of the general ledger
· Preparation of monthly IFRS accounts including preparation of monthly journals & submission of Group disclosures
· Working with valuation and accounting controls and Operations to ensure accuracy and completeness of balances passing to the general ledger
· Assist with establishing and implementing correct accounting for all products – in particular implementation of IFRS 9
· Effective communication with stakeholders and other support teams
· Process development and improvement
· Liaising with Auditors (internal and external)
· Ad hoc projects
The successful candidate will have a University degree 2:1 or equivalent, be a qualified ACA, CIMA, ACCA accountant or equivalent, have Proven Product control/ Business Financial Control experience from major investment bank within Fixed Income, Credit and/ or Structured Credit experience and IFRS accounting knowledge will be considered an advantage.
The candidate must be proactive, ready to challenge existing practices, identify control and efficiency improvements and have the credibility and drive to implement these changes, while balancing the requirements of numerous stakeholders.