Leads accounting integrity and control activities for futures and derivatives clearing. Owns general ledger balances, validates accounting flows under US GAAP, identifies and remediates reconciliation and reporting issues, strengthens financial reporting controls, and coordinates complex initiatives across Finance, Operations, Technology, audit, and control functions. The role also drives process improvements, risk reduction, and balance sheet substantiation while managing multiple priorities in a high-risk financial services environment.
This role is a senior Futures and Derivatives Clearing (FDC) accounting and controls lead with responsibility for the integrity of financial records, remediation of accounting issues, and development of a robust control framework across the Securities & Derivatives product set.
Responsibilities:
- Own and ensure the integrity of FDC financial records and general ledger (GL) balances.
- Review and validate end-to-end accounting flows for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with US GAAP.
- Identify accounting, reconciliation, and reporting gaps and drive remediation to closure.
- Design, implement, and enhance the control environment around financial reporting and balance sheet substantiation.
- Partner with Finance, Operations, Technology, and other stakeholders to validate processes and deliver improvements.
- Lead and co-ordinate resolution of historical accounting and control issues.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement, efficiency gains, and cost reduction.
- Build strong relationships across business, finance, operations, technology, audit, and control functions.
The successful candidate would:
- Demonstrate deep understanding of GL architecture, accounting flows, reconciliations, and substantiation.
- Be able to challenge existing processes and implement sustainable solutions.
- Lead complex remediation initiatives involving multiple stakeholders.
- Strengthen the control framework and reduce financial and operational risk.
- Ensure compliance with US GAAP and internal policy requirements.
Qualifications:
- Extensive years of experience across Financial Services, Operations, Product Control, Financial Control, or Accounting.
- Qualified Accountant (CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
- Strong understanding of FDC products and related accounting.
- Deep GL, balance sheet, and reconciliation experience.
- Proven experience managing regulatory, audit, accounting, or control remediation initiatives.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities in a high-risk environment.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
- Master’s degree preferred
- Qualified Accountant
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Job Family Group: Operations - Transaction Services------------------------------------------------------
Job Family:Securities and Derivatives Processing------------------------------------------------------
Time Type:Full time------------------------------------------------------
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