Fixed Income Financing Product Controller – Analyst

An exciting role within Corporate & Investment Bank Finance & Business Management, supporting the Fixed Income Financing trading desk and key stakeholders with a primary focus on balance sheet. The role is focused on providing financial analysis to help the desk optimize its liquidity footprint in a fast-paced environment. 

 

As a Corporate & Investment Bank – Fixed Income Financing Controller – Analyst, you will work with a truly global team and contribute to meaningful outcomes across both the broader Finance organization and the Fixed Income Financing business. You will have the opportunity to operate as a key business partner, providing insights that inform strategic decisions on resource management. You will also work cross-functionally with CIB Treasury, Corporate Treasury, Technology, Operations, and other Finance & Business Management teams to deliver high-impact firmwide initiatives and process improvement projects.

 

Job Responsibilities

 

• Assist with production of daily, monthly, and quarterly global and regional balance sheet reports.

• Provide detailed analysis and reporting on the financials to desk heads, business managers, and senior finance management.

• Drive coordination across various front & back-office support functions to ensure resolution of control and reporting issues in an accurate and timely manner.

• Understand key accounting concepts to help drive business decisions such as FIN41 netting accounting for repo products, loans, and securities.

• Support external disclosures and ensure reporting aligns with regulatory requirements and accounting standards.

• Investigate ad hoc requests, reconcile and adjust data, and explain key business activity to senior stakeholders.

• Identify, design, and implement process improvements with robust, documented, and transparent controls.

• Demonstrate a deep understanding of Fixed Income products, including financing transactions (repos and securities lending) and synthetic financing instruments (total return swaps and bond forwards).

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics or related area.

• Relevant experience within product control, financial control, accounting, or related field.

• Strong technical skills and experience working with large amounts of data (i.e. Excel, PowerPoint). 

• Results orientated without compromising control, strong attention to detail.

• Highly skilled at problem solving, with a logical and tenacious approach.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

• Self-motivated and willing to take initiative.

 

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

 

• Strong team player with the ability to work independently, as needed.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize effectively while demonstrating an ability and passion for process improvements. 
• Solid understanding of financial products such as repos, swaps, futures, and bonds in a trading environment.
• Some controller background (product control or financial control) is a plus.
• Experience with liquidity and/ or balance sheet desirable.

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
   We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marit