Global Expertise Lead Financial Markets Product Control

The Financial Markets (FM) strategy is to service institutional, corporate and retail clients with the financial markets products that they require. It's a client driven business franchise.

To support the global FM business, the FM value chain delivers financial markets products to clients in the most operationally efficient manner in the various countries and legal entities required by global and local regulations. Finance, Risk Management, Tech and Operations are part of this value chain. Financial Markets Product Control is directly enabling the business through independent financial control, support and advise.

We redefine FM Product Control for the bank. What about you? 

There has never been a more interesting time to work at FM Product Control. We’re on a journey that’s centred around our business partner, powered by technology changes and driven by smart, determined people.

Your key responsibilities

As Global Expertise Lead for FM Product Control you deliver with your teams the reporting and control frameworks, enabling processes and knowledge expertise for Financial Markets Product Control globally. Furthermore, this role is key in delivering the strategic operating model for Product Control, which will enable control and support of the Financial Markets business in realising its (long-term) ambitions.

The department consists of multiple expertise areas, including financial reporting, valuation (reporting), policies & frameworks, controls and change projects & coordination.

You will lead the Expertise team for FM Product Control and will guide and motivate your staff to continuously improve the product control activities globally. You will work closely together with the management team members of Finance FM, including the CFO FM and regional heads of FM Product Control, and other key Finance stakeholders (Group Finance, COO Finance, local Finance). In addition, you will work closely together with the Trading Risk Department (CRO/Financial Risk) on P&L, Valuation and Market data topics, and with change areas (COO Finance/Risk, FMGT tribe, FME programme) on Product Control related Change topics.

As Head of CoE FM Product Control you:

• Participate in the Management Team for WB Finance / FM.

• Oversee the monthly and quarterly financial and regulatory closing process, covering amongst others FM financial reporting and valuation topics and GV&IC.

• Provide specific analysis and advice on financial reporting, valuation and other FM Product Control-related topics.

• Participate in the Global FM Parameter Committee, have oversight of the content preparation and ensure all valuation related risk and issues are highlighted and addressed.

• Define and roll-out the frameworks, policies and standards for Product Control Financial Markets.

• Oversee and coordinate the SOX and controls processes for WB Finance / FM.

• Initiate and support optimisation of Product Control delivery, processes, controls and standards.

• Oversee and coordinate Product Control related change initiatives and projects, set and manage Product Control functional requirements towards Risk, COO, FM, Finance and other stakeholders.

• Interact with internal and external auditors and supervisors.

How to succeed 

We hire smart people like you for your potential. Our biggest expectation is that you’ll stay curious. Keep learning. Take on responsibility. In return, we’ll back you to develop into an even more awesome version of yourself. 

We offer you; a clear purpose, personal growth & challenging work with great opportunities to realize your ambitions, an informal, dynamic environment with innovative colleagues supporting your endeavours and an agile way of working, where new ideas are valued ahead of convention.

As Head of CoE Product Control you also bring:

• A master’s degree in Finance or equivalent (e.g. Economics, Accounting, Auditing);

• 10+ years of (managerial) experience in a (business) control, risk management, accounting and/or product control activities in Financial Markets and/or Treasury position;

• The ability (proven track record) to implement a strategic direction;

• Excellent (senior) stakeholder management and communication skills (verbal and written, in English).

Rewards & benefits  

We want to make sure that it’s possible for you to strike the right balance between your career and your private life. You can find out more about our employment conditions here.  

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