Job Description
18-month contract
This is not a remote position
Responsibilities :
- Focus of the role is MBS.
- Reconcile daily FO P&L to the Official P&L
- Explain and comment on economic P&L using P&L Explain Tools
- Produce a Step Reval Explain and Risk based P&L Explain on a daily basis
- Engage trade support and Front Office to resolve operational & booking issues
- Work with Front Office, Finance, and Market Risk to finalize month end P&L
- Discuss and review trading P&Ls with management
- Ensure all appropriate controls and processes are executed and well documented
- Substantiate and resolve Back office inquiries, ledger vs. P&L systems
- Contribute to ongoing process and control improvements / efficiencies
- Liaise with trading floor personnel and ensure a satisfactory resolution of all FO inquiries
- Interact with Operations functions and other infrastructure groups to support a 'one team approach'
- Ensure timely and efficient dissemination of data and the resolution of inquiries
- Identify and escalate time / risk sensitive issues to the team supervisor
- Cohesively explain and maintain own position, logically, in light of differing views
- Liaise with trading floor personnel and ensure a satisfactory resolution of all FO inquiries
- Interact with Operations functions and other infrastructure groups to support a 'one team approach'
- Strive to meet or surpass the service level agreement
- Manage deadlines and objectives
- Ensure timely and efficient dissemination of data and the resolution of inquiries
- Identify and escalate time / risk sensitive issues to the team supervisor
- Cohesively explain and maintain own position, logically, in light of differing views
- Focus on the needs of the business
- Act with integrity, accepting responsibility for actions
- Recognize opportunities for creativity and development of processes
- Achieve a sensible work/life balance.
Required Skills:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent required
- 7+ years of previous experience in P&L Control, Financial Control, or a Middle Office environment
- 3+ years in a P&L function
- MUST have prior experience covering Mortgage Backed Securities P&L
- MUST have a strong understanding of Mortgage Back Securities (MBS) and other Fixed Income products including Bonds and Interest Rate swaps and Interest rate Swaps.
- Experience in pricing, valuation or hedging of derivatives and P&L Explain
- Fluency in financial markets with an emphasis on Fixed Income
- Knowledgeable of the Greeks
- Superior attention to detail and accuracy
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills a must
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills a must
- Ability to work as part of a team in a "split team" organization
- Strong Excel & PC skills with proven ability to work with multiple systems
- Spirit of continuous improvement
- Display good relationship qualities, team spirit, and ability to work across teams
- Graduate degree in Finance, Math or Engineering or other quantitative disciplines
- Working knowledge of Programming languages such as VBA, SQL & Python
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