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Manager Product Control

Manager Product Control

CompanyRoyal Bank of Canada
LocationToronto, ON, Canada
Salary$Not Provided – $Not Provided
TypeFull-Time
Degrees
Experience LevelMid Level

Requirements

  • 2+ years’ of experience in a sophisticated Treasury or Capital Markets environment, supporting a trading desk
  • Excellent MS Excel, Database and SQL Skills
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, interpersonal and communication skills
  • Able to work effectively and reliably under pressure
  • Advanced understanding of procedures and operational controls as they relate to trading systems and workflows

Responsibilities

  • Daily P&L production, month-end reporting and reconciliation
  • Act as the primary point person for all Front Office queries and issues and effectively monitor, track, and complete tasks in a timely fashion
  • Perform daily valuation and analyze MTM movements by measuring the impact of new deals, amendments, cancellations as well as changes in yield curves, volatilities, convexity bias, rate reset and time decay where applicable
  • Pro-actively monitor all operational, valuation and risk management issues pertaining to the trading portfolios assigned
  • Communication of Daily, MTD and YTD results to the Desk Head, compare P&L Estimate vs. Actual results – explain variances and obtain sign-off
  • Prepare all monthly accounting entries to the G/L and conduct reconciliations to ensure figures are properly tied back to the systems of record
  • Provide support to Statutory and Regulatory Reporting and Head Office as it relates to the business – filling out relevant templates and providing adequate back up
  • Identify opportunities to improve valuation and risk reports and pro-actively streamline processes to improve productivity
  • Perform daily PNL and Balance Sheet reconciliations to ensure figures are properly tied back to the systems of records

Preferred Qualifications

  • Canadian Securities Course
  • Derivative Fundamental Course
  • CFA Candidates or Charter holders