Sr. Consultant – Product Control – Hfs
Company | Northern Trust |
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Location | Tempe, AZ, USA, Chicago, IL, USA |
Salary | $83100 – $141300 |
Type | Full-Time |
Degrees | |
Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Understanding of the trade lifecycle, pricing, and valuation of multiple asset classes preferred (e.g. Fixed Income, Rates Derivatives, Credit Derivatives, Equities, FX)
- Experience with pricing vendors such as Markit, BVAL, LoanX, IDC/ICE, etc.
- Strong Excel skills required. VBA, Python or other programming language to format large data sets is preferred
- Ability to prioritize, multi-task, and perform effectively under deadlines.
- Understanding of the daily P&L process including reporting of T+0 Estimate and T+1 Actual P&L, performing daily quality control checks, and resolving valuation discrepancies
- Understanding of alternative investment custodians, administrators, and service providers.
Responsibilities
- Managing daily P&L process support for multiple HFS clients
- Daily review of quality control checks, resolving exceptions, and triggering price challenges or re-valuation requests on behalf of clients
- Daily engagement with clients to explain P&L differences and respond to inquiries
- Work closely with offshore Product Control team (India) on QC process and migration of work
- Delivering a final daily (and month-end) P&L statement to the client
- Understanding and explaining the key drivers behind the P&L movements
- Preparing/managing monthly (or more frequently as required) price verification process and associated reporting
- Updating and maintaining pricing policy for each financial type that is included in the client’s portfolio
- Prepare presentations and analysis as required on process improvement, valuation analysis, and technology enhancements
Preferred Qualifications
- Minimum 3-5 years of industry experience in one or more of the following fields: Valuations, Alternative asset operations, P&L/Performance
- Experience in a middle office, product control, valuation or audit environment
- Undergraduate degree in Finance/Accounting is preferable