Financial Products Analytics - Team Leader

Your responsibilities

• Ownership of balance sheet accounts and associated reconciliations for trading assets and liabilities.
• Manage independent valuation of trading assets and liabilities within a defined framework.
• Defining, building, managing and maintaining appropriate control standards in accordance with the controls framework and measuring performance against these standards.
• Carrying out control reviews to detect unauthorized trading activity.
• Interaction with and presentation of financial data and controls to key external partners including external audit and regulators.
• Developing strong and positive working relationships with business heads and teams across a range of businesses while maintaining the ability to independently challenge as appropriate.
• Advising on new deal and new business activity to ensure that appropriate controls exist to support the business.
• Developing and implementing new projects, initiatives and regulatory requirements.

Your future colleagues

You will have an outstanding opportunity to join a highly respected international Investment Bank with stable boundaries that allows growth and invests in its employees who have the opportunity to collaborate with the best professionals in the market.

Product Control are the Financial Guardians of the Bank's trading activities. We are a global function employing around 800 people, present in offices across EMEA, APAC and the Americas. Our crucial role is fulfilled by ensuring complete, accurate and timely P&L, Balance Sheets and analysis. We also conduct the independent validation of the value of our trading portfolios and work with the businesses and the new business product groups to evaluate & integrate new products and businesses into our financial environment in a controlled manner. Product Control also guards the banks trading activities via the provision of reliable and relevant financial information provided to the business managers, external business partners and other relevant internal constituents. Importantly, we also execute controls to detect unauthorized trading or unusual activity and reporting in a timely manner to senior management.

Working for Product Control will allow you to become a well-trained financial professional with an internationally recognized profile around Finance and Accounting.

We are a department which values Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) and is committed to realizing the firm’s D&I ambition which is an integral part of our global cultural values

Your new employer

Find a new home for your skills, ideas, and ambitions. Credit Suisse offers you the ideal environment to progress your career, attractive benefits and excellent training.

We are a leading wealth manager with strong global investment banking capabilities founded in 1856. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, and with more than 45,000 employees from over 150 nations, we are always looking for motivated individuals to help us shape the future for our clients.

Credit Suisse is committed to providing equal employment opportunities, regardless of ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, civil partnership, marital or family status, pregnancy, disability or any other status that is protected as a matter of local law.

Credit Suisse is an equal opportunity employer. Welcoming diversity gives us a competitive advantage in the global marketplace and drives our success. Our bank provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities, as well as those with other needs or beliefs as may be protected under applicable local law. If you require assistance during the recruitment process, please let your recruiter know.

We are looking for:

• Graduate degree, Finance or Economics preferable but not mandatory, with 6 years’ of proven work experience in a financial organization. Prior PC experience within Investment Banking is preferable.
• Strong Excel and process skills.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills with proficiency in English.
• Detailed understanding of accounting policies and standards relating to investment banking products.
• Results-oriented and control mind-set combined with excellent organizational skills.
• Able to manage work to tight daily and monthly deadlines with precision and good attention to detail.
• Dedicated, self-starter with an ability to learn, a positive and "can do" attitude.
• Good interpersonal and people leadership skills.