Controller Product at Absa

Job Summary

The overall responsibility of this role includes daily P&L production and balance sheet substantiation, and/ or responsibility for process ownership within the prime and equities desk, and / or involvement in broader, floor wide Product Control initiatives

Job Description

• Accounting – posting to the General Ledger accurate and timely information
• Substantiation of the trading balance sheet – ensuring the full trading balance sheet can be substantiated
• Regulatory reporting alignment - ensuring the Balance sheet is aligned to reports send to regulators
• Data ownership – Ensuring the quality and accuracy of the data going downstream to other infrastructure areas
• Control environment – Overseeing the control environment in which the business operates
• P&L review – understanding and providing commentary on the P&L.
• In the process of production focus is needed on:
• Reporting – Ensuring reporting is accurate and timely
• Control – Continue to implement the on-going control environment and report any deficiencies or issues to managers
• Review and commentary on exotic derivative products and structures

Education

• Bachelors Degree and Professional Qualifications: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required), Other: Accounting