Senior Specialist: Product Control at Liberty Group South Africa

Purpose

• Responsible for evaluating the P&L data for risk and industry trends, as well as product efficiency in order to determine the progress of trader performance in line with the market.

Qualification and Experience

• CFA qualification with experience in investment industryIFRS accounting and valuation knowledge
• 5-8 years experience in a similar environment

Process

• Accountable for the improvement of quality, service and work outputs, continuously recommending improvements.
• Plan for the organisation of work outputs and process improvement activities in light of a specific situational context related to the area of specialisation.
• Proactively identify area of specialisation related problems, determine cause and effect and recommend the best option to implement corrective action based on previous experience.
• Involved in the control and price testing, balance sheet and expense analysis.
• Test the market data and front office systems regularly and report accordingly.
• Daily sourcing and reporting on market position, PnL and Cash Flow information
• Maintaining and developing reconciliation process between the daily risk / PL attribution and source inputs
• Confirming of trades / positions booked daily into the various systems

Customer

• Provide specialist expertise and advice to internal/external customers, that builds strong relationships and creates a favourable impression aligned to Treating the Customer Fairly (TCF) principles.

Finance

• Adhere to financial controls, governance and compliance policies and processes throughout an area of specialisation, contributing to cost efficiency.

Learning and Growth

• Contribute positively to human capability improvement, related to knowledge optimisation and associated with area of specialisation.

Governance

• Comply to risk and governance policies, implement and provide subject matter input to the development of related processes, applicable to the area of specialisation.

Technical Competencies

• Financial Acumen (Intermediate)
• Financial Analysis (Proficient)
• Research and Information Gathering (Intermediate)

Behavioural Competencies

• Relationship Management and Networking (Intermediate)
• Problem Solving and Analysis (Intermediate)
• Professional/Technical learning (Intermediate)