Macquarie Group:
Macquarie Group (Macquarie) is a global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment and funds management services. We focus on areas of business where our particular skills and expertise deliver a real advantage for clients, concentrating resources where we can add the most value. Macquarie has been active in the United States for over a decade. Today we have more than 2,400 professionals in offices in 18 US locations. This team is complemented by the resources of Macquarie's international network of 13,400 people in 28 countries.
The Finance Division supports Macquarie's operating areas by providing financial and product control, financial planning, capital management, management reporting and budgeting and divisional accounting services. The Division is located in nearly all locations where Macquarie has operations. The Product Control group is structured along business lines with a dedicated team co-located with, and providing support to, each operating area.
This is a challenging, valued and visible role within Macquarie's Financial Management Group (FMG). You will be responsible for the Product Control function for various business lines within Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities (FICC) and Macquarie Securities Group (MSG). Business lines supported include Credit Division, Debt Capital Markets, Repo Desk, Structured Commodities Finance, Cash Equities, Equity Stock Borrow / Loan, and Self Clearing.
Key areas of responsibility include:
- Preparation and analysis of daily profit and loss reports
- Daily reconciliation and analysis of balance sheet
- Reconciliation of daily cash movements and funding requirements
- Responding to front office queries
- Month-end activities including: posting month end journals, review of intercompany balances, transfer pricing, regulatory capital charges, reconciliation of the balance sheet
- Month-end management reporting
- Month end and intra-month price verification
- Off balance sheet reporting
- Completion of ad-hoc requests from front office, regulatory, other finance areas, and tax
- Business forecast and analysis
Ad hoc:
- Responsible for completing and approving analysis and assessments of new business initiatives and product launches
- Participate in projects that improve controls, processes and system enhancements
Key skill requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting
- Strong background in credit products
- Four+ years experience in a Middle Office, Product Control, or Business Unit Controller role
- CPA not required but preferred. Non-CPA candidates must have the required accounting credits to sit for the CPA if successful for the role
- Sound technical accounting skills including US GAAP and IFRS
- Strong analytical skills
- Clear communicator
- Ability to develop and manage relationships with other support groups, front office and business management
- Ability to work and contribute as part of a team
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to work independently
- Must have a strong background in credit products
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