Product controller / valuation analyst

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Company Profile: Product Controller / Valuation Analyst
Product Controller / Valuation Analyst vacancy
Product controller for an International Corporate Finance and Investment Banking operation. In order to provide optimal service to its customers, it has a global network of 109 offices, spread across 32 countries. The customers are large international companies, as well as first-rate financial institutions such as pension funds, insurance companies and banks. Product Control is the supplier of information to various internal departments within the bank, such as Trading, Market Risk, Credit Risk, Finance & Control and Transaction Processing. The role of an Product Controller within Product Control is a combination of daily tasks, problem-solving, analysis, project work both ad hoc within the dept as well as involvement in major systems/architecture changes. We are looking for an enthusiastic, pro-active person who can contribute to our aim to continually strive to provide excellent service to Front Office and all other customer departments.

Job Profile: Product Controller / Valuation Analyst
For the Mid Office Product Control department we are looking for an enthusiastic, pro-active product controller / valuation analyst, who can help the Business to operate in a well controlled environment. The valuation controller is responsible for ensuring that adequate and robust controls are in place regarding the businesses under his/her charge. The main focus of the Control team is to ensure a correct valuation and pricing of all product portfolios within the scope of Mid Office, such as Equity Derivatives, (Credit) Bonds and Interest Derivatives (linear and non-linear) and report the resultsw to the IPV commitee.
This can be divided in the following main activities:

• Independent Price Verification of trading portfolios; calculation/analysis of the correct value of the portfolios and determine the impact of identified variances.


• Monitoring/analysis of valuation corrections; ensure the validity/correctness of (manual) corrections made on the valuation of the portfolios.


• Off-market trade detection; verification that trading is performed at prevailing market levels.


• Trade review; verification that structured/non-linear trades are setup in line with term sheets and that applied valuation models are appropriate.


• Depending on the seniority of the controller, he/she needs to have or develop a profound understanding of the financial markets and products to act as an objective valuation expert and sparring partner for the Business and other stakeholders

Product Control has an important role in setting up new businesses, implementing new systems and improving existing processes and controls.
The role of the valuation controller is a combination of daily a

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32 - 40 uur