EMEA Debt Capital Markets Product Controller - Associate

You will play a vital role in monitoring and analyzing trader activities and market events. You will ensure timely P&L and risk sign-off, contributing to the accuracy and integrity of financial statements in compliance with regulatory standards.

As an EMEA Debt Capital Markets Product Controller – Associate in the Product Control department, you will be involved in monitoring and analyzing traders' activities, risk positioning, and related market events. You will ensure P&L and risk are signed off on time, in compliance with appropriate standards. Additionally, you will handle daily P&L reporting during the month-end cycle and perform income attributions as per transfer-pricing agreements. In a demanding regulatory environment, you will ensure compliance with regulatory requirements on financial statement accuracy and completeness.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop excellent partnership skills with other functions (Deal teams, Business Management, Middle Office, Technology, Front Office, and Financial Control) and Product Control peers in other regions.
• Collaborate with the EMEA GIB business and the wider F&BM team to provide effective support and control oversight, maintaining a strong control environment and facilitating business growth.
• Report P&L and risk, month-end close, analysis of revenue drivers, balance sheet movements, and linking business activity to full financial results.
• Manage the impact of legal entity and regulatory changes on product control for the Capital Markets business, including Volcker Reporting requirements.
• Support the month-end close process in partnership with the Financial Control team (based in Delaware and Mumbai) through review of the EMEA GIB balance sheet and P&L, including investigation and resolution of variances and month-end issues.
• Play a key role in new and ongoing EMEA GIB and finance-related projects, participating in technology agenda book of work and increasing regional involvement in global initiatives. This includes enhancements to the General Ledger, Client Billing, and P&L Aggregator systems.
• Challenge existing control operating models and identify control issues/risks, resulting in increased efficiency and implementation of effective control processes.
• Participate in Internal Audit and/or Risk-driven product reviews and deep dives. Be a key participant in new product approvals from a Finance perspective.
• Ensure rigorous compliance with control policies, standards, and procedures, including Corporate Accounting Policies, P&L and Risk minimum standards, Product Control accountability standards, Income attribution agreements, and Volcker compliance.

Required Qualifications, Skills, and Capabilities:

• Part/Qualified accountant (ACA/CIMA/ACCA) or equivalent with strong accounting and double-entry skills, able to navigate product P&L and balance sheets with ease.
• Proven skills in identifying and resolving control and risk management issues impacting financial results.
• Sound commercial acumen and financial services industry awareness.
• Confident communicator (verbal, written, and listening) accustomed to dealing with numerous partners/stakeholders, works well under pressure, prioritises and manages time effectively, and anticipates needs in a rapidly changing environment.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, with a strong control focus.
• Ability to challenge the status quo, generate ideas, and solve problems.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and team-building skills. Ability to manage several projects and tasks concurrently.
• Enthusiastic, highly motivated, and committed individual.

Preferred Qualifications, Skills, and Capabilities:

• Knowledge of Banking products.

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.