Overview
Senior-level Product Control role providing P&L and valuation control coverage for the securitised products business, with primary responsibility for Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) and Agency Collateralised Mortgage Obligations (CMOs).
What you'll do
- Own daily P&L production, review, substantiation and commentary for assigned securitised product books, ensuring timely delivery and clear explanation of revenue drivers.
- Review P&L attribution across new issue activity, market moves, carry, prepayment behaviours, time decay, convexity, basis risk, financing / repo, cancellations / amendments and manual adjustments.
- Lead timely front-office P&L sign-off by investigating material flash-to-actual variances.
- Oversee daily and month-end reconciliations across front office, risk, sub-ledger and general ledger systems; drive root cause resolution of recurring breaks with Technology, Operations and Middle Office.
- Review and challenge balance-sheet completeness, position integrity, trade populations, inventory reconciliations and accounting-policy application across relevant legal entities.
- Act as senior point of contact for Trading, Risk, Valuation Control, Operations, Treasury, Technology, Financial Control, Audit and Regulatory Reporting on complex P&L, valuation and control issues.
- Take ownership of month-end close activities, including accounting-to-economic P&L reconciliation, journal review, certification support and preparation of reporting packs for senior finance and trading management.
- Support new-product onboarding, system migrations, booking model changes, control framework enhancements and user acceptance testing.
- Identify and lead process-improvement, automation and AI-enabled initiatives across P&L and BO processes, reconciliations, variance commentary and management reporting.
- Maintain procedures, control documentation, audit evidence and issue-tracking records; monitor KRIs, SLAs and control thresholds, escalating breakdowns promptly to key stakeholders.
- Review or supervise junior team members, manage escalations and communicate complex valuation and P&L issues to senior stakeholders.
What you'll need
- Qualified finance professional: CA or MBA in Finance or any related discipline.
- Typically 5-7 years of experience in Product Control, Valuation Control, Middle Office, Risk or Fixed Income Finance, with substantial exposure to securitised products.
- Deep knowledge of Fixed Income and Securitised Products such as Agency MBS, CMOs, ABS, structured credit and related derivatives or hedging instruments.
- Demonstrated experience owning daily P&L, P&L attribution, front-office sign-off, IPV, reserves/valuation adjustments, reconciliations and month-end close.
- Solid knowledge of GAAP/IFRS fair-value accounting concepts, financial instrument classification, valuation reserves and internal controls over financial reporting.
- Experience reviewing or supervising junior team members, managing escalations and communicating complex valuation and P&L issues to senior stakeholders.
- Ability to apply Python, SQL and workflow-automation tools to improve data ingestion, P&L production and recurring control activities.
- Ability to partner with Technology, Data and Audit to ensure AI solutions satisfy data quality, privacy, security and responsible AI requirements.
Nice to have
- Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity and optimise workflows, applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.
Details
- Location: Mumbai, India (DIPL Mumbai).
- Reports to AVP / VP Business Finance Lead.
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