1. Senior Product/Risk Controller Job Type: Contract  Location: London [South-East England]  Rate: £40 - £45 per hour  Qualification: ACA qualified  This Leading global investment bank is currently rapidly expanding its already established Credit Derivatives area. You will be responsible for production of daily P & L and risks for a range of trading desks using Multi-Credit Derivatives, including review of complex deals and reserves calculations - improvement/streamline of current processes. Implement best practices with the rest of the team. You will have excellent organisational prioritisation skills, be team work/control focused, with a change/improvement mentality, interest in products and markets, excellent communication skills, logical-mathematical mind, drive 3+ years' in derivatives product controls or ACA/CIMA background with experience/knowledge of derivatives products. 2. Statutory/IFRS/GAAP Accountant Job Type: Contract  Location: London [South-East England]  Rate: £30 - £35 per hour  Qualification: Qualified or Part-qualified Accountant  Leading Investment bank has an immediate opening within one of its Controlling areas. Main areas of responsibility will include: Assisting in coordinating and supporting live collection of USGAAP and IFRS financial information; Preparation of workbooks and queries to facilitate QA by senior management on reported financial data; Monitoring status and providing status reports to local and regional senior management; Substantiation of reported balances .Local management reporting and support of the consolidation process; Assist in review of Service Level Agreements and documentation specific to the transfer of the Sub consolidation responsibility Prepare Financial Review Forum pack; Review of flash and management reports and accounts Review of Analytical Review reports. Ideally you will be qualified or part-qualified (studying or non) with a background in financial Services - although not essential this would be preferred. 3. Intercompany Accountant Job Type: Temporary  Location: London [South-East England]  Rate: £35 per hour  Qualification: ACA, ACCA, CIMA, QBE qualified  The largest European investment bank in the City are looking for an experienced financial accountant either from a banking or blue chip environment. This role will support the IT and operations team with responsibilities ranging from intercompany reconciliation for P&L cost area and associated processes within the cost P&L, local substantiation, oversight of key controls. Monthly reconciliation of intercompany balances, involving extensive liaison with counterparts and detailed investigation of breaks, substantiation of balance sheet accounts owned by cost controlling to the support the re-engineering of Cost Controlling processes as well as responsibility for SOX controls, testing and documentation. 4. Interim Financial Controller Job Type: Contract  Location: London [South-East England]  Rate: £400 - £450 per day  Qualification: ACA/CIMA with 5 years' PQE or equivalent  This Global leader in online derivatives trading - with 10 global offices servicing 70+ countries is currently looking for an Interim Financial controller for a period of at least 18 months. You will be responsible for the following. Preparation of monthly management accounts, Preparation of entity statutory accounts, Balance sheet control, Running Accounts payable and payroll functions, Budgeting for the region, Managing Treasury aspects of the region, Performing capital adequacy calculations and reporting, Ensuring a strong financial control environment is maintained, Ensuring new business are brought on line with strong financial controls. Ideally you will be a qualified accountant with at least 5 years' PQE. and have performed a financial controller role in a financial services company. You will have had exposure to a regulatory environment Candidate must have excellent communication skills and be able to interact with staff at all levels. 5. Associate Director Job Type: Permanent  Location: London City, London [South-East England]  Salary: £85,000 including flexi pack + benefits + bonus  Qualification: Qualified ACA, CIMA, ACCA or QBE  Our client is looking to head the Asia Local Markets & Repo Trading Product Control Desk in London. This role will focus on all Asia Local Markets businesses booked in London but traded in Asia. The products traded include Credit Default Swaps, Interest Rate Derivatives, Emerging Market Bonds, Non Deliverable Forwards, Futures, Repurchase Agreements including Cross Currency Repos, Asset Swaps, Leveraged Loans & FX. Day to day responsibility would include: independent revenue reporting & being the first point of contact with regard to revenue related questions; managing a team of 3 experienced Product Controllers; verification of prices, rates & parameters used to value positions to sources independent of the trading desk; reserve calculations; review of new products or trades in terms of valuation, booking methodology & profit recognition; liaison with other departments such as Legal, Trade Support & Operations for all business development issues; daily & monthly revenue commentary and P&L decomposition. 6. Director of Equity Finance Product Control Job Type: Permanent  Location: London City, London [South-East England]  Salary: To £95,000 (inclusive of flexi pack) + banking benefits + bonus  Qualification: Qualified Accountant or qualified by experience  The Head Cash Equities is responsible for the functioning of the London based Product Control team. The London team drives best practice and policy across locations and provides ongoing support to the local Product Control teams in New York, Amsterdam and Hong Kong. The team currently comprises 5 staff being predominantly qualified Accountants. This Director's position will also be expected to co-ordinate with staff based in New York and Asia Pacific to ensure that best practice is adopted in Product Control across the globe and that revenues and balance sheet exposures are correctly accounted and adequately marked. With the consolidation of the reporting for these groups, as well as the requirement for Product Control to focus on balance sheet exposures as well as P&L, the opportunity has now arisen for a Director to join and head the team. This is a reflection of increased volumes, the complexity of the booking and accounting processes and the need to ensure uniform best practice across the group. 7. Product Control Role Job Type: Temporary  Location: London [South-East England]  Rate: to £42 per hour  Qualification: ACA, CIMA, ACCA, QBE qualified  This high profile team is the Controlling team that supports the Structured Credit Trading Desk. The desk trades mainly Asset Swap packages but the total product range is wide ranging including credit default swaps and more exotic interest rate derivatives. Primary responsibility is to produce risk and P&L for the trading desk, substantiate these numbers and explain them to both traders and controlling managers. This involves sensitivity analysis, New Deal P&L review and trade specific valuation/attribution analysis. BAC is often the key contact for a variety of departments (eg IT, Risk Management) hence there is interaction across all areas of the bank. The BAC also assists the Financial Controller in reconciling the G/L at month end. Candidate Summary: Team spirit, drive, willingness to learn, self starter/can do attitude, problem solving, controlled, product knowledge, interest in the market and in the product, excellent communication skills. 8. Fixed Income/Emerging Markets Job Type: Contract  Location: London [South-East England]  Rate: £40 - £45 per hour  Qualification: ACA qualified  Product Control of this Global Investment Bank is currently looking for an Emerging Markets Product Controller. Responsible for all Product control functions for over 60 Traders globally Products traded include Emerging Market Debt, Credit Default Swaps, Interest Rate Derivatives, Non Deliverable Forwards, Futures, Repurchase Agreements, Asset Swaps and FX. Duties include responsibility of the independent revenue reporting. P&L Production for the EMG desk. Verification of prices, rates and parameters. Reserve Calculations Review and approval of new products or trades in terms of valuation, methodology and profit recognition. Daily and Monthly Revenue Commentary and P&L decomposition. Performing the reconciliation of daily P&L between front and back office systems, clearance of breaks and reporting of adjustments to reconciled P&L. 9. Mergers and Acquisitions Business Area Control Job Type: Temporary  Location: London [South-East England]  Rate: £42 per hour  Qualification: ACA, CIMA, ACCA, QBE  The Mergers & Acquisitions business provides clients with services that include public takeovers, mergers and divestitures, competitor strategies and analyses, thematic industry pieces, balance sheet optimisation, dividend policy, corporate governance, dual track IPO's, business portfolio reviews and acquisition searches. Main Responsibilities: Building effective communication/partnering relationships with business area contacts; Respond to ad hoc queries from the Business; Production and development of Management Information for the Business; Independent verification and validation of fee income; Monitoring and updating pipeline data for future transactions; Performance of monthly accounting related policies and procedures; Provide comparative analysis (actual vs. plan or target, and forecast); Monitoring and substantiation of balance sheet accounts; Ad hoc queries and support as requested; Manage FX exposure; Recoverable expense and high level cost analysis. 10. Product Controller Job Type: Contract  Location: London [South-East England]  Rate: £42 per hour  Qualification: ACA, CIMA, ACCA, QBE qualified  Our client is looking for an experienced product controller whose main responsibilities will include: Supporting the Proprietary Trading business in a Product Control capacity; The products traded include Bonds, Bond Options, Futures, Swaptions, Repurchase Agreements, Cash Equity, Equity Derivatives, Interest Rate Swaps, Asset Swaps, FRAs, OIS and Loans & Deposits; Close liaison with traders and business managers, developing relationships with the front office and other support areas, promoting the role of product control; Maintenance of balance sheet control, including general ledger reconciliation, reconciliation of P&L daily between the front and back office systems, clearance of breaks and reporting of adjustments and reconciled P&L; Owner and initiator of daily P&L figures- ensure good explanations are including on relevant reports - including strong monthly trading Commentaries; Enhance control by ensuring that the level of P&L explanation is increased and improved. 11. Business Analyst Job Type: Contract  Location: London City, London [South-East England]  Rate: £500 per day  Qualification: ACA, CIMA or ACCA qualified or QBE  Our client requires a business analyst within Rates Finance to support the head of Accounting & Control in this project and also in the day-to-day issues of the group. Global Markets Finance is undertaking a project to produce more accurate "flash" Risk-Weighted Assets numbers. You will be working with the Manager on a Flash "RWA" project, analysing & quantifying issues and working to specify solutions for the resolution of those issues. The Accounting & Control team is a part of the Rates Finance team. The Rates Finance group are responsible for MIS, financial accounting and reporting, provision of credit & regulatory information, FOBO reconciliations, structured trades analysis and review, FAS133 hedging as well as other functions. The Accounting & Control team's primary responsibilities are to ensure the integrity of the financial accounts for London & Frankfurt. 12. Product Controller Job Type: Temporary  Location: London City, London [South-East England]  Rate: £40 - £45 per hour  Qualification: ACA Qualified  Product Control of this Global Investment Bank is currently looking for an Emerging Markets Product Controller. The Emerging Markets Product Control Desk is responsible for all Product control functions for over 60 Traders located globally The products traded include: emerging market debt; credit default swaps; interest rate derivatives; non deliverable forwards; futures; repurchase agreements; asset swaps and FX. Day to day duties would include responsibility of the independent revenue reporting and also be the first point of contact with regard to revenue related questions. The role would include the following activities: P&L Production for the EMG desk; verification of prices, rates and parameters used to value positions to sources independent of the trading desk; reserve calculations; review and approval of new products or trades in terms of valuation, booking methodology and profit recognition; daily and monthly revenue commentary and P&L decomposition.