Job Description

Your role within the team will be to ensure transactions and overall business results are appropriately recorded at a legal entity level and communicated to stakeholders. You will work closely with the wider Commodities and Global Markets finance, financial management group and business operational teams.

You will report through to the EMEA Head of Finance for Commodities and Global Markets and have oversight of the legal entity management & control (annual financial statements, dividends, and management of external audit), including for regulated entities. The role will entail financial control including an understanding of the booking models and tax transfer pricing arrangements and balance sheet and statistical reporting. You will have strong collaboration with the Financial Management Group teams to support them with their regulatory & tax reporting

Other Key Responsibilities will include:

• Developing relationships with the businesses to advice on the balance sheet or P&L impact of new products and strategies within regulated entities.
• Oversight in implementing controls and financial management of legal entities
• Working closely with transaction advisory team on accounting assessments and execution in relation to new business transactions
• Proactive management of balance sheet and statistical regulatory submissions and returns at a legal entity level
• Challenge and contextual reviews of entity results including tax transfer pricing
• Managing various stakeholder engagement and communication including with the business and other Financial Management Group teams
• Support and manage our offshore team, who perform month end reporting (including tax transfer pricing) and other reviews
• Ensuring integrity and completeness of various business’ financial records including reconciliations, monthly reporting and operation of accounting processes and policies
• Ad hoc project management to respond to changing regulatory, compliance and financial requirements

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

To be successful, you will have the confidence, drive, and problem-solving skills to innovate and deliver great outcomes. You will also have:

• A tertiary qualification, preferably in a business/finance/economics or related discipline and with 10 to 15 years’ experience in Financial Markets with strong knowledge of derivatives and financial products, preferably in commodities or trading businesses
• Prior experience in Audit, Financial Reporting, Regulatory Reporting, and Financial Control, is a key preference
• Proven people leader
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, including the ability to understand and succinctly explain complex data
• Comfortable interacting with business staff and resolving competing priorities
• Possess strong attention to detail and be able to identify issues
• Highly motivated and flexible team player.