The Product Control team is a valued stakeholder with trading and involved in the development of new initiatives and business growth. This role will have direct interaction with trading desks, business management, new business teams and a range of Operation functions, such as Middle Office, Settlements and Corporate Actions. 

This role will be instrumental in building the team infrastructure of a joint venture company. 

Responsibilities:

• Daily PL Production responsibilities, including, commissions / day 1 Review, Flash v Actual Analysis, P&L Commentaries, FOBO review, Inventory Reporting, Clean P&L, process improvement.
• Weekly Commentary analysis for Financial Reporting and delivery to management
• Month End work including:
  • Balance Sheet substantiation and review. 
  • Reconciliation of reported P&L to ledger
  • Review / assistance in IPV process. 
  • Management Packs and associated P&L review
  • Review of team tasks / act as independent checker
  • P&L and inventory movement commentaries
• Active involvement in enhancements and development of process/system flows to ease automation of P&L production. Adjustment review and remediation
• Ad hoc management reporting
• Assist in building out processes for new products sets or system implementation that may arise

Requirements: 

• Prior Experience in Product Control, preferably Equities.
• Qualified Accountant.
• Analytical / natural attention to detail.
• Conscientious, willing to delve into topics to understand how things work.
• Advanced excel knowledge.
• Able to prioritise workload to achieve daily targets.
• Able to multitask to answer desk and management requests on a timely basis. 
• Ability to automate and rationalise processes, as necessary.
• Strong communication in English & Japanese.

Jefferies is a leading global, full-service investment banking and capital markets firm that provides advisory, sales and trading, research, and wealth and asset management services. With more than 40 offices around the world, we offer insights and expertise to investors, companies, and governments.

At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.

Jefferies is an equal employment opportunity employer, and takes affirmative action to ensure that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, or any other factor protected by applicable law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. As part of this commitment, Jefferies will extend reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, as required by applicable law.