Product Control Investment Banking Division – Syndicate Accounting

Job description

Product Control Investment Banking Division – Syndicate Accounting

We Offer...

Product Control are the Financial Guardians of the Bank’s sales and trading activities.  We fulfill this role through: Ensuring complete, accurate and timely P&L, balance sheets and analysis.  The independent validation of the value of our trading portfolios.  Working with the businesses and the new business product groups to evaluate & integrate new products and businesses into our financial environment in a controlled manner.  The provision of reliable and meaningful financial information to the business managers, external stakeholders and other relevant internal constituents.

 

Individuals within the Syndicate Accounting Product Control (PC) job family are responsible for executing the Daily, Monthly and Quarterly Production aspects of Product Control's primary role which is the financial guardianship of the Bank's sales and trading activities. They are responsible for ensuring complete, accurate and timely P+L and Balance Sheets.

 

This Product Controller role is supporting the Investment Banking Department (IBD) when capital market underwritings are syndicated with other investment banking institutions. The IBD bankers originate capital market deals and the IBD trading desks handle all trading associated with the deals to institutional and retail investors.  Products supported include Debt Capital Markets, Equity Capital Markets, Leveraged Finance Capital Markets, Asset Backed Securities, and Leveraged Loans.

 

Syndicate Accounting PC are responsible for opening all deals and creating balance sheet and P&L entries for fees associated with capital market transactions, working on expense collection related to the deals, and final settling and distributing final fees to syndicate members on the deal.

Other responsibilities may include:

· Month End Balance Sheet Reconciliation
· Reporting to various areas throughout the firm (e.g. Front Office, Financial Accounting, Line PC, etc.)
· Providing analysis and information in response to ad hoc requests from various areas throughout the firm

You Offer...

Product Controllers must be highly attentive to risk and the importance of a strong control environment and show a high attention to detail in all aspects of their work.   They must also possess highly developed analytic, interpersonal and communication skills to enable them to develop relationships with their key clients and to understand and address their issues.

 

In addition, ideal candidates should have the following skills and experience:

· 1 - 2 years of financial service, banking, or accounting experience.
· Solid organizational and time management skills.
· Excellent PC skills including Excel, PeopleSoft Financials, and Essbase as well as comfort with manipulation and presentation of financial data.
· Team player, proactive, self-starter, who can be dynamic and implement process changes.

 

EEO Statement

Credit Suisse is an equal opportunity employer. Welcoming diversity gives us a competitive advantage in the global marketplace and drives our success.

Desired profile

You Offer...

Product Controllers must be highly attentive to risk and the importance of a strong control environment and show a high attention to detail in all aspects of their work.   They must also possess highly developed analytic, interpersonal and communication skills to enable them to develop relationships with their key clients and to understand and address their issues.