Product Control Manager

Role Title: Product Control Manager

Department: Product Control

Office location: Singapore

Permanent

Overview of the team/department:

The Product Control department is responsible for the production, analysis, publication and control of official daily P&L for all BlueCrest funds at a Portfolio Manager, Desk and Fund level, as well as oversight of monthly NAV production and approval of distribution of statements to investors.

The department has approximately twenty-five employees across three offices (London, New York and Singapore) with teams focused on both product control and valuation control of all major asset classes, with the overarching objective of developing innovative approaches to achieve best-in-class control of the business.

Role requirements:

This role forms an integral part of the Product Control team focused on the daily and month-end P&L process. Specific responsibilities include:

• Management of the Singapore team of five Product Controllers in producing daily P&L across various trading desks, working closely with cross-functional teams to resolve issues and ensure timely and accurate delivery of the P&L.
• Ownership of the month-end process in relation to those P&Ls including valuation verification.
• Ad hoc information requests from Portfolio Managers, management and external stakeholders.
• Involvement in process improvement and broader Product Control-wide transformation initiatives.

Experience required:

The ideal candidate will be an experienced Product Controller within a bank or hedge fund with demonstrable strong understanding of Fixed Income derivative and securities products.

Essential experience includes:

• Experience of managing a small team of Product Controllers.
• Strong academic qualifications in a numerate subject from a top-tier academic institution.
• Experienced user of MS Excel.

Desirable, but not essential, experience includes:

• Experience of common Visualisation tools, ETL tools and/or Python.
• Exposure to more than one asset class.
• Knowledge of Valuation control / IPV processes.

About you:

• You will be a self-starter comfortable with taking the initiative and independently driving forward competing priorities across a range of timescales, both for yourself and for your team.
• Working across teams is critical, for which you will have excellent communication and influencing skills, and will need to be comfortable building strong working relationships within Product Control, and with other stakeholders across the firm.
• You will have a growth mindset with a desire to continuously learn and to constructively challenge the status quo.

BlueCrest is committed to providing an inclusive environment for its workforce. As an employer, we provide equal opportunities to all people regardless of their gender, marital or civil partnership status, race, religion or ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation or nationality.