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Equities Product Control APAC

Hong Kong, Hong Kong China

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Hong Kong, Central and Western District

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Date live: Oct. 15, 2023

Business Area: COO & Functions

Area of Expertise: Finance

Reference Code: 90278908

Contract: Permanent/Regular

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Equities Product Control Specialist

Hong Kong

As a Barclays Equities Product Control Specialist, you will work closely with all business stakeholders to achieve objectives of the firm. Ensuring the accuracy and integrity of revenues that is generated, verifying that the balance sheet and the general ledger reflects the P&L and positions related to the products which are traded. This is an excellent opportunity to refine your skills as a subject matter expert whilst working within a collaborative team who will support and encourage your growth.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality and innovation behind us. We offer careers that provide endless opportunity – helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive, and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted.

What will you be doing?

  • Overseeing product control processes, including offshore productions, and end-to-end controls to ensure that they are in line with the Product Control standards
  • Establishing a positive relationship & regularly provide the business with value-added insights on the region’s revenue, P&L explain, valuations, and risk-weighted assets
  • Providing appropriate independent challenge to the Business when required;
  • Partnering with Front Office and other support groups in facilitating new products/ initiatives & developing/reporting management accounting information to the business
  • Contributing to user design and execute regional change initiatives to improve process efficiency and the control environment
  • Participating in the roll out of strategic equities system stack front-to-back, and strategic finance transformation projects
  • Identifying and communicating valuation issues to PC-Valuations team, and working closely with them to ensure that such issues are escalated and well documented
  • Collaborating with wider APAC Finance function or Global Equites Product Control team on key initiatives/ projects

What we’re looking for:

  • Have a ACA / CPA / CFA  qualification
  • Have a degree or equivalent
  • Product control or related function experience
  • Comprehensive knowledge of financial markets and products, preferably in non-linear derivatives, Equity Derivatives and Financing businesses;

Skills that will help you in the role:

  • Exceptional level of senior stakeholder management skills and firm-first mentality, with the ability to balance commercial & control requirements
  • Proven experience of exception management and resolution in a complex product and control environment.
  • Confidently identify root cause, propose solutions and execute change.
  • Be control focused and show evidence of deep understanding of end-to-end control framework with exceptional level of interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.

Where will you be working?

Our offices are situated in the center of Hong Kong’s financial district, at 2 Queen’s Road. Cheung Kong Centre is an investment banking hub that offers panoramic views of Victoria Harbour and Kowloon Peninsula. There is a variety of local amenities and you will be just a short walk from shopping malls, health clubs and multiple transport links.

More about working at Barclays

Our approach to hybrid working ensures there’s the right balance of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, as required for each role. For business areas that offer a hybrid working experience, this will be in a structured way, where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week. Some roles may require full onsite working. Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager.

We continue to embed and review our hybrid working environment and remain in a phase of testing and learning. This means that working arrangements could change, with reasonable notice, to align with the needs of our business.

Barclays welcomes applications from all candidates and is committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments (accommodations) are put in place to allow for a fair and inclusive recruitment process. For more information and how to request one, please review Adjustments to the recruitment process.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive culture and environment, that recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives, as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs.

Our approach to working flexibly is designed to support you to balance your life and to accommodate diverse needs, whilst still allowing us to meet our business needs. If you’d like to request a flexible working arrangement, please discuss this with your hiring manager.

We're committed to providing a supportive and simplified experience for our candidates throughout the application and assessment process. Here, you will find information about what to expect and some guidance around your assessment and interview.

While the application process depends on the role, there are some constant steps, which are;

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Step 3 - Your interview
Step 4 - Next steps

We aim to create an inclusive work environment where everyone can reach their full potential. If you require any adjustments to our recruitment process, please click here to learn more.

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Barclays offers a diverse, inclusive and engaged culture. A place where people can bring their whole selves to work and be respected for who they are, valued for what they do and celebrated for their contribution to our business and our community.
We are an equal opportunity employer and opposed to discrimination on any grounds. It is the policy of Barclays to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, colour, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.

Barclays is required by law to confirm that you have the Legal Right to Work in any role that you apply for. If you currently hold a work visa sponsored by Barclays, or you would require sponsorship from Barclays, you must declare this as part of your application. Sponsored visas are role and entity specific and any changes must be reviewed. It is important that you ensure you are working on the correct visa at all times. Failure to accurately disclose your visa status or Legal Right to Work may result in your application or any employment offer being withdrawn at any time.

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