Product Control Analyst

London, England, United Kingdom (On-site)

Job Description

Job Type: Permanent

Location: This role will be based in London with time spent at home and in the office (3 days).

Flexible working: All roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about flexible working here.

Closing Date: 31st March

Salary and benefits: Up to£50,000depending on experienceplusan 8-16% indicativebonus, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more.

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We're looking for a Product Control Analyst to join our Product Control Team. If you're looking for a new challenge with an organisation committed to putting customers first, aiming high and working together, you'll thrive here.

Who are we?

We're Standard Life, a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income. We champion the belief that everyone's journey to and through retirement can be better, and for more than 200 years, we've been helping our customers plan and prepare for their financial futures.

Life today is increasingly complicated, uncertain and unpredictable. People move through different careers, face unexpected moments and navigate important choices. We offer our colleagues flexibility, trust and benefits that work for whatever life brings. In return we expect curiosity, connection, accountability and high standards. We make room for what matters - so you can bring your best, every day.

The role

The Product Control team is part of Retirement Solutions & Asset Management Commercial Finance team and is responsible for ensuring fair valuation of assets and detecting off-market, inappropriate or fraudulent trading through analysis of change. Key part of the role is supporting production of daily analysis of movements in the asset portfolio valuations, using pricing and risk information sourced from the Aladdin and Beacon platforms and reviewing output with Middle Office and the Front Office trading teams. The role will support the planned expansion in volume and complexity of directly executed and managed assets across the Group.

What are we looking for?

• Experience in Asset Management or Investment Banking, in particular end-to-end knowledge of fixed income and derivative product lifecycle and valuation e.g. bonds, interest rate swaps, cross currency swaps, equity options and futures.
• Financial or numerical education background e.g. Maths, Statistics, Science, Economics, Finance.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to provide clear and succinct communication of results to a wide range of stakeholders.
• Diligent working style with attention to detail and high standards for quality / capability of working to strict deadlines to identify incorrect trades, assumptions and/or processing.
• Strong Excel and Power BI skills and working knowledge of Aladdin and Bloomberg.

We want to hire the whole version of you.

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we've advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we'd love to hear from you.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

We're reviewing applications as they come in, so apply early to avoid missing out.

Find out more about working at Standard Life

• Locations 20 Old Bailey, London, EC4M 7AN, GB (On-site)