Commodities Controller

Overview

Connecting clients to markets – and talent to opportunity.

With 4,500+ employees and over 300,000 commercial, institutional, payments, and retail clients, we operate from more than 70 offices spread across six continents. As a Fortune 100, Nasdaq-listed provider, we connect clients to the global markets – focusing on innovation, human connection, and providing world-class products and services to all types of investors.

Whether you want to forge a career connecting our retail clients to potential trading opportunities, or ingrain yourself in the world of institutional investing, StoneX Group is made up of four business segments that offer endless potential for progression and growth.

Position Purpose:

Support the London-based Product Control team in the daily and monthly accounting cycle, undertaking financial and management accounting activities with a focus on P&L reporting for StoneX Financial Ltd and other global group entities.The role centres on cross-product initiatives across Precious Metals, LME, FX Prime Broker (FXPB) and OTC businesses, including daily reconciliation of trading systems to accounting ledgers, strengthening and enhancing existing control frameworks, and supporting the continued growth of the businesses.

Responsibilities

• Supporting daily P&L production for Precious Metals, LME, FXPB and OTC businesses globally
• Reconciling trading system to accounting system for revenue and client balances
• Perform accounting and reporting activities throughout the month
• Validation & reconciliation of monthly results and posting of month end adjustments a reconilcations of books and records.
• Assisting with implementation of current processes and integration of control enhancements
• Contributing to stardisation of cross product initiatives
• New and existing trade validation and reporting
• Balance sheet analysis and substantiation
• Updating Blackline (month end reporting tool)
• Audit related queries
• Assisting with trading and accounting system migrations
• Provde cover for wider team

Qualifications

Knowledge and Experience

• UK or overseas Chartered Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA qualified or equivalent) or qualified by experience who has had experience in the preparation of accounts, within the Financial Services sector
• 5+ years of Product Control / Financial Control experience.
• Knowledge and experience of daily product accounting for commodity derivatives, physical products (LME and Precious Metals) and FXPB.
• Working within a regulated environment and exposure to Sarbannes Oxley requirements; controls surrounding division of duties
• Experience of monthly and daily routine processes for daily P&L and risk reporting
• Strong knowledge of dervivatives and other financial instruments
• Solid general ledger and balance sheet experience
• Experience in performing process improvements and comfortable with P&L explains

Qualification and Skills

• Working well under strict deadlines
• Good personal and team working skills
• Medium to Advanced-level MS Excel experience including database and SQL queries including AI adoption
• Experience with daily P&L reporting
• Attention to detail and strong balance sheet appreciation
• Good problem-solving skills
• Sound technical skills, abilities to deconstruct information and assess with excellent judgement, and strong operational focus

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