Financial Controller

Location: Chester

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Location Overview:

Find us in the city of Chester, a destination renowned for its culture, history, and beauty. Working at Bank of America Chester offers a far-reaching global career for a world-renowned organisation, whilst being ideally situated against the backdrop of the rolling North Wales hills and the banks of the serene River Dee.

The Team:

FICC Business Finance & Control forms part of the GBAM CFO Group and is a control and business advisory function to the business. The team’s work primarily covers P&L, balance sheet and valuation controls with a dynamic book of work providing opportunities to make improvements to our work through varied project work. This role is supporting the EMEA Credit business, which is primarily market making in Credit Products such as CDS, Bonds and CDS Index within the EMEA and CEEMEA regions. This team works closely with the trading desk, the global valuations group (GVG), market risk, legal entity controllers and many other support functions.

The team is also encouraged to take part in employee engagement and diversity and inclusion initiatives to help continue to make Bank of America a great place to work.

The Role:

1. A varied role covering financial control, P&L and balance sheet controls, valuation controls and regulatory and audit interactions.
2. Performing the calculation and analysis of valuation controls including IPV, valuation adjustments and prudent valuation adjustments, as well as ownership for quarterly disclosures such as FAS157 and CCAR scenario reporting.
3. Working with the GVG group to ensure ongoing review & enhancement of valuation control methodologies and practices. Ensuring procedure documents are accurate and up to date.
4. Assisting in the streamlining and enhancement of all BFC processes and becoming actively involved with system development ranging from technical enhancements and new product releases to automation of existing processes.
5. Engaging with the Accounting Policy Group to implement appropriate accounting policies and procedures.
6. Contributing to governance process, operational error reporting and support of other internal control process, including SOX.

What we look for?

1. Preferably Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) or CFA with good working knowledge of accounting concepts.
2. Experience within a similar role, ideally from financial services / banking.
3. Good working knowledge of accounting concepts.

Benefits of working at Bank of America:

1. Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner.
2. Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons.
3. 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum.
4. The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.
5. Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services.
6. Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters.
7. Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution.
8. Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.
9. Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

Bank of America:

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.