Job Description
Job Description
Robert Half Financial Services is recruiting for a US Head of Finance & Accounting role for a global Broker Dealer/Swap Dealer firm located in midtown Manhattan. Our client requires a CPA, Series 27 FINOP License, and 15+ years of Accounting and Finance experience within Prime Brokerage, Capital Markets or a Swap Dealer firm. The role reports directly into the Group CFO and oversees Financial Accounting (GAAP), Management Reporting, Treasury/Liquidity, FP& A, Audit and Regulatory Filings. This role is hybrid remote requiring 3 days per week in the midtown Manhattan office.
Responsibilities
- Financial controllership of all Americas financial records, including data integrity of the ledger, working with operations and other teams to ensure timely receipt of trading and operational data to prepare financial records and other returns.
- Ownership of all relevant statutory and regulatory audits - completed and filed on / ahead of time.
- Financial regulatory filings – Ensure financial data / components of financial requests are completed on time ensure sufficient granularity that is repeatable on a regular basis.
- Prepare financial updates to external trading partners and investors as required.
- Financial management reporting (Cost center reporting) – ensure Exco members have sufficient operating / expense cost date for them and their teams and work with the Head of FP& A to follow up on action items
- Documentation - document policies, procedures and ensure best practice for expansion of the department and to provide for contingency / global handover between teams.
- Outsourced Partners - Work with outsourced partners on a timely basis to provide financial and other information to enable financial support and assistance to be completed.
- Treasury and Liquidity Management Reporting – Assist the Head of Treasury and Capital Management to report capital and liquidity positions and ongoing reporting requirements in conjunction with senior management. This requires the firm has sufficient liquidity to meet the ongoing needs for:
- Opex - operating requirements of the business as well as intra group capital requirements on a legal entity basis – this will include optimizing the firm’s own internal capital;
- Trading capital – ensuring the firms surplus liquidity is maximized for value in accordance with the risk framework in conjunction with the Head of Treasury and Capital Management
- Regulatory – ensuing capital monitoring and forecasting is place to ensure the business activities are within regulatory limits, including the development of monitoring systems
- Risk framework – advise and implement on the development of Finance requirements for the business in conjunction with the firms Risk and investment stakeholders;
- Financial forecasting - including modeling the operating businesses and the impact on the wider group.
- Management Information - Development of timely and accurate financial reporting to monitor the current and future needs of the business;
- Banking and payments - Support in management of external banking relationships including keeping up to date with expenses.
- Vendor and Banking management
Qualifications
- 15+ years Accounting and Finance experience within Prime Brokerage, Capital Markets or a Swap Dealer firm
- Must hold active CPA and Series 27 FINOP License
- Must have experience with Financial Accounting (GAAP), Management Reporting, Treasury/Liquidity, FP& A, Audit and Regulatory Filings
- Experience managing and developing a team, whilst still being very hands on with the work
- Bachelor or Master Degree in Accounting.
The US Head of Finance & Accounting role requires 3 days per week working in the midtown Manhattan office, so please only apply if you are able to travel to this location, have relevant experience for the role and are eligible to work in the United States. The salary is flexible dependent on experience, the range is $275-325k base plus cash bonus and restricted stock units (RSUs). If your profile matches the above criteria, please add me on LinkedIn and email me directly. Trishan Khareghat