Job Title: Global Markets Business Finance Controller
Location: London or Chester
About the Role:
We’re looking for a dynamic and detail-oriented finance professional to join our Global Markets team as a Business Finance Controller. This is a high-impact role that blends financial reporting, valuation oversight, and strategic balance sheet management across a broad spectrum of trading products.
You’ll be at the heart of our financial control function—partnering with trading desks, risk teams, and senior stakeholders to ensure accuracy, transparency, and regulatory compliance in everything we do.
Key Responsibilities:
* Deliver daily P&L, risk attribution, and balance sheet control for trading desks.
* Reconcile front‑ and back‑office systems to ensure ledger accuracy and financial integrity.
* Lead monthly balance sheet substantiation and monitor key metrics such as inventory ageing and funding usage.
* Review and challenge front-office valuation methodologies and inputs.
* Partner with Trading, Risk, Treasury, and Operations to resolve issues and optimise capital and liquidity.
* Perform Independent Price Verification (IPV) across multiple asset classes and challenge front‑office valuations.
* Prepare valuation reserves and fair value hierarchy disclosures.
* Develop and apply valuation adjustments, reserves, and fair value disclosures.
* Calculate and report AVAs in line with CRR and EBA prudent valuation standards.
* Support governance forums, audits, and regulatory engagements, maintaining robust documentation and controls.
What We’re Looking For:
* Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field.
* Professional qualifications (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) preferred or in progress.
* Strong understanding of financial instruments, valuation techniques, and accounting principles.
* Advanced Excel skills and familiarity with financial systems/tools.
* Experience with valuation control frameworks and IPV processes.
* Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
* Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast‑paced, high-performance environment.
Benefits of working at Bank of America UK:
* 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.
* 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.
* 20 days of back‑up childcare including virtual tutoring and 20 days of back‑up adult care per annum.
* 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.
* Use of a flex fund to use towards benefits.
* Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, and virtual GP services.
* Access to the Peppy App which provides 1:1 support, consultations and resources relating to men’s health, women’s health, fertility, menopause and pregnancy & parenthood.
* Access to a range of gyms, exercise classes and wellbeing Apps through Wellhub, including Headspace and Calm.
* Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution.
* Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local area.
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