Senior Valuation Controller

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Krakow-based opportunity with the possibility to work 60% remote!

As a Senior Valuation Controller, you will be working for our client, a leading global financial institution, ensuring the integrity and accuracy of valuation methodologies and financial controls. You will be overseeing Fair Value Adjustments (FVA), Independent Price Verification (IPV), and Prudent Valuation Adjustment (PVA) processes, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. This role requires close collaboration with key stakeholders, including Trading teams, Risk Management, Operations, and Finance, to drive improvements in valuation processes and methodologies. You will be leading initiatives to enhance efficiency, consistency, and governance while acting as a key contact for internal and external audits.

Your main responsibilities: Ensuring governance and controls of Fair Value through oversight of FVA, IPV, and PVA processes

• Leading and participating in valuation methodology discussions, ensuring global alignment and process improvements
• Acting as a key contact for Trading teams, Risk Management, Operations, and Finance for valuation-related matters
• Driving the implementation of changes in FVAs, IPV, and PVA processes, engaging with business stakeholders
• Coordinating with other asset class valuation teams to enhance consistency and efficiency in controls and processes
• Promoting continuous improvement initiatives by optimizing procedures, systems, and leadership within PC transformation
• Maintaining internal control standards and ensuring the timely implementation of assurance and audit points
• Ensuring compliance with internal and external regulatory requirements, policies, and procedures
• Managing relationships with internal and external auditors, addressing valuation-related queries and concerns
• Providing guidance and leadership on valuation-related topics to junior team members and stakeholders

You’re ideal for this role if you have:

• A graduate degree with at least 3 years of experience in Product Control or Valuations
• Demonstrable knowledge of Product Control, Credit, and Interest Rate products, including accounting, valuations, and risk controls
• A strong understanding of regulatory requirements and guidelines for valuation
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain valuation concepts to senior stakeholders in a non-technical manner
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• A highly adaptive control-oriented mindset with the ability to identify and mitigate valuation risks
• Experience in leading valuation-related projects and driving process improvements
• Proven ability to build and maintain relationships with stakeholders at various levels of seniority
• The ability to develop valuation methodologies and shape policy for IPV/FVAs
• Experience in managing teams, especially across multiple locations

It is a strong plus if you have:

• An accounting qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CA, or equivalent
• Knowledge of programming languages such as VBA, Python, or SQL
• Experience in regulatory reporting and compliance within global markets
• Exposure to internal and external audits related to valuation controls
• Prior experience working in a multinational financial institution

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We would like to meet you. If you are interested please apply and attach your CV in English or Polish, including a statement that you agree to our processing and storing of your personal data. You can always also apply by sending us an email at recruitment@itds.pl.

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