Product Controller

Job Family

Career Stream

Job Purpose

To direct; add value and enable business decisions through effective consolidated financial analysis; reporting and controls within the Markets business; in line with Nedbank business strategy.

Job Responsibilities

• Valuation of derivatives and markets instruments.


• Daily Profit and Loss validation, attribution and reporting.


• Trade Lifecycle Management, including setting up market data required to book & value trades and positions and trade documentation for complex trades.


• Independent price verification and validation of market data.


• Analysis and BI/MI reporting of trading data.


• Close working relationship with the Front Office and bridging the gap between the trading desks and support areas.


• Provide meaningful recommendations, explanations and highlights of concerns or anomalies by analysing and interrogating financial or trading information


• Protect the trading environment by ensuring controls are adhered to.


• Ensure accurate risk and position exposure by reviewing reconciliations and following up on unreconciled items.


• Comply with relevant legislation by reviewing and submitting statutory returns timeously.


• Understand and meet stakeholders’ requirements through ongoing engagement.


• Assist in the achievement of group collaboration initiatives by identifying opportunities to create beneficial partnerships and synergies.


• Ensure relevant, best practice analysis and reporting by providing ongoing guidance and coaching to the team.


• Meet deadlines and targets through prioritising effectively, planning and communicating.


• Maintain high standards of analysis and reporting within defined timeframes by planning, organising and monitoring workflow.


• Contribute to intellectual capital development by providing continuous motivation, mentoring, coaching and on the job skills training.


• Achieve business objectives within specific timeframes by scheduling and coordinating activities and identifying appropriate resources to perform these activities.


• Manage defined risks in the finance function and risk categories at targeted levels by adhering to internal and external guidelines/policies/ procedures/business rules/ compliance and governance requirements.


• Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values by reviewing Nedbank and Business Unit Plan and ensuring delivered systems, process, services and solutions are aligned.


• Identify training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from management.


• Ensure all personal development plan activities are completed within specified timeframe.


• Share knowledge and industry trends with team and stakeholders during formal and informal interaction.


• Obtain buy-in for developing new and/or enhanced processes that will improve the functioning of stakeholders' businesses by highlighting benefits in support of the implementation of recommendations.


• Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc).


• Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy (e.g.Green Strategy).


• Seek opportunities to improve business processes and systems by identifying and recommending effective ways to operate and adding value to Nedbank

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

Preferred Qualification

CFA Charterholder / FRM / Financial Management / Engineering / Data Analytics / Mathematics

Type of Exposure

• Markets Trading environment


• Conducting root cause analysis


• Developing ways to minimize risks


• Managing conflict situations


• Influencing stakeholders to obtain buy-in for concepts and ideas


• Sharing information in different ways to increase internal stakeholders understanding


• Brainstorming ways of improving a product or situation


• Challenging the status quo with a view to improve people's understanding of issues


• Managing team dynamics


• Writing business proposals


• Identifying trends and anomalies


• Digital and AI tools

Minimum Experience Level

5 to 8 years in Markets Product Control, Markets Trading, Markets Trade Support, Markets Valuation Control or Markets Trading System Support and 2 years managing others.

Technical / Professional Knowledge

Behavioural Competencies

Employment Equity Statement

Preference will be given to individuals from underrepresented groups.