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Description Company Jefferies Group LLC is the largest independent, global,...
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Description
Company
Company
Jefferies Group LLC is the largest independent, global, full-service investment banking firm headquartered in the U.S. Focused on serving clients for nearly 60 years, Jefferies is a leader in providing insight, expertise and execution to investors, companies and governments. Our firm provides a full range of investment banking, advisory, sales and trading, research and wealth management services across all products in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Jefferies Group LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF), a diversified financial services company.
Team
The International Operations Control (IOC) team is part of the International Operations team and performs critical functions for the management of Operational Risk. IOC is responsible for the implementation and adherence to International Operation’s Internal Control Framework which includes the production and oversight of key internal controls. The controls IOC produces and oversees cover all products traded by the Jefferies group on the international markets across the full product life cycle. The team works closely with multiple internal divisions and departments, as well as externally to support audit and compliance requirements. IOC is committed to a program of continually improving our internal control processes to reduce Jefferies’ Operational Risk profile.
Role
The role will be working within the IOC team performing reconciliations, reporting and oversight of the controls for the Operations department. The role will also include supporting the design, development, testing and enhancement of new and existing controls.
The key responsibilities are:
- The production of key controls for the International Operations team. The controls produced are primarily reconciliation based using vendor and internally built tools.
- Oversight of controls produced by the offshore team.
- Ownership of the controls produced to ensure the timely and accurate resolution of outstanding items by working with the relevant teams within Jefferies.
- Identification and escalation of risk items to the appropriate management level.
- Ensure compliance with Internal policies and procedures
- Production of accurate reporting that clearly articulates what the risk item is and the actions being taken to resolve the issue.
- Trend analysis of exceptions to identify recurring issues and to put forward solutions for their remediation and producing meaningful and accurate MI to support process improvement.
Qualifications
The following skills and experience are required for this role:
The following skills and experience are required for this role:
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of a risk based approach to Internal Control
- Understanding of the three lines of defence approach to Operational Risk Management and the responsibilities of the first line of defence
- Analytical and logical mind-set with a proven ability to proactively challenge exceptions, explanations, processes and procedures
- Takes responsibility and ownership of tasks assigned
- Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written), with the confidence and capability to influence and challenge people across the organisation
- Excellent IT skills, with the ability to quickly learn and understand new systems and flows
- Experience working with and analysing large data sets
- Experience using Microsoft Excel in a fast paced environment is essential
- Experience with Frontier, IntelliMatch or a similar reconciliation platform is desirable
- Ability to build strong working relationships and credibility with all levels of the business
- Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and timeliness
- Experience in a control environment preferable
At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supporting a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.
Jefferies is an equal employment opportunity workplace. We practice equal opportunity for all, regardless of race, religion, ancestry, color, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, national origin, marital, family and social status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, trade union membership or any other factor protected by law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. As part of this commitment, Jefferies will extend reasonable accommodations or adjustments to individuals with qualified disabilities, as appropriate, under applicable law.
It is Jefferies’ policy that all employees and visitors be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to enter any Jefferies office or participate in any Jefferies or client event in person. Should an offer of employment be made, your acceptance of that offer means that you will comply with this policy. You will be advised of your anticipated schedule to be in the office should we move forward with the offer.
Primary Location: GB-GB-London
Work Locations: London Bishopsgate 100 Bishopsgate London EC2N 4JL
Job: Operations
Organization: Corporate
Schedule: Full-time
Job Posting: Apr 4, 2023, 10:46:13 AM
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