Director - Finance, Group Manager

Work Location :

New York, New York, United States of America

Hours:

40

Line of Business:

TD Securities

Pay Detail:

$190,000 - $210,000 USD

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Job Description:

Director - Finance, Group Manager

Role and Responsibilities:

The senior manager is accountable for ensuring accurate and timely reporting for the income statement and balance sheet for Global Equities Derivatives businesses in TD Securities. This role will liaise with Front Office, Information Technology, Risk, Finance and other control functions and key stakeholders.

Acting as key advisor to the front-office, Risk, Finance, and other key stakeholders for the coverage businesses, providing insight and analysis of the financial results. Specific activities would include the following:

Manage a team of talented controllers supporting the P&L validation processes and P&L attribution metrics for Volcker Reporting.

Responsible for key controls and sox controls review and sign off.

Accountable for the accuracy of P&L and Balance Sheet through robust substantiation.

Inform senior management and key stakeholders of any significant irregularities.

Review and approve new product and material business changes.

Identify opportunities to improve/streamline processes leveraging AI technology.

Proactively monitor all operational issues pertaining to the trading portfolios assigned.

Skills:

Strong financial and business acumen

Skilled relationship manager with developed management and collaboration skills to work with a variety of stakeholders

Ability to lead and influence

Promote a positive work environment that encourages teamwork, productivity, innovation, creativity, analysis, and advice.

Demonstrate resiliency in the face of new problems and/or challenges while adapting quickly to change

Adhere to relevant compliance, professional standards, and regulatory and bank policies

University degree with a professional accounting/finance designation (i.e., CPA, CFA, CMA) or an MBA is an asset

10+ years' experience in Product Control preferred specific experiences in Equity Derivatives and Equity Financing businesses in a large financial services organization

People Management experience leading large teams

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The Director - Finance, Group Manager, TDS oversees a team of Business Finance professional roles that provide strategic financial analysis, insights, decision support and/or reporting results and/or provide guidance and advice to various internal and external stakeholders.

Depth & Scope:

Provides people management leadership by hiring the best talent, setting goals, developing staff, managing employee performance and compensation decisions, promoting teamwork and handling any/all disciplinary actions, as required

Oversees a team of Finance professionals for key business segments or a significantly large part of the organization

Requires in-depth shareholder and/or broad financial and business perspective

Scope may include integration of activities and Finance support for several key business lines

Focuses on longer-range issues dealing with and solving highly sensitive, confidential and/or multifaceted and complex financial management issues

Primary interface and high level resource to Business leaders on financial performance measures/business objectives/goals

Integrates knowledge of the enterprise function’s or business segment’s overarching strategy in leading program design, policy formulation or operating standards within one or more areas of expertise

Anticipates emerging business trends and regulatory/risk issues as a basis for recommending large-scale product, technical, functional or operations improvements

Education & Experience:

Undergraduate degree

10+ years of relevant experience

Accounting or financial designation preferred

People Management experience

Customer Accountabilities:

Develops and maintains good relationships with internal Finance business/specialized Finance partners and other stakeholders

Effectively communicates relevant/meaningful recommendations on a range of finance management issues or related operational processes to all levels within the organization

Ensures team collaboration with partners on business problems/issues and provides fact-based analytical advice that aligns to strategy and drives shareholder value

Liaises and effectively interacts with internal/external auditors/regulators where applicable and ensures appropriate action is taken where required

Acts as subject matter expert as practice resource lead for own area and provides guidance/advice and recommendations to support dealings with internal/external partners

Contributes to the analysis, due diligence and execution of potential business restructures, acquisitions, joint ventures and/or divestitures within own area of responsibility and ensures appropriate Finance areas are involved where necessary

Develops and/or assesses significant business cases/new initiatives applying expertise and ensuring criteria for own area are met (e.g., taxation, accounting practices, forecasted rates of return, evaluate outcomes, test assumptions, interface with others for appropriate input, identify benchmarks)

Manages/coordinates client requests for finance support and/or reports, ensuring that solutions balance and address business partner needs with overall Finance capabilities

Provides range of strategic support through teams assigned on portfolios/journeys, and provides relevant Finance insights/expertise and guidance to the program

Participates on internal/external committees as appropriate to provide advice/counsel to business/finance partners and/or represent TD's interests

Shareholder Accountabilities:

Plans resources and executes on strategic resourcing/professional practice related activities, reviews and communicates team results, and adjusts methodologies/curriculum accordingly

Leads/supports the execution on the annual business plan to deliver results aligned with internal and/or partner business strategy

Manages overall budget, revenue and expenditures, to help meet business objectives while increasing efficiency and effectiveness

Leverages data systems and various sources to ensure team is equipped to formulate well defined solutions to solve business problems

Proactively identifies key business opportunities, research and recommends enhancements/modifications, develops strategies to achieve recommendations and works closely with team to execute and implement

Monitors and communicates the effectiveness of strategies, programs, and practices related to own area of expertise

Protects the interests of the organization – identifies and manages risks, and escalates non-standard, high risk transactions/activities as necessary

Identifies/recommends/supports the facilitation and/or implementation of action/remediation plans to address performance/risk/governance issues

Keeps abreast of emerging issues, trends, and evolving regulatory requirements and assesses potential impacts

Maintains a culture of risk based management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk