Chris Smith

Product Control | Finance | Analyst | Chartered Accountant

London Area, United Kingdom

About

Finance and Product Control professional with a wealth of experience and knowledge across a variety of different products and finance functions. Skilled in P&L production, Control design and implementation , Reconciliations, Periodical P&L Commentary, Balance sheets, Stakeholder management, Communications, P&L Decomposition, Project Work, System Migrations, Accounting, Forecasting, Excel, & Access. Hard working, conscientious and with a strong attention to detail I am able adapt my skills to deliver a high level of analysis and information. Along with good communication and stakeholder management I have a track history of performing highly through my career so far and a record of good progression.

Experience

  • RBC (3 yrs 4 mos)
    • Product Control - Structured Rates
      Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

    • Product Control -Contractor
      Mar 2023 - Oct 2023 · 8 mos

      Structured Rates Product Control

  • UniCredit (Full-time · 11 yrs 6 mos)
    • Markets Product Accountant
      Mar 2021 - Feb 2023 · 2 yrs

      PL Reporting and Product Control for Branch Treasury desk, FO to BO trade reconciliation for all product types, Branch PL reporting and reconciliation, Trade processing reconciliations. System migrations.

    • Deputy Manager of Product Control -Strategic Assets and Securitisation
      Mar 2017 - Mar 2021 · 4 yrs 1 mo

      Daily PL production, PL explains along with daily, monthly and quarterly commentary production. Clean PL reconciliations, large exposure reporting, accounting to economic PL reconciliation, project work, system development, Forecasting, Budgeting, Management reporting.

    • Senior Associate Product Control -Credit
      Sep 2011 - Mar 2017 · 5 yrs 7 mos

      Daily PL production, PL explains along with daily, monthly and quarterly commentary production. Clean PL reconcilliations, large exposure reporting, accounting to economic PL reconciliation, Establish processes and reconciliations for the new team, project work, Tools/system design and development.

  • WestLB (London Area, United Kingdom)
    • Credit Product Control manager
      Sep 2010 - Sep 2011 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Producing and overseeing the credit team PL's. overseeing overall Credit GL to PL reconliations, team management duties, system developent, monthend reconciliaitons and commentary, project management and other ad hoc doc tasks.

    • Product Control Executive
      Mar 2005 - Sep 2010 · 5 yrs 7 mos

      Worked within the Emerging Markets product control team. Responsibilities included daily PL production, GL to PL reconciliation, IT and system development, commentary compilation, monthend reconliation of branch PL, Project work/management and other adhoc taskS.