SUMMARY OF THE ROLE The Product Control Manager is a critical independent control function supporting the company's commercial and trading activities. This role is accountable for the integrity, transparency, and auditability of P&L, valuations, and risk reporting, while serving as a strategic partner to Front Office, Risk, Credit, and Accounting.
The position sits at the intersection of financial control, commercial decision support, and risk governance, providing both after-the-fact assurance and forward-looking insight into earnings, exposures, and sensitivities. The Product Control Manager plays a central role in strengthening the firm's control framework as trading and commercial complexity scales.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIESFinancial Control & P&L Integrity- Own end-to-end daily, monthly, and quarterly P&L processes, including validation, attribution, and variance analysis across physical and financial commodities.
- Ensure robust control over valuation methodologies, pricing curves, model inputs, and market data, in line with internal policies and governance standards.
- Review and challenge trading results, ensuring issues are identified, escalated, and resolved with appropriate independence.
Trading & Commercial Partnership- Act as a trusted but independent partner to Front Office, providing insight into the financial and valuation impact of trading strategies, new deals, and structured transactions.
- Support new product onboarding and deal review, ensuring accounting, valuation, and control implications are fully assessed before execution.
- Interface closely with Market Risk and Credit to ensure consistent views of exposure, limits, and performance.
ETRM & Systems Oversight- Oversee product control activities within ETRM systems (e.g., OpenLink/Endur), including trade capture validation, lifecycle events, and system-generated P&L.
- Drive enhancements to systems, data quality, automation, and reporting, reducing manual intervention and operational risk.
Control Framework, Governance & Audit- Design, own, and continuously enhance product control policies, procedures, and internal controls aligned with audit and regulatory expectations.
- Serve as a key point of contact for internal and external audits, including documentation, walkthroughs, issue remediation, and control testing.
- Ensure appropriate governance, escalation, and accountability for control breaches or material reporting issues.
Leadership & Team Development- Lead, coach, and develop a team of product control and trading support professionals.
- Set a strong control culture, reinforcing ownership, rigor, and professional skepticism across the team.
- Drive performance standards, role clarity, and capability development consistent with a growing, complex commercial environment.
Forward-Looking Insight- Provide management with forward-looking views on earnings drivers, risk exposures, and sensitivities to market movements.
- Support planning, forecasting, and scenario analysis in partnership with FP&A, Risk, and Commercial teams.
REQUIREMENTS- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field (CPA, CFA, or FRM preferred).
- Typically 8-12+ years of experience in Product Control, Trading Support, Market Risk, or Commercial Finance within energy, commodities, or financial trading environments.
- Strong understanding of trade lifecycles, P&L attribution, valuation concepts, derivatives, and physical commodity structures.
- Hands-on experience with ETRM/CTRM platforms (OpenLink/Endur strongly preferred).
- Proven people leadership experience with the ability to operate as an independent control authority.
Work Environment This position operates in a professional office environment with occasional work within or outside of a complex construction environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers/fax, filing cabinets, etc.
This is primarily a sedentary role; however, the incumbent must be able to stand and/or sit continuously to perform all essential job functions for a full shift. • Ability to lift up to 20 lbs. as required in order to lift files, boxes and office equipment as necessary.
• Ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bending, standing on a stool, or climbing as necessary to perform these functions.
• While performing the duties of this role, the incumbent may be required to talk or hear.
• The incumbent is required to stand, walk, use hands to handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
• Ability to move throughout all areas of each office/site location and facilities.
• Able to wear all necessary PPE equipment to perform job functions.
Other DutiesPlease note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
