Director - Finance, Group Manager (Equity Derivatives) TDS US

TD Bank•New York, NY

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The Global Markets Product Control team is seeking an experienced Product Controller and quantitative finance professional to lead the design, development, and implementation of an enterprise-wide P&L Attribution platform. Develop methodologies to explain daily and intraday P&L movements using risk sensitivities, market factors, and valuation adjustments. Design and validate Greeks-based P&L explain methodologies for complex derivative portfolios. Develop quantitative frameworks to decompose theoretical versus actual P&L. Analyze unexplained P&L and identify model, market data, or booking issues. Establish attribution tolerances, controls, and exception management processes. Drive integration between Front Office risk systems, market data platforms, valuation engines, and Product Control infrastructure. Own daily, monthly, and quarterly review of attribution results and key risk drivers. Provide insight into trading desk performance and market events through attribution analytics. Act as Product Owner for strategic P&L attribution initiatives. Define requirements for technology teams and oversee implementation delivery. Drive automation and reduction of manual spreadsheet-based processes. Establish scalable controls, audit trails, and data lineage throughout the attribution process. Present attribution findings to senior management and regulatory stakeholders. Mentor and develop Product Control professionals and quantitative analysts.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in Product Control, Valuation Control, or a related discipline within an investment bank.
Extensive experience supporting derivatives businesses.
Strong understanding of derivative pricing models and risk sensitivities.
Proven track record leading strategic transformation and technology initiatives.
Deep knowledge of: Greeks and risk sensitivities, Derivative valuation methodologies, P&L explain and attribution frameworks, Independent Price Verification (IPV), Fair Value and valuation adjustments (XVA).
Strong understanding of market risk methodologies and factor-based risk decomposition.
Experience with Python, SQL, and data analytics platforms preferred.
Experience building attribution capabilities across multiple asset classes.
Experience managing global teams and complex stakeholder environments.
Undergraduate degree.
10+ years of relevant experience.
People Management experience.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Lead the design, development, and implementation of an enterprise-wide P&L Attribution platform.
Develop methodologies to explain daily and intraday P&L movements using risk sensitivities, market factors, and valuation adjustments.
Design and validate Greeks-based P&L explain methodologies for complex derivative portfolios.
Develop quantitative frameworks to decompose theoretical versus actual P&L.
Analyze unexplained P&L and identify model, market data, or booking issues.
Establish attribution tolerances, controls, and exception management processes.
Drive integration between Front Office risk systems, market data platforms, valuation engines, and Product Control infrastructure.
Own daily, monthly, and quarterly review of attribution results and key risk drivers.
Provide insight into trading desk performance and market events through attribution analytics.
Act as Product Owner for strategic P&L attribution initiatives.
Define requirements for technology teams and oversee implementation delivery.
Drive automation and reduction of manual spreadsheet-based processes.
Establish scalable controls, audit trails, and data lineage throughout the attribution process.
Present attribution findings to senior management and regulatory stakeholders.
Mentor and develop Product Control professionals and quantitative analysts.
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.
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.
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 appetite.
Ensures colleagues are knowledgeable; and assumes responsibility to minimize operational and regulatory risk by complying with Bank and industry Code of Conduct.
Cultivates and models the Colleague Promise to support colleague growth, and a culture of care; makes an impact at work and in our communities by leading with authenticity and supporting well being to represent TD's brand.
Connects the alignment of colleague's contributions with the TD Shared Commitments.
Builds and retains an engaged and diverse team that embraces diversity of thought, creativity and curiosity; where every colleague and customer are valued, respected, and listened to; committed to a common goal and collaborate to move with speed and get things done.
Demonstrates inclusive leadership by taking meaningful action with intention to support colleagues and customers across all dimensions of diversity, including those from underrepresented communities, being actively anti-racist, attracting and retaining diverse slate of candidates, nurturing mutual respect, inclusivity of thought and collaboration to drive successful results.
Sustains, identifies strong talent, recruits and develops a diverse talent pipeline of qualified workforce to innovate and maximize individual strengths to lead to a better business outcome.
Enables colleague growth by encouraging colleague development to achieve career and business objectives; ensuring timely feedback, motivating appreciation and recognition to all colleagues.
Enables a continuous learning culture by proactively seeking, listening to and actioning feedback from peers and from colleague listening opportunities to continuously improve the colleague experience and grow your personal leadership.
Fosters an environment that promotes sharing of knowledge, information, skills, and subject matter expertise among the team; ensures timely management and escalation of issues and create opportunities to collaborate with other functions and teams.
Leads your team through change and creates an environment where teams feel psychologically safe to challenge current practices by modeling resiliency and flexibility, communicating a compelling vision with clarity and empowering colleagues to drive innovation.
Contributes to the development of business segment and/or enterprise functional strategic priorities within their operational area or field of specialty that drive results.
Develops annual and/or long-term plans for own area that are aligned with enterprise-wide priorities, reinforcing a focus on results that align to One TD.
Fosters a high-performance culture by setting team targets and objectives, promoting and facilitating on-going feedback/coaching and conducting Quarterly Check-Ins for all colleagues to drive accountability and business results.
Manages employees in compliance with all human resources policies, procedures and guidelines of conduct.