Marex

About Marex

Marex Group plc (NASDAQ: MRX) is a diversified global financial services platform providing essential liquidity, market access and infrastructure services to clients across energy, commodities and financial markets. The group provides comprehensive breadth and depth of coverage across four core services: clearing, agency and execution, market making, and hedging and investment solutions. It has a leading franchise in many major metals, energy and agricultural products, with access to 60 exchanges. The group provides access to the world’s major commodity markets, covering a broad range of clients that include some of the largest commodity producers, consumers and traders, banks, hedge funds and asset managers. With more than 40 offices worldwide, the group has over 2,300 employees across Europe, Asia and the Americas.

For more information visit www.marex.com

The Legal Entity Control team work on a range of projects as well as statutory reporting and control. The team is charged with ensuring the Group meets the financial reporting and control obligations of a global regulated group. The LEC Team support the other finance areas such as FP&A, Regulatory, Product Control, Treasury and tax which together form the Finance Department.

Role Summary

The purpose of this role is to be a key member of the Legal Entity Control (LEC) team and ensure the integrity of the Group and its subsidiaries financial information. The role would cover and support all aspects of finance that falls under the LEC Team which is an integral part of the wider Finance Team. As a senior member of the team this role will encompass a line management and review aspect.

Responsibilities:

The major deliverables of the Legal Entity Control team are:

  • Preparation of annual financial statements for a number of entities under various accounting standards (IFRS, US GAAP, FRS102 mainly);
  • Supporting the Financial Reporting Team in the preparation of key notes to the Group Annual and Quarterly Reports (prepared in Workiva);
  • Prepare monthly analytical review on legal entity income statement and balance sheet;
  • Managing the month end process to Group reporting deadlines;
  • Preparation of monthly management reports;
  • Preparation of monthly transfer pricing calculations;
  • Management of balance sheet substantiation and intercompany reconciliation processes;
  • Preparation, review and challenge of LEC controlled balance sheet reconciliations;
  • Manage audit process and ad-hoc enquiries from external auditors;
  • Involvement in developing and enhancing existing processes;
  • Integration of new acquisitions into the monthly reporting cycle;
  • Supporting business change. New business units, reorganisations;
  • Design and implementation of a world class control environment (SOX compliance);
  • Provide guidance and support to other members of the LEC Team and support the head of LEC;

Skills and Experience

  • Strong analytical skill – You demonstrate an aptitude for problem solving with the ability to exercise sound and balanced judgment in a highly regulated environment
  • Functional expertise - Enjoy keeping up-to-date with emerging business, economic, and market trends
  • Strong technical accounting skills – You demonstrate strong technical skills (especially IFRS 3 and 9), pay attention to detail, take initiative to broaden your knowledge and resolve accounting issues
  • Personal drive and motivation - Successfully handle multiple tasks, take initiative to improve your own performance, work intensely towards challenging goals
  • A client and business focus - Effectively handle difficult requests, build trusting, long-term relationships with clients, help the client to identify/define needs and manages client/business expectations
  • Strong teamwork ethic – You are a strong team player with excellent interpersonal skills. You collaborate well with others within and across teams, encourage other team members to participate and contribute and acknowledges others' contributions

Competencies

  • Big 4 audit background is preferred but not essential
  • Working in a large Group / Public company environment
  • Group accounting (departments/business units) and reconciliation experience (transfer pricing / intercompany / cross charging etc)
  • A track record of improving processes and adding value to stakeholders
  • Managing other team members and projects to deadlines.
  • Presenting solutions and recommendations to senior management
  • Strong analytical, organisation and documentation skills
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong Microsoft Excel and large ERP system (PeopleSoft), Essbase reporting.
  • Acting as a role model for the values of the Company:
  • Qualified Accountant

Conduct Rules

You must:

  • Act with integrity
  • Act with due skill, care and diligence
  • Be open and cooperative with the FCA, the PRA and other regulators
  • Pay due regard to the interests of customers and treat them fairly
  • Observe proper standard of market conduct
  • Act to deliver good outcomes for retail customers

Company Values

Acting as a role model for the values of the Company:

Respect - Clients are at the heart of our business, with superior execution and superb client service the foundation of the firm. We respect our clients and always treat them fairly.

Integrity - Doing business the right way is the only way. We hold ourselves to a high ethical standard in everything we do – our clients expect this and we demand it of ourselves.

Collaborative - We work in teams - open and direct communication and the willingness to work hard and collaboratively are the basis for effective teamwork. Working well with others is necessary for us to succeed at what we do.

Developing our People - Our people are the basis of our competitive advantage. We look to “grow our own” and make Marex the place ambitious, hardworking, talented people choose to build their careers.

Adaptable and Nimble - Our size and flexibility is an advantage. We are big enough to support our client’s various needs, and adaptable and nimble enough to respond quickly to changing conditions or requirements. A non-bureaucratic, but well controlled environment fosters initiative as well as employee satisfaction.

Marex is fully committed to the elimination of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the company.

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