Business Finance Controller - Global Markets

Job Description:

Job Title: Global Markets Business Finance Controller

Location: London or Chester

Corporate Title: Vice President or Assistant Vice President

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.  Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities, and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Location Overview:

Our London office is based just a stone’s throw from the magnificent St. Paul’s Cathedral on bustling King Edward Street. Here you’ll find modern workspaces and a state-of-the-art auditorium space. In addition, we’re proud to host an onsite restaurant that shares our commitment to sustainability by providing delicious seasonal menus which have been created with the planet in mind. Make sure to take time for yourself and head up to our rooftop terrace and take in the spectacular views across London. Finally, your physical wellness is well-catered for with our onsite gym facilities and medical centre.

About the Role:

We’re looking for a dynamic and detail-oriented finance professional to join our Global Markets team as a Business Finance Controller. This is a high-impact role that blends financial reporting, valuation oversight, and strategic balance sheet management across a broad spectrum of trading products.

You’ll be at the heart of our financial control function—partnering with trading desks, risk teams, and senior stakeholders to ensure accuracy, transparency, and regulatory compliance in everything we do.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver daily P&L, risk attribution, and balance sheet control for trading desks.
• Reconcile front‑ and back‑office systems to ensure ledger accuracy and financial integrity.
• Lead monthly balance sheet substantiation and monitor key metrics such as inventory ageing and funding usage.
• Review and challenge front-office valuation methodologies and inputs.
• Partner with Trading, Risk, Treasury, and Operations to resolve issues and optimise capital and liquidity.
• Perform Independent Price Verification (IPV) across multiple asset classes and challenge front‑office valuations.
• Prepare valuation reserves and fair value hierarchy disclosures.
• Develop and apply valuation adjustments, reserves, and fair value disclosures.
• Calculate and report AVAs in line with CRR and EBA prudent valuation standards.
• Support governance forums, audits, and regulatory engagements, maintaining robust documentation and controls.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Professional qualifications (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) preferred or in progress.
• Strong understanding of financial instruments, valuation techniques, and accounting principles.
• Advanced Excel skills and familiarity with financial systems/tools.
• Experience with valuation control frameworks and IPV processes.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, high-performance environment.

Benefits of working at Bank of America

UK

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
• 20 days of back-up childcare including virtual tutoring and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc
• Use of a flex fund to use towards benefits
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, and virtual GP services
• Access to the Peppy App which provides 1:1 support, consultations and resources relating to men’s health, women’s health, fertility, menopause and pregnancy & parenthood
• Access to a range of gyms, exercise classes and wellbeing Apps through Wellhub, including Headspace and Calm
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local area

Bank of America

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long-term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, political opinion, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.