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Working closely with Trading, Finance and other key stakeholders, the team manages critical controls across trading transactions and provides timely, accurate financial information to support effective decision-making. \nIn this role, you’ll combine strong technical expertise with a commercial mindset, helping maintain a robust control environment while supporting the continued growth and complexity of Optiver’s trading activities. \nWHAT YOU'LL DO \nIn this broad and exciting role, your main responsibilities will include: \nAccountability for the design, execution, and operating assurance of all trading book independent controls. \nDriving the Middle Office agenda across the organisation, ensuring new and emerging risks in our various products and markets are identified, escalated, and managed appropriately. \nApplying your knowledge of financial products and accounting standards to ensure correct valuation and accounting of financial instruments on the balance sheet. \nPartnering with Traders and other stakeholders to ensure position and valuation verification is adequately addressed in all new business activities. \nDriving various technology and automation initiatives through the Middle Office team, working collaboratively with technology teams. \nLeading the broader Middle Office team on key initiatives and contributing to the active learnings and development of future control talent in the team. \nWHO YOU ARE \nYou will have had several years’ (~8+) experience working in a Product Control, Valuation, or Market Risk role with demonstrated subject matter expertise in valuation, risk management and accounting for all types of financial instruments. \nTo be considered, you should possess: \nFinance or related bachelor’s degree \nCA/CPA or international equivalent \nA strong understanding of the fundamentals of valuation, risk management and accounting for exchange and over the counter cash and derivative financial instruments \nAn innate drive to succeed and collaborate with high performing individuals \nStrong data analysis and problem-solving capabilities in various applications, Excel, VBA, various BI tools, SQL, Python, etc \nWHO WE ARE \nOptiver is a global market maker founded in Amsterdam, with offices in London, Chicago, Austin, New York, Sydney, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei and Mumbai. 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