Job Description

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.
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Role Summary
The Financial Controller, is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the general ledger and the reconciliation processes within the finance function of Marex Capital (AD) Ltd. This role is further responsible for, process efficiency, reporting accuracy, and cross-functional collaboration.
Responsibilities
General Ledger Management

• Oversee daily GL operations and ensure timely posting of all transactions
• Manage the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes
• Review and approve journal entries, ensuring compliance with accounting policies
• Ensure proper controls are in place for GL transactions and system access

Reconciliation Process

• Oversee the preparation and review of all balance sheet reconciliations
• Ensure timely completion of daily bank, broker & client reconciliations
• Ensure compliance with internal controls and accounting policies during the reconciliation process
• Drive collaboration with the other departments to ensure completeness of sub-ledger to ledger reconciliations (XTP to Peoplesoft)
• Investigate and resolve discrepancies identified during reconciliations
• Implement and maintain a robust reconciliation tracking system

Budgeting & Forecasting

• Assist in the annual budgeting process and rolling forecasts
• Consolidate budgets from all departments, ensuring alignment with corporate goals
• Collaborate with department heads to establish cost allocation models
• Analyse variances between actuals and forecasts, providing actionable insights
• Work closely with department leaders to validate assumptions and improve forecast accuracy
• Support strategic initiatives by providing financial modelling and scenario analysis

Reporting

• Prepare management reports (P&L, cash flow, KPIs) for senior leadership
• Analyse GL data to identify trends, variances, and anomalies
• Provide explanations for significant variances to senior management
• Support the preparation of external financial reports and regulatory filings

Internal Controls, Compliance and Audit Support

• Ensure compliance with accounting standards (IFRS) and internal policies
• Prepare audit schedules and support external auditors during audits
• Implement and maintain internal controls related to GL and reconciliations
• Ensure adherence to internal controls and compliance procedures, identifying areas for improvement and driving corrective actions
• Monitor adherence to the risk assessment framework and checklists across all operations, systems, and processes; review risk assessment outcomes and identify relevant internal controls to close vulnerabilities

Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate with other Group finance teams to ensure the financial data is accurate and up to date
• Serve as the primary escalation point for critical issues, ensuring swift resolution through coordination with IT and other key stakeholders
• Supervise a team of 3 in the finance function
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, such as accounting, reporting, and IT teams, to ensure alignment of processes
• Provide regular updates and escalate issues to senior management in a timely manner
• Ensuring compliance with the company's regulatory requirements under the [FSRA, SCA & Other relevant institutions.
• Adhere to the operational risk framework for your role ensuring that all regulatory or company determined parameters are complied with.
• Role model for demonstrating highest level standards of integrity and conduct and reflecting Company Values.
• At all times complying with the Marex's Code of Conduct.
• To ensure that you are fully aware of and adhere to internal policies that relate to you, your role or any other activities for which you have any level of responsibility
• To report any breaches of policy to Compliance and/ or your supervisor as required
• To escalate risk events immediately
• To provide input to risk management processes, as required.

Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
• Professional certifications (CA, CPA, ACCA) is required
• 5-7 years* of experience in financial reporting, general ledger, financial budgeting and analysis ideally in a clearing role in a global financial services firm.
• Experience in delivering variance analysis, financial modelling, and actionable insights to support strategic decisions
• Providing timely and accurate management reports, including P&L, cash flow, and KPIs
• Ensuring strong internal controls, audit readiness, and compliance with IFRS
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• A track record of improving processes and adding value to clients/stakeholders
• Strong analytical, organization and documentation skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience working in a regulated environment and knowledge of the risk and compliance requirements associated with this.

Critical Leadership Capabilities

• Successful management of the Team, objective setting and reviewing and managing individual performance
• Adapts own influencing approach to individuals, anticipating impact of words and actions
• Pre-empts or resolves conflicts by discussing individual issues with each person

Competencies

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A collaborative team player, approachable, self-efficient and influences a positive work environment
• Demonstrates curiosity
• Resilient in a challenging, fast-paced environment
• Ability to take a high level of responsibility in a fast pace and high-volume environment
• Excels at building relationships, networking and influencing others
• Strategic collaborator with insight and agility, able to anticipate future challenges, ensuring operational effectiveness

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.
*experience outside of this range will also be considered