Global Markets & Credit Finance Business Unit Controller, Managing Director
State Street · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Who we are looking forState Street is seeking an accomplished finance executive to serve as the Global Markets & Credit Finance Business Unit Controller, Managing Director (MD). The individual will be responsible for providing strategic financial leadership, accounting governance, and controllership oversight globally for State Street’s Markets and Credit Finance businesses. This role, and the team it oversees, serves as the lead Controllership partner for the Markets and Credit Finance senior management. The MD is accountable for the integrity of the businesses financial reporting through ensuring appropriate governance, controls and processes across the complex global trading and lending organizations.
The successful candidate will combine deep technical accounting expertise with a comprehensive understanding of capital markets and credit finance, including foreign exchange, securities financing, derivatives and a variety of loan structures. For securities trading activity the MD will partner closely with the Securities Trading / Broker Dealer COE. This executive will play a pivotal role in supporting business growth initiatives, evaluating new products and transactions, influencing strategic decisions, implementing new systems, and driving transformation across a global operating model. As part of this role the individual will serve as a key Controllership representative in Markets and Credit Finance project, governance and risk forums.
This position requires a highly visible leader with the ability, both personally and through their team, to partner in supporting, challenge when appropriate and influence senior stakeholders across Markets, Credit Finance, Finance, Risk, Operations, Legal, Compliance, and Technology while maintaining a strong focus on financial integrity, governance, and risk management.
Why This Role Matters
The Markets and Credit Finance organization constitutes State Street's capital markets and liquidity solutions platform. As the lead Controllership executive supporting these businesses, the Global Markets & Credit Finance Business Unit Controller is responsible for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the firm's financial reporting while enabling innovation, growth, and strategic transformation.
This role serves as a key advisor to executive management and provides
leadership on matters involving:
Financial and regulatory reporting
Accounting policy and governance
New product development and approval
System implementations
Legal entity oversight
Operational and financial controls
Strategic business initiatives
Audit and regulatory engagement
The position plays a critical role in protecting the firm's reputation and strengthening its control environment, through maintaining, and enhancing as required, the appropriate governance and control structures, while partnering in executing on strategic initiatives enabling the achievement of business goals and growth targets.
What you will be responsible forGlobal Markets & Credit Finance Controllership Leadership- Provide end-to-end financial controllership oversight for Markets and Credit Finance activities globally, including FX trading, securities financing, derivatives, and lending products.
- Maintain accountability for the integrity, accuracy, completeness, timeliness and transparency of the business units financial results at both a State Street corporate and local legal entity basis.
- Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP and international accounting standards, global regulatory reporting requirements, and associated internal governance standards.
- Lead quarterly and annual financial reporting reviews, certifications, and executive-level presentations.
- Coordinate with Controllership and business teams to ensure an efficient, appropriately designed and well-controlled daily operating and close process is in place.
- Maintain, establish and oversee metrics for the complex trading and financing transactions, identifying potential issues, monitoring and proactively addressing any potential gaps.
- Partner closely with Global Accounting Operations, Regional Controllers, Accounting Policy, SOX and Business Risk Management, the Securities Trading / Broker Dealer COE and Regulatory, Capital and SEC Reporting to ensure the achievement of the above shared goals.
Strategic Business Partnership- Serve as the primary Controllership advisor to Markets and Credit Finance executive leadership.
- Partner with business heads on strategic initiatives, acquisitions, product launches, system implementations and market expansion opportunities.
- Prior to the launch of new business activities evaluate, and provide advice on, the accounting, reporting, and governance.
- Challenge and influence business decisions while balancing commercial objectives against risk, control, and regulatory requirements.
- Support long-range planning, financial forecasting, and strategic decision-making.
Markets Products & Technical Accounting Oversight- Provide leadership and accounting oversight relating to:
- Foreign exchange trading activities
- Securities lending and repo programs
- Derivatives and structured products
- Lending products
- Balance sheet & P&L implications of Markets and Credit Finance activities
- Act as the senior escalation point, while partnering closely with Accounting Policy, for complex accounting interpretations and technical accounting matters impacting Markets and Credit Finance businesses.
Controls, Governance & Regulatory Leadership
- Maintain a robust and sustainable internal control framework across Markets and Credit Finance activities.
- Lead efforts in the Markets and Credit Finance area to ensure compliance with Sarbanes Oxley.
- Serve as the Controllership representative on governance committees and risk forums.
- Own relationships with Internal Audit, External Audit, and regulatory stakeholders.
- Drive timely remediation of control deficiencies and audit observations.
- Ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory, reporting obligations across relevant jurisdictions.
Transformation & Operating Model Leadership
- Lead finance transformation initiatives that improve efficiency, controls, scalability, and data quality.
- Partner with Technology, Operations, and Finance Transformation teams on strategic systems implementations and process redesign initiatives.
- Drive modernization of reporting, reconciliations, and control frameworks.
Leadership & Talent Development
- Lead, develop, and mentor high-performing global controllership teams.
- Build succession pipelines and develop future finance leaders.
- Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, collaboration, and risk awareness.
Education & Preferred Qualifications
Required Qualifications- Bachelor's degree, preferably in Accounting, Business or related discipline.
- Minimum 10+ years of progressive Controllership or Finance leadership experience, either within or in direct support of a regulated financial institution.
- Significant experience supporting trading, capital markets and /or lending businesses.
- Deep knowledge of U.S. GAAP, financial reporting, and internal control frameworks.
- Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and lead cross-functional initiatives across large organizations.
Preferred Qualifications- Prior experience serving in a Business Unit Controller role, or equivalent senior finance leadership position.
- CPA, Chartered Accountant, CFA, or equivalent professional qualification.
- Expertise in FX trading, derivatives, securities lending, repo and loan transactions.
- Experience evaluating balance sheet, P&L, capital and liquidity implications of trading and lending activities.
- Demonstrated success leading large-scale finance transformation and system modernization programs.
- Experience leading geographically dispersed global teams through change and transformation.
- Ability to balance technical accounting rigor, business partners