Product Controller

Product Controller page is loaded## Product Controller locations:
New York, New Yorktime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R252974
** Position Overview
** Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade to private equity with a focus on three investing strategies: yield, hybrid, and equity. For more than three decades, our investing expertise across our fully integrated platform has served the financial return needs of our clients and provided businesses with innovative capital solutions for growth.

Through Athene, our retirement services business, we specialize in helping clients achieve financial security by providing a suite of retirement savings products and acting as a solutions provider to institutions. Our patient, creative, and knowledgeable approach to investing aligns our clients, businesses we invest in, our employees, and the communities we impact, to expand opportunity and achieve positive outcomes.

Come to Apollo and join a community of extraordinary people who are committed to a culture of excellence and collaboration in everything that we do. We invest in our people for the long term and are committed to supporting their development at every stage of their career.

As the Private Credit market structure has evolved into daily liquidity, Apollo is creating a Product Control team within the Finance organization to support specific flagship funds within Apollo’s Global Corporate Credit business. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to shape and develop the role through system//process design, control framework and eventually expanding capabilities to other key products and strategies within Apollo.  

This individual will be tasked with the quality execution of the day-to-day core trading profit/loss explanations, driving improvements in processes and reporting, as well as partnering with our trading business and risk team on portfolio activity.
** Job Summary
** We are looking for a highly skilled, dynamic and commercially aware Mid to Senior Level Product Controller to lead financial oversight and control functions for our Flagship Long/Short Fund. This is a senior, hands-on role that will be central to managing and enhancing the fund’s valuation, P&L attribution, financial reporting, and control processes across a diverse range of credit instruments including loans (public and private), bonds, structured credit, and derivatives.

The ideal candidate will combine deep technical accounting knowledge with a strong understanding of credit markets, excellent leadership skills, and a proactive approach to improving controls, systems, and reporting.
** Primary Responsibilities
*** Daily oversight of performance returns for Portfolio Managers & Traders  + Review and validate daily/MTD pnl for largest winners and losers  + Review largest day over day price changes  + Review pnl on new daily trades  + Review P&L attribution reporting
* Month end close process, including review of NAV packages prepared by the fund administrators with all the relevant supporting documentation
* Analyze profit/loss and fund performance on monthly basis
* Identify and analyze daily cash breaks in conjunction with operation colleagues
* Coordinate closely with internal counterparts in Portfolio Mgmt, Trading, Risk, Operations, Marketing, Tax, Legal,  and broader Finance organization
* Contribute to ongoing internal business reviews & reporting for senior leaders
* Special Projects:
Contribute and execute on risk and attribution initiatives
** Qualifications & Experience
*** CPA a plus. 10-12 years of experience, public experience a plus but majority experience in a Product Controller role.

Experience with multiple credit investment types.
* Strong U.S. GAAP technical accounting expertise
* A critical thinker with strong quantitative and analytical skills who expresses their thoughts and ideas clearly both in oral and written communications.
* A collaborative thinker who can also work independently, multitask, and prioritize competing demands…