General Accounting/Financial Controller - BFSI

- 7 to 15 years of Experience in Audit, General Accounting, Financial controllership, Financial Consolidation & Supervision under Banking & Financial Industry.

1. Check the quality and exhaustiveness of accounting controls all through the process of production from the Front Office, to the Back Office and Accounting production,

2. Quarterly review the consolidated reporting of the results of accounting controls to the Group through the certification Sox light approach and add the results of the testings and Level 2 opinion to the certification to the CFOs and CEOs.

3. Anomalies identification and improvement: coordination with Group Central/Regional/Local Team in charge of level 2 mission to have a global view on our processes.

4. Accounting controls tool deployment, referential control up-date by a continuous improvement mindset.

5. Steering normative accounting standards for perimeter under purview.

6. Engaging with internal & external auditors.

7. Testing mission on the correct application of accounting norms (IFRS & French) through specific thematic identified as risky for Group Financial Statement;

8. Control the level 1 quality framework for accounting, regulatory, and financial information; Challenge the quarterly accounting certification and its results; In charge of the anomalies and action plans follow-up between each accounting closing.

9. Strong contribution during the accounting closing with investigation and review of any closing issued and anomalies identified by external auditors.

10.Assistance to Finance Division and Internal Auditor on accounting standards with the help of Norms Experts.

11. Challenging and analytical skills in order to be able to give an independent and relevant opinion on the control framework or the correct application of accounting standards.

12. Ability to perform a rigourous analysis of the Level 1 & 2 control framework.

13. Expert on accounting, regulatory or prudential (level 2) processes and its normative impact.

14. Ability to understand Banking & Investment business lines and able to challenge the processes with a continuous improvement mindset.

15. Strong audit and accounting skills

16. Proven experience on external audit and added experience in an Accounting or Regulatory department would added advantage.

17. Knowledge of IFRS and consolidation principles for Banks.

18. Experience in the corporate/investment/retails Banking industry.

19. Good Knowledge on Financial market and investment products.