Senior Manager - Strategy & Finance - BFSI

Within PBRC, Financial Reporting team is, with the reporting team, in charge of the consolidation of the production of all internal/external analyses and disclosures from the organization to the delivery including the release of financial instructions, the coordination of processes, data controlling and financial analysis.

Group Consolidation and Reporting team members have regular interactions with Geographical poles (legal entity controllers) to collect information, ask for queries and investigate key topics, or to provide them with assistance when needed. The Group Consolidation team also has strong interactions with other PBRC teams (norms, actuaries and projects teams), as well as with other key stakeholders such as Investor Relations, Group Strategic Planning, Corporate Finance, Risk Management and Legal and Investment/ALM (including senior executives such as the Global Head of PBRC or the Group CIO).

The primary responsibilities are :

- Financial control of data quality submitted by the client

- Control and analyzing the consolidated financial statements - actual and forecast/ budgets, volume and profitability KPIs, strategic plans (mainly on P&L and Volumes KPIs)

- Identify and analyze risks and uncertainties that may impact Group financial statements, management business monitoring.

- Answer questions from the Management, Investors relations, other internal stakeholders & Regulators

- Manage relationship with internal/ external departments in production of Financial Annual Report

- Review/ check of press release and slides presented to the Analysts

- Actively contribute by engaging in transversal projects to improve quality of processes and the overall financial reporting at group level.

- Identify, facilitate and implement process improvement ideas to improve efficiency & gain productivity.

- Assist the Group audit process and effectively deal with various auditors

Qualification required :

- MBA/Master Degree in finance

- Minimum 5 year post qualification experience

- Worked in Audit environment as well from Insurance or financial services

- Prior background on working with /as controller or auditor with exposure to consolidation, reporting or investment.

Technical skills required :

- Strong knowledge of insurance business

- Strong financial expertise and experience: IFRS rules, consolidation techniques

- Strong business analysis and synthesis skills

- Strong focus on Risk and controls

- Exposure to global work environment

- Good knowledge of MS Excel & Knowledge of (SAP) Magnitude will be an advantage

Soft skills required :

- Good communication and strong interpersonal skills and ability to interact with senior/ junior internal stakeholders & auditors

- Highly organized, structured & proactive

- Good inter cultural skills

- Autonomous ability to deliver independently or with limited supervision/ support

- Good time management skills - meet tight timelines and manage adhoc deliverables, if any

- Quick learner

- Good team player and ability to work closely with onshore PBRC team/ supervisors

- In line with client Culture.