Vice President - Financial Control - BFSI

Role : Vice President - Financial Control

Overall purpose of role : The role is for a Business Analyst to work within the Group Finance Change Team supporting the firms Local Regulatory Reporting Programme.

Key specific accountability :

- To take ownership of financials including Balance sheet control and month end closure

- To represent financial control in the LoR (Letter of Representation) meetings, which requires presenting financials, explaining monthly variances and tabling key issues and potential resolutions

- Production of reports for data analysis to identify and explain key trends /variances. Where any gaps or inconsistencies are noted, to follow up and work towards appropriate closure.

- Deal with product control and risk teams to ensure appropriate reporting and presentation of the P&L accounts and disclosure of the balance sheet accounts.

- Monitoring of capital levels and reporting of large exposures for different entities

- Support Pnl & Balance Sheet enrichment process To ensure proper controls are in place and operating effectively

- Ensure that appropriate transfer pricing between entities is conducted to ensure that the legal entity financials are properly reflected.

- Support and respond to ad-hoc data requests

Technical Knowledge

Qualified Accountant : CA, CPA, ACCA

Strong academic background - 1st /2nd class honours, minimum bachelor degree from a reputable institution

Experience :

Experience in month end closure including Balance sheet control and IFRS reporting

Ability to manage and lead a team and interact with senior staff across multiple jurisdictions in multiple functions

Essential :

- Strong control mindset.

- Strong stakeholder engagement skills and understanding their requirements for effective execution

- Ability to lead teams and motivate staff

- Enthusiastic, motivated, self-starter, proactive and a team player.

- Good IT System skills

- Strong interpersonal skills and excellent communicator. Desire to provide top quality service to internal stakeholders from different areas of the firm /geographies

- Willingness and ability to take ownership of issues and manage through to a successful resolution.

- Eye for detail and exception track record in managing and resolving conflict situations

- Ability to negotiate and influence senior management across the businesses

- Ability to build strong partnerships across the business with excellent stakeholder management

- Strong IFRS knowledge and its implications

- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills with ability to think outside the box.

- Strong knowledge of financial statement disclosure

- Leadership requirements

Judgment - Balances short-term & long term goals, manages ambiguity well, is an astute risk taker, can see things in new and innovative ways and understands the business.

Influence - Adept at influencing and aligning colleagues to make things happen, builds trusting and collaborative relationships, knows self deeply and creates teams to complement own strengths.

Execution - Turns strategy into results, measures, manages and delivers performance, always delivers on promises. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to be creative and to - think outside the box .

Drive - Passionate about making a difference, relentlessly seeks out and overcomes major challenges, has real drive and determination, continuously raises the bar and is emotionally resilient. Proven track record in delivering to tight deadlines under pressure.

Excellent Communication & Presentation - Excellent people-management and relationship-building skills with ability to operate at most senior levels.

Process improvement - drives through change and process re-engineering by continuously leaning and streamline processes.

Preferred :

Experience of working in SAP financial accounting or investment banking middle-office / back-office accounting and settlement systems