Vice President - Legal Entity Control - CA - Investment Banking

VP Legal Entity control ( CA Qualified is a mandate)

Function - LEGAL ENTITY CONTROLLER

Level - VP (currently should be a VP on papers)

Location - Pune, India

EDUCATION

- Accountancy qualification (CA) with 12 years of experience in Investment Banking Financial Control.

- Production of the monthly and year-end US GAAP Financial Statements in the PeopleSoft general ledger. This includes P&L, BS and Off BS reporting. Additionally ensuring that the general ledger balances upload into the Swiss reporting module (ADAC) correctly.

- The population of the monthly, quarterly and yearly disclosures into ADAC including the detailed explanation of significant balance moves.

- Production of semi-annual and annual IFRS GAAP published financial statements.

- Controlling and presenting the IFRS to US GAAP differences.

- Liaising with the entity regulatory reporting group. Includes having an understanding of the regulatory reporting process and ensuring that a hand off of the financial numbers to the regulatory group.

- Understanding the entity numbers and preparing the analytical review for the global review meeting.

- Preparing the IFRS to US GAAP monthly tax reconciliation (UK tax is based on the IFRS numbers).

- Ownership of key controls supporting the General Ledger and other reporting applications including managing the SOX process.

- Understanding the legal entity architecture. This includes having an understanding of the upstream to FA, processes and associated SOX Control Issues (CIPs).

- Ownership and remediation of the FA owned audit points and SOX Issues.

- Review of New Business transactions and the setting of new business - conditions- to the upstream owners including front office, operations, and product control.

- Managing the FA owned account ownership process. This includes detailed legal entity FX exposure process controls.

- Managing the junior staff including setting yearly objectives and performing semi annual appraisals, ensuring that periodic 3+ / 3- feedback takes place, managing staff career development.

- Overall span of 10 FTE.

REQUIRED SKILLS

- Strong attention to detail

- Ability to multi-task in a complex environment

- Effective verbal and written communication skills

- Ability to learn and apply learning quickly

- Excellent team player

- Problem-solving skills

- Time management - organizing and prioritizing work

- Strong people manager

- Ability to meet strict reporting deadlines

- Financial and Management Accounting

WORK EXPERIENCE / BACKGROUND

- US GAAP and IFRS GAAP

- Investment Banking industry knowledge, including Investment Banking financial product experience

- Public accounting & audit experience desirable

- Financial Control background in the Investment Banking industry, desirable