VP - Sales Finance Reporting - Bank

Discipline - Banking

Subsector - Financial Planning

Location - Chennai

About our Client - Our client is a major global financial services provider engaged in retail banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking with an extensive international presence in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. With over 125,000 employees spread across 40+ countries they lend, invest and protect money for over 40 million customers across the globe. The Sales Finance team has been set up to focus on developing business partnership with global Distribution Sales teams. The function is responsible for building and supporting the business' reporting needs as well as ad hoc MIS requests within each region.

Job Description - The Job requires you to:

- Lead the global Sales Finance Acorn Reporting team (11 people) with planned growth over 2 years

- Embed a strong engagement model with each of the regional Sales Finance client facing teams

- Ensure resources are effectively deployed and resource loads clearly communicated or escalated

- Mentor and coach the team through development of new metrics and reporting to meet the changing needs of the business.

- Design effective and meaningful reporting metrics to track reporting SLAs

- Provide senior onshore oversight on various infrastructure initiatives

- Ensure appropriate training strategies are deployed to promote staff and talent development

- Ensure a strong people strategy is in place to mitigate operational risk.

- Leading the regional Report Production team

- Ensuring validity and data integrity of Sales Credits captured and reported in the front office system

- Ensuring that appropriate controls are in place to support robust, accurate and timely delivery of reporting

- Initiating/Implementing best practices on report design, consistency and presentation

The Successful Candidate - You will hold a Masters Degree from a reputed Institute and have 9+ years of experience in the Sales Finance Reporting area of the Finance / Banking space. Some Accounting Qualification is preferred. You will have advanced Excel skills, proficient in designing innovative solutions and sophisticated report presentation skills. You will have a track record of leading a medium/large sized team (including coaching and performance management) You will have strong stakeholder management skills and in depth knowledge of capital markets. You will be a confident and articulate self-starter with the ability to cope with the demands of working with tight deadlines. You will additionally be a team player with a high level of commitment and enthusiasm, who is able to liaise with Sales Managers and Business managers alike. Strong Communication skill is a must.

What's on Offer - An Opportunity to be a leader in an environment that promises phenomenal future growth. Additionally, a chance to be a forerunner in the set up, policy formulation and growth stages of a nascent team in a globally reputed brand.

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