The role covers responsibilities for running processes and projects in the Finrep team , which forms part of the External Financial and Capital Reporting of the European consolidation group and its regulated subsidiaries. It will include working with colleagues in Mumbai, London, Frankfurt, Paris and Tokyo.
The role will encompass accurate production and timely submission of monthly/ quarterly/ annual regulatory returns stating the financial positions of EMEA entities:
- Understanding the business model, financial transactions and position of EMEA entities.
- Perform due diligence of the numbers reported by establishing quality controls around the processes.
- Ensuring Financial disclosures are complete, accurate prepared in a timely manner and are in accordance with applicable GAAP s.
- Liaising with the regional Controllers for financial reporting process.
- Prepare periodic management review packs and provide analytical commentary for key variances.
- Responding to business / management driven queries requests.
- Development of monthly/ quarterly MI through new age BI tools such as Alteryx and Power BI.
- Interaction with other teams like IT, Ops, LE Controllers and Legal
- Driving standardization of process over time, Process efficiency and ensuring focus on added value work.
- Defining business requirements for IT implementation in case of new projects / process enhancements.
- User Acceptance testing of implementation with an eye for identifying gaps under different scenarios
Domain
- Financial services industry exposure / good working knowledge in Financial reporting function with exposure to IFRS and US GAAP
- Capital Market knowledge
- Excellent communication skills ability to communicate ideas concisely and clearly
- Ability to work in stringent deadlines
- Ability to deliver accurate reports within agreed timelines
- Understanding of financial products
- Proficiency in bringing issues to closure by keeping all the relevant stakeholders informed.
- Previous experience in Financial reporting / Capital reporting within Investment Banking is preferred
- Self-starter, problem solver and ability to work with minimal supervision
Technical
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills and ability to learn Finance specific systems
- Inquisitive mind set with ability to challenge the norm
- Working knowledge with Tableau, Power BI, Alteryx, Excel VBA macros and SQL and ability to self learn similar new age IT tools
