Financial Accounting

JD - Financial Accounting - Preparation & consolidation for Annual Reports & accounts - Strong analytical skills for variance analysis. - Preparation of advanced level Analytical Review (“AR”) and Group Review Schedules (“GRS”) for Regional submission on quarterly basis - Review and Approval of all journals - Strong technical knowledge of Accounting and reporting principles. - In-depth functional experience in accounting for all balance sheet / income statement heads - Ability to meet KPI timelines including under stringent time lines and high pressure situations - Excellent communication skills to be able to manage the In-country team on a daily basis. - Drive new projects/assignments/process: Identify, Drive, Build & operate it as BAU - The ability to work to a high degree of accuracy under pressure is important as during the reporting periods the team is required to meet tight deadlines. - Ability to prioritize and plan work in an efficient manner - Performing UAT/Dry Runs on different Change requests Reporting & Data Management - - Experience in Data mining, analysis, Financial Statements, IFRS and Audit/Compliance - Ability to plan and implement change to Business Frameworks, reporting hierarchies, allocation rules and mappings - Good communication and ability to interact with multiple employee levels/business partners, etc. - Strong relationship management skills across a diverse organization, especially with senior management - Ability to understand, map and change reporting process-flows - Experience of Visualization tools like Qlik Sense, Tableau, Power BI, Vizlib, Looker or similar tools will be added advantage - Business Finance Actuals Reporting (Global, by region, by product, by segment) and BAU change initiatives - Drive Reporting improvements incorporating feedback from CFO, business reviews, process changes from transformation initiatives that impact business reporting from time to time - Data management processes that involve Submissions to Financial and reporting systems, working/ calculations that feed front office, intermediary and ledgers. All other associated process looking at data sanity, clean up that fall within the remit of Data Operations - Demonstrating agility to incorporate management reporting change requests on the back of business and finance initiatives - Expert level proficiency in working on Global reporting systems commonly used in Banks - Review and challenge assumptions, provide suggestions to enhance Reporting improvements - Collaborate across In-country and GFOC stakeholders to align Reporting with business submissions Process Improvements- - Continuous review of process with the objective of improving the resource utilization, time taken and quality of deliverables. Automate process using tools like Python, Xceptor, VBA or using SQL - Implement projects for enhancing operational efficiency using automation tools, support Visualisation initiatives and drive standardization Governance - - Ensure service delivery of the designated finance processes per the standards set out in agreed SLAs within the HSBC operating framework taking into account key operational risk (including people & processes) - Ensure all processes are correctly and thoroughly documented (SOPs and Process Maps) - Maintain monthly reporting timetable via Achieve for both routine and ad-hoc tasks and strict adherence to Achieve Challenges - - To adapt to the changes related to systems. - To manage the stakeholder’s expectation for change projects - To be able to modify the procedures to accommodate the changing business or regulatory or system requirements. - To understand the new reporting requirements and designing the process to meet that requirement. Skills/Experience Required - CA / ICWA / MBA (Finance) with 1 years of post-qualification relevant experience in Financial and Management Reporting will be considered. - B. Com / M.COM/ CA Inter with minimum 4 years of relevant experience will be considered. - Past experience in Financial and Management Reporting, External/ Regulatory reporting of Legal entity financials and supplementary reports. Experience of Banking Industry is desirable. - Strong working knowledge of Financial Systems is key (e.g. FTP, Saracen, Cognos, TM1 or similar tools) - Advance knowledge of MS Excel and basic knowledge of MS Access. - Ability to automate reports to derive efficiency saves through programming languages and tools like Python, SQL, VBA - Good knowledge of IFRS mainly IFRS9. - Good understanding of Banking products. - Exposure to Financial reporting (Exposure to IFRS/FINREP/Central bank reporting will be an added advantage) - Advanced capability to understand, analyse and interpret numeric data. - Project management skills with an ability to initiate process improvements. - Excellent Communication and Inter person skills – Both verbal and written Further Information can be obtained from:   Reporting Manager Name –antanu   manager Additional Information / Specific Skills (If Any) - Prior experience in External/ Regulatory reporting will be preferred. - Prior working level knowledge of Saracen and FTP will be preferred. - Must have an analytical bent of mind and ability to work for solutions to the adhoc queries. - Should be willing to stretch as per the project requirements.