Financial Accounting Specialist

Location: 

Chennai, TN, IN, 600096


Brand:  HSBC
Area of Interest: 
Closing Date:  Hybrid Worker
Date:  10 Sept 2026

Job description

Some careers shine brighter than others. 

If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC and fulfil your potential. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support, and rewards that will take you further.  

HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.  

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of  Financial Accounting Specialist  

 
In this role, you will: 

  • This role can be an individual contributor who will be a key team member in the Process Re-engineering team who will drive solution architecture and delivery across partner teams in FA. 
  • Establish yourself as a Transformation and Automation SME to help Financial Accounting become “Future Ready “Financial Accounting”. 
  • Independently develop & deliver work packets for project/program management teams, internal process and business, external vendors, delivery partners including CDO, IT/ITID and subject matter experts in support of cloud, automation and related deliverables. 
  • Working collaboratively to identify standardization, simplification and opportunities within Financial Accounting and PAN HSBC initiatives. 
  • Perform business analysis activities which entail in-depth understanding of existing process activities; preparing end to end process mapping in tools like Case wise/Visio/ARIS. 
  • Independently contribute towards project management activities including but not limited to communications, training, establishment of project governance as prescribed in the Change Framework. 
  • Performing Feasibility studies, POCs culminating to automation solutions as per business requirement; Documentation of all projects related artifacts as per Change Framework. 
  • Consult, mentor and guide fellow associates on more than two tools like JIRA, Xceptor, Appian, ARIS, Alteryx, Python, Tableau, Power BI, Fusion Insights and Qlik. 

 

To be successful you will: 

  • Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in process re-engineering, automation, or data science is required for this role. 
  • Advanced knowledge in project management and corresponding mapping to Change Framework, Certification in Project Management or in Agile. 
  • Advanced end to end working knowledge in two or more automation, workflow & visualization tools. 
  • Ability to manage entire testing lifecycle including defect management, test case generation, test planning and supporting documentation in line with Change Framework standards. 
  • Ability to act as a business analyst to conduct requirements gathering and feasibility studies across business problems.  
  • Advanced end to end working knowledge in at least one tool being used across the Bank for process modelling and mapping, E.g. Case wise, BPMN notation. 
  • Ability to architect solutions leveraging existing HSBC systems using cloud and other inhouse technologies like Big Data etc. to solve current and potential business problems. 
  • Experience of implementing governance and solution approaches that have a direct impact on EUC and MSII reduction.

 

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HSBC is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a culture where all employees are valued, respected and opinions count. We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working and, opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified persons irrespective of, but not limited to, their gender or genetic information, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, social status, medical care leave requirements, political affiliation, people with disabilities, color, national origin, veteran status, etc., We consider all applications based on merit and suitability to the role.”

 

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