Assistant Vice President , Financial Accounting

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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 Assistant Vice President - Financial Accounting

In this role, you will:

• Lead a regional Financial Accounting workstream, covering all in-scope legal entities, ensuring consistent delivery and control standards.
• Act as the subject matter expert for financial control and accounting, with end-to-end ownership of IFRS book closure activities.
• Manage and deliver site reporting requirements, including IFRS, FINREP, GSIB, regulatory, MI reporting and manual returns, adopting a hands-on approach when required.
• Perform analytical reviews to identify unusual movements, validate balances, and provide clear commentary on key drivers.
• Coordinate with regional finance teams to ensure timely preparation of accounts, on-schedule GL close, and completion of all reporting deliverables.
• Deliver production and reporting outputs within tight deadlines without compromising accuracy, completeness, or control compliance.
• Design, implement, and run a robust quality control framework to assure the integrity of outputs and underlying processes.
• Drive exception governance by identifying issues, coordinating stakeholder inputs, agreeing actions, and tracking resolution to closure.
• Lead new projects, assignments, and process changes by identifying opportunities, driving delivery, building the operating model, and transitioning into BAU
• Adherence to Group policies, IFRS reporting requirements, audit, controls and compliance requirements. This also includes and is not limited to Declaration of secrecy, data protection act, health, safety and security, clear desk policy 

To be successful you will:

• CA/CPA/ACCA/MBA/ICWAI with strong Financial Control and Stakeholder Management skills and strong background of IFRS norms are preferred. Overall post qualification experience of not less than 8-10 years for CA, MBA: 9-11 yrs
• Prior experience in month end closure processes and Site Reporting is required
• Strong knowledge of month end closure & Reporting processes at Financial Institutions will be preferred
• Proven track record of role in controllership in BFSI sector and sound knowledge of financial products and businesses such as Commercial Banking and Global Banking etc.
• Experience in managing mid-size teams in specialized functions
• Working knowledge of FTP/HUB/Fusion etc.
• Experience that demonstrates ability to deliver BAU and Change/ Transformation Projects
• Experience in policy interpretation and implementation              
• Experience of working with processes involving US GAAP / HIGAAP/ IFRS understanding
• Understanding of Global markets, products, securities etc.

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