Finl Ctrl - Accting and Anlys

Job title: Finl Ctrl - Accting and Anlys 

• Global Finance Operations Center (GFOC) provides a variety of financial support services to business partners over the HSBC Group. As part of the financial control team, we are primarily responsible for all the month close activities that lead up to the preparation of the financial statements.

In this role, you will:

Business

• Should have extensive expertise in accounting under relevant GAAPs, GL Close and “analytical reviews”
• Advance knowledge and practical application of IFRS7, IFRS16, IAS 37, IFRS9 and IFRS15.
• Good understanding of flow of data from the source systems to the Final Reporting tools.
• Good understanding of GL functionalities, reconciliations.
• Prior experience in GL Implementation would be preferable.
• Should be aware of the testing methodologies for the GL implementation.
• Should be well versed and prior experience with Balance sheet Reconciliation and Substantiation process
• Should have logical thinking embedded in daily approach to work.
• Should be capable of picking new projects/assignments / process : Identify, Drive, Build & operate it as BAU
• Responsible for executing the business as usual (BAU), Controls in the financial accounting processes 
• Should be good in Excel / MS Access.
• Identify opportunities for process re-engineering / improvement and drive changes independently
• Drive projects / identify automation opportunities

Customers / Stakeholders

• Should have an approach of be a Business Developer 
• Ensure support is provided as per requirement of stakeholders
• Attend/Organize all business calls /meetings and drive issue resolution as required
• Respond to queries from senior group level management as appropriate
• Able and willing to pick up the new activities and contribute to the new accounting/reporting initiatives

Leadership & Teamwork

• Directly lead and manage the teams to ensure PLA's adhered or exceeded.
• Drive performance metrics in line with requirements. 
• Manage peak loads of work and also identify and re-engineer processes to reduce month end workload.
• Ensure all team members are developed by undertaking a training needs analysis for each team member.
• Ensure personal development plans are in place covering product knowledge, technical and soft skills

Operational Effectiveness & Control

• Ensure proactive controls in place to highlight issues before they are picked up by business.
• Ensure optimum utilization of resources and plan for peak load volumes
• Manage the Operational Risk
• Maintain cross training for all deliverables.

Principal Accountabilities: Key activities and decision making areas :

• Ensure 100% PLA delivery.
• Ensure the basic process documentation is completed for all the activities
• Develop and groom team members for future opportunities internally and within organization

Typical KPIs and Targets :

• KPI's to be Error free
• Ensure compliance with HSBC standards and Statutory requirements
• Have 100% backups created, to operate during any contingent events.

To be successful you will:

Qualification and basic requirements:

• CA/MBA/ICWA with at least 12+ years of post-qualification experience in accounting and reporting.
• Past experience of working in Banking organization will be an advantage.
• Ability to develop effective working relationships with business partners/customers
• Ability to bring analytical rigour, structure and solution to problematic areas.
• Experience of GL Accounting, Closing and Reconciliations.
• Very good working knowledge of Microsoft Office is essential.
• Is expected to have strong technical understanding of accounting principles and demonstrated competence in their application.
• Possess good analytical and lateral thinking skills. 
• Should have demonstrated the ability of driving results

Leadership Skills

• Possess strong strategic vision and leadership skills.
• Strong communication and ability to interact with multiple employee levels/business partners, etc.
• Good negotiation & conflict management capabilities.
• Very good team handling skills with good management styles displaying acceptability and approachability

Generic Skills 

• Proficient professional in supervisory role responsible for leading & motivating multiple teams/processes, with accountability on all Business Service Delivery parameters.
• Very good strategic planning.
• Consistency in meeting PLAs and achieving the business objectives.
• Handle new challenges and open to change.
• Balance technical skills and management skills.
• Provide strategic direction and manage Business Partner relationships.

Additional Information  / Specific Skills (If Any) :

• Stretched Hours at month end is normal practice , candidate should be flexible to work in any time zone, should have handled large database and have proficiency in excel.

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