Senior Finance Manager

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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.

Job Profile

A key role within the CTO COO team, the Senior Finance Manager will lead all financial management activities for the Enterprise Infrastructure area – across an annual P&L budget of ~$900m USD spanning ~18 countries.

Enterprise Infrastructure sits at the heart of HSBC’s Chief Technology Office (CTO) – operating, maintaining & transforming the technology infrastructure used by the rest of the bank to run applications & services (servers, storage, databases, mainframe, middleware, internal cloud & automation technologies amongst others).

In this role, you will:

• Lead all financial management activities for Enterprise Infrastructure – across both expenses & internal customer charges:
  • Annual planning / budget / target setting process
  • Monthly financial forecasting to a high level of accuracy
  • Monthly tracking of actuals vs. forecast vs. target – investigating, explaining & resolving variances
  • Monthly reporting
  • Accrual management
• Directly line-manage a team of 2 FTE & provide direction / leadership / coaching across the wider team of ~30 FTE globally.
• Collaborate & engage with a range of stakeholders – Managing Director & Executive Committee, COO, CTO CFO, Local Financial Controllers / Operations, Cost Management & Procurement amongst others.
• Continuously improve COO processes.

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Finance business partnering (or similar) experience.
• Experience managing financials across multiple countries (nice to have).
• Experience managing a global team and proficient in managing & reporting on large data sets.
• Proficiency with financial analysis tools (Excel a must-have, Apptio IT Planning experience or similar desired)
• Collaborative, engaging, credible and methodical; being able to bring the numbers to life (e.g., presenting).
• Experience of building and maintaining strong relationships with senior stakeholders (all levels of seniority) and be comfortable working independently & proactively to solve problems.
• Experience within Financial Services and/or Technology functions (nice to have).

Being open to different points of view is important for our business and the communities we serve. At HSBC, we’re dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces - no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age. We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring careers at HSBC are inclusive and accessible for everyone to be at their best. We take pride in being a Disability Confident Leader and will offer an interview to people with disabilities, long term conditions or neurodivergent candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

If you have a need that requires accommodations or changes during the recruitment process, please get in touch with our Recruitment Helpdesk:

Email: hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com

Telephone: +44 207 832 8500