Vice President - Finance & Accounts - P&C Insurance

VP, Finance of Insurance Operations, you would be expected to apply your deep Finance & Insurance expertise helping one of our key clients set up their finance function globally.Responsible for overseeing and synergizing all finance processes for the Insurance Businesses that are conducted - including Financial Control and Business Finance (Processes under CFO purview)

This role is for one of the largest BPO's and F&A Experience is mandatory

ROLE/DEMANDS :

- Oversee the Global finance function for multiple clients

- Identify opportunities for both transformational and incremental improvement and drive changes

- Actively involved in the development of the change strategy and accountability for its implementation in compliance with Group Standards and Regulations. Working within a fast moving and demanding environment with significant regulatory changes and strict timelines

- Focus on knowledge driven growth for the team

- Identify critical employees and create succession plans

- Support innovation in hiring strategies for finding the best talent pool

- Excellent verbal and written communication style. Ability to confidently build a strong rapport with project teams and the client.

- To work effectively with varying levels of people in finance function, various processes, PMO, IT as required, providing leadership and direction where required.

- Suggest improvement ideas to set up standard global operations

QUALIFICATIONS :

- CFA/ MBA (Finance)/ PGDBM-Finance, Chartered Accountant/CWA /CPA with 15+ years of post-qualification experience

- Experience as Insurance CFO / Controller in a global environment (preferred)

- Good understanding of P&C Insurance products and experience of analyzing / understanding financials working in collaboration with other teams like actuarial, IT etc (preferred)

- Experience of understanding and challenging existing accounting treatments, and of the application of new requirements (working knowledge of IFRS 4 and IAS 39 preferred)

- Experience of the planning and forecasting cycle in a large organization (preferred)

- US GAAP exposure

Only P&C Insurance required