AVP - Legal Entity Controllership - BFS

Opportunity for AVP for Controllership role.

Exp : 7 - 11 Years

Location : Pune

Role : Controllership

Level : AVP

Roles & Responsibilities :

Main responsibilities of the Legal Entity Controller are to:

- Ensure generation of legal entity accounting and reporting in compliance with applicable GAAPs and timely close of Books and Records

- Perform detailed analysis of entity results and communicate the results thereto through business partners

- Ensure appropriate controls exist and operate effectively within the accounting and reporting function

- Represent Legal Entities in various firm wide Forums and provide input on accounting matters

- Update Partners on Entity Results, Governance & Control Matters

Solid line to VP of Financial Accounting

- Close Legal Entity books and records in accordance with local and group accounting policies and timelines and local and group materiality

- Seek to ensure compliance with US, Swiss, IFRS and local GAAPs as applicable

- Disclosures required for US GAAP and regulatory reporting purposes, preparation and/or review of monthly/quarterly analytics and variance commentaries, annual Statutory Financial Statements under IFRS/Local GAAP

- Implementation and testing of various new policy/accounting standards as applicable; implementation, and testing of various financial systems projects to improve data quality and efficiency

- Ensure timely completion of audits and reviews, both internal and external

- Managing the FA owned account ownership process. Manage hand-offs with other FA departments e.g. Central Controls and Intercompany Team.

- Coordinating with various teams (e.g. Product Controller, Legal Entity Controller, CRM, Operations), where necessary, to gather relevant information required supporting reporting or analytical review purpose

- Coordinating the request for financial summary information and consolidating the data into the management reporting pack on a monthly basis. Support any onshore review, standard or ad hoc queries required from sending location

- New Business initiatives requiring close collaboration with other functions and support areas; have an ability to effectively work with both internal and external auditors as required; and, interact and collaborate with various functions such as Product Control, Operations, Tax, IT, Auditors and Front Office in a truly global environment

- Proactively support Organisational Change initiatives and constantly review processes for efficiencies by challenging status-quo of existing processes/practices

- Understand the significant controls and processes within Control and Reporting that impact the entity and, where control issues are identified, acquire reassurance that control improvement plans are put in place

- Educate staff members of the objective/purpose of the tasks assigned to them. Provide clear direction to the team on the day-to-day operations. Appropriately monitor staff work to ensure that the right tasks are performed within the control framework laid down by the Firm

- Build a high-performance team by constantly coaching, mentoring and developing staff members.

Required work experience:

Open to look at candidates having experience in LEC as well as Product Control

Professional accountant viz. CA or CPA or MBA Finance

Minimum 7 years of relevant experience in finance

Experience in MNC banking organizations is preferred

Flexible and able to accommodate time zone differences