Barclays Diversity AVP - Finance Control - ACA/ CIMA/ACCA

Female AVP Financial Control for MNC@Chennai

Overall purpose of role :

- The primary purpose of this role is to lead and deliver IFRS9 delivery for the Corporate and the Investment Bank. This will include impairment and classification and measurement work stream including implementation of the new standard for the local entity reporting where applicable.

Key Accountabilities :

- Supporting the quarterly reporting process to ensure the appropriate level of information is captured to comply with all external and internal reporting requirements.

- Assisting with design and implementation of new financial control and reporting process which meets the relevant requirements of the standard.

- Supporting the migration of the loan book to the new system and the impairment calculations and testing of the system

- The role holder will support the UAT testing of new systems (general ledger & upstream) for the changes arising on accounting change.

Stakeholder Management and Leadership

- Liaise with external and internal auditors to support the external reporting process

- Partner with the Legal Entity controller teams to provide guidance and assistance on parallel reporting

- Develop strong working relationships across Finance, Risk and Technology to ensure alignment of priorities and to influence change/improvement

- This section should be used to detail the key stakeholders and relationships the role will interact with, both internally and externally. Describe the type of interpersonal skills the role will require. Roles with leadership accountabilities should detail the nature and breadth of leadership.

Person Specification :

- Qualified Accountant ACA, CIMA, ACCA

- Strong academic background 1st /2nd class honours, minimum bachelor degree from a reputable institution

- Post qualification experience

- Experience in a month-end or quarter-end focused reporting role

- Knowledge and understanding of the key accounting principles under IFRS

- Strong excel skills

- Experience of having worked in a Group reporting role focused on external reporting

- Previous experience with having used either SAP or Hyperion

- Good analysis and problem solving skills

- Strong control awareness.

- Good stakeholder engagement skills and understanding & executing their requirements / expectations

- Enthusiastic, motivated, self-starter, pro-active and a team player

- Strong interpersonal skills and excellent communicator

- Willingness and ability to take ownership of issues and manage through to a successful resolution

- Eye for detail and exception track record in managing and resolving conflict situations

- Required to provide detailed analysis and information on complex queries/problems and communicate to stakeholders on proposed solutions and recommendations

- Minimal supervisory oversight and able to perform duties with minimal or no guidance

- Assertiveness, tenacious and control focused

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