About this role:

Client is seeking a Financial Accounting Manager

In this role, you will:

- Manage a team of individual contributors supporting significantly diverse and complex functional areas related to financial accounting

- Manage directly or through a team, accounting activities for one or more groups within a line of business

- Direct completion of complex accounting tasks pertaining to accounts, statements, systems and records

- Set standards for monitoring the data provided and for preparation and review of financial statements and other documentation

- Create and implement controls to ensure accuracy of data

- Maintain advanced knowledge of current accounting practices and regulatory requirements

- Enforce adherence to internal and external accounting principles and policies

- Develop methodologies and implement changes for internal accounting systems

- Plan, design and direct the production of financial and regulatory reports

- Manage response and resolution to audit inquiries

- Provide technical interpretation on various matters and a key change agent in building and adopting best practices within the functional area

- Lead implementation of complex projects or initiatives impacting one or more lines of business

- Understand and ensure compliance and risk management requirements are met and work with other stakeholders to implement key risk initiatives

- Provide strategic consultation to more experienced leadership

- Interact with external agencies, regulatory bodies or industry forums

- Manage a team of individual contributors, cross-functional or virtual teams

- Manage allocation of people and financial resources for Enterprise Finance

- Mentor and guide talent development of direct reports and assist in hiring talent

Required Qualifications:

5+ years of Finance, Accounting, Analytics, Financial Reporting, Accounting Reporting or Risk Reporting experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

2+ years of leadership experience

Essential Qualifications

- Qualified CA/CFA/ICWA/MBA-Finance with Relevant years of experience in with a focus on accounting, financial/regulatory reporting and controls, preferably with experience in a financial services environment

- Strong technical background and proficiency with systems and spreadsheet skills including various Microsoft products like Word, Excel, Access, Visio etc.

- Strong analytic, accounting and problem solving skills

- A self-starter with excellent time and project management skills that can identify, plan, prioritize and deliver various work streams against deadlines

- Proven ability to work independently and to identify and resolve issues by exercising professional judgement

- Attention to detail, alongside ability to see the 'big picture'

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal, written)

Desired Qualifications

- Experience working with core financial and/or regulatory platforms (Oracle, SAP, Axiom, FRS OneSumX)

- Experience with digitization tools like Alteryx, Wdesk, Tableau, MS Teams etc.

- Experience with Agile project delivery methodology

- Ability to work effectively in a team environment and across all organizational levels, where flexibility, collaboration, and adaptability are important

- Familiarity with JIRA & Confluence

- Product knowledge (Derivatives, Loans, Secured Lending, Cash)