VP - Financial Accounting - CA

Financial Accounting is responsible for the legal, MIS and regulatory reporting of the firm and the associated controls around the data referenced in this process.

- Responsible for executing the business as usual (BAU) control and financial accounting processes for a number of entities / SPEs

- The preparation of the statutory accounts and liaison with auditors within deadlines, including attending Board Meetings to present accounts

- Working with various departments (Front Office, Product Control, Tax and Legal) to support the Front Office led Structured Transaction Group (STG) structuring team. Implementing new transactions. Often the transactions are complex in nature

- Preparation of monthly financial summaries and movement analysis

- Managing ad hoc queries from various departments, for example, Group, Tax, Front Office, Legal, internal and external auditors

Business as usual financial accounting covers:

- preparation of Group reporting submissions

- maintaining accounting records in accordance with local GAAP, IFRS and US GAAP requirements

- responsibility for all month-end processes and procedures, including journals, data analysis, integrity checks and financial summaries

- checking and monitoring the daily integrity of the ledger by clearing suspense and control accounts on a timely basis

- bank reconciliations

- preparation of journals to ensure the accuracy of the ledger for month end closings

- account owner or reconciler for finance owned accounts

- liaison with Treasury on funding requirements

- liaison with Product Control on trade related issues

- liaising with various support departments, the CS Tax department and external and internal auditors

- account balance reconciliation preparation and actioning reconciling items

- setting up legal entities in the general ledger

- executing manual payments.

Note:CA is mandatory.