VP - Financial Planning & Analysis - BFSI

I am currently hiring for VP role into one of the leading investment management, risk management and advisory services.

Location: Gurgaon

Job Purpose:

Responsible for leading the GFS Regional India Team for Fund Financial Reporting and carrying out activities supporting all Regions (US, EMEA and APAC). Initial activities include analysis of existing processes to identify consistent practices, development of plan to migrate these processes to India and creation of procedures and training materials. Ongoing activities include routine management reporting (to be developed), continuous evaluation of processes for improvement and team/staff development. The role reports to a Managing Director in the US and has significant interface with both the India team and Fund Financial Reporting teams in the respective jurisdictions. This position is a key member of the GFS Management team leading this initiative, which determines strategy and annual objectives, planning and assignment of work, streamlining and improvement of processes. Additionally, implementation and maintenance of high standards of internal controls and compliance with Sarbanes Oxley Act is a core requirement. This role will play an important part of the Fund Financial Reporting India Regional team build

Key Responsibilities:

- Work with various Fund Financial Reporting teams to streamline and make consistent processes that are migrated to the GFS Regional India Team; includes persuasive and influencing skills along with communication of the value proposition of the changes to process

- Create procedures documents, checklists and various tracking tools for completion of the tasks migrated to the GFS Regional India Team for Fund Financial Reporting

- Oversee the India regional team including activities and tasks migrated and ensure globally consistent process flows

- Support GFS Management team in continued migration of operating tasks to India

- Partner with the Fund Financial Reporting teams to develop better, cost efficient mechanisms to deliver excellence in services

- Work cross-functionally within and outside of Fund Financial Reporting to ensure satisfaction with services which would include process enhancement, reporting, or additional automation

- Interview, recruit and retain qualified individuals to perform the tasks migrated to GFS Regional India Team for Fund Financial Reporting

- Lead and motivate the team to deliver processes at the highest level

- Develop and deliver onboarding and routine training materials for processes and tasks migrated to the GFS Regional India Team

- Responsive to questions from various GFS Fund Financial Reporting teams

- Support senior management in implementation of strategic decisions

- Additional responsibilities will be assigned as the GFS Regional India Team for Fund Financial Reporting hub grows

- Responsible for creating and providing routine management reports, including weekly and monthly results to GFS Management team leading this initiative

Qualifications:

- 10-15 years of experience in Financial Reporting supporting Mutual Funds, ETFs, UCITs, and hedge funds including investment management and/or financial industry experience

- Each of these skills are considered a distinct advantage:

- Strong knowledge of US GAAP; IFRS; UK, Irish and German GAAP

- CPA or CA

- 3-5 years of public accounting experience is a distinct advantage

- Strong skills and experience in data management

- Ability to evaluate multiple processes and develop a plan to migrate those processes to India with minimal disruption to services

- Evaluate resources for hire to perform these activities and develop a plan to hire/retain employees

- Ability to work effectively in a team environment (not only within the India team but also across various Financial Reporting teams)

- Ability to travel to the US for extended periods of time (VISA)

Note: currently working as an AVP

Noor Alam