Financial Analyst

Finance is a collaborative team, playing a key role in advising all areas of the business. We have a strategic seat at the table, and our unique insights are valued in a highly competitive marketplace and increasingly complex global regulatory environment. This team collaborates globally to deliver expert accounting, reporting & advisory services, and financial risk control & governance, while supporting business growth & protecting shareholder value Responsible for management & governance of monthly accounting for legal entities. 

• Responsible for management & governance of monthly accounting for legal entities

• Managing end-to-end responsibility of one of the non-banking legal entities

• Monthly review of financials to provide critical inputs to entity controller on various cost analytics and services fee charge-out

• Analysis of Legal Entity Results, identification of anomalies during close

• Identify opportunities to standardize, improve and automate existing processes within/across teams.

• Plan/coordinate with various stakeholders to execute process improvement opportunities.

• Partners with various groups to identify and leverage best practices.

• Manage & govern various regulatory filings and compliances.

• Compliance with prevailing policies & procedures etc. 

• Monthly/Quarterly update to Legal Governance Committee / Board members and ensuring all regulatory compliances.

• Ensure that all deadlines are continually met, and adequate controls are maintained over the processes to ensure integrity of the information.

• Maintain close contact with customer / business partners and other interface groups to ensure a smooth service delivery

• Provide end to end support for the legal entity statutory / internal / other audits including discussion with auditors and drive closure of Internal and External Audit of Local as well as US GAAP ledgers 

• Coordinate with GFO/GBS functions to provide external audit support, including Reconciliations, Accounting and Payment Operations, plus World Services Cashiers as appropriate 

Responsibilities: Critical Factors to Success:

Business Outcomes: 

• Own & maintain financial/data integrity

• Stay relevant to the business/functional requirements 

• Understand & leverage intelligent automation technologies to generate use cases within the team & create opportunities to support the automation team to get that implemented 

Leadership Outcomes: 

• Put enterprise thinking first, connect the role’s agenda to enterprise priorities and balance the needs of customers, partners, colleagues & shareholders. 

• Lead with an external perspective, challenge status quo and bring continuous innovation to our existing offerings.

• Demonstrate learning agility, make decisions quickly and with the highest level of integrity.

• Lead with a digital mindset and deliver the world’s best customer experiences every day.

Past Experience:

• CA/CPA with 1+years of experience or MBA with 3 + years of experience or M Com with 7 + years of experience. 

Functional Skills/Capabilities:

• Strong understanding of end-to-end accounting, basic understanding of reporting 
• Understanding of financial consolidation process 
• Ability to research and embed relevant best practices 

Technical Skills/Capabilities:

• Knowledge of financial systems – Oracle, OBI etc, Advanced MS office suits such as Excel, Word, Power-point
• Strong IGAAP/IND AS knowledge and awareness of US GAAP (Accounting knowledge) 
• Analytical skills with the ability to undertake cause effect analysis 
• Working knowledge of automation tools like Tableau, Python, Natural Language Generation [NLG], Machine Learning Studio [MLS] etc. would be an added advantage

Behavioral Skills/Capabilities: Enterprise Leadership Behaviors

• Set The Agenda: Define What Winning Looks Like, Put Enterprise Thinking First, Lead with an External Perspective
• Bring Others With You: Build the Best Team, Seek & Provide Coaching Feedback, Make Collaboration Essential
• Do It The Right Way: Communicate Frequently, Candidly & Clearly, Make Decisions Quickly & Effectively, Live the Blue Box Values, Great Leadership Demands Courage