Ba4 - Fbp

Job Title: BA4 - FBP
Location: Noida

About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.

Risk and Control Objective
Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards.

Working Flexibly
We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs. Whether you have family commitments or you’re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life.

Hybrid Working

Please discuss the detail of the working pattern options for the role with the hiring manager.

Introduction:
This is a FBP role (end to end) supporting Senior FBPs in managing cost base and delivering the end to end financials across a Transaction Cycle /Function by working closely with Business Managers and multiple functions.

What will you be doing?
- Ensure month end landing of cost with appropriate controls in place, and review /analyse the variances.
- Presenting monthly MI with insights and commentary to function’s FBP leads and Business Managers
- Manage and planning and outlook process including tracking and highlighting Risk & Opportunities
- Supporting multiple TCs /Services & facing off to the business managers
- High quality, consistent and standardised offering with complete ownership of the “numbers”

What will you be doing?

Cost Review, Analytics and Ledger Closure
- Flash Reporting - Review and analysis of Flash Results, Issuance of Flash reports to Senior FBP / BMs, by Account line/Cost Centre reviews
- Cost Accruals & Prepayments - Review of expense and accruals and liaise with Accounting Operations to ensure posting of accruals, prepayments and expense re class & Adequate substantiation of accruals and prepayments,
- Global Cost Review and Analytics - Cost Analysis by account line / cost centres during month end process
- Balance Sheet Reconciliation - Substantiation of all accruals and prepayments posted by the accounting team
- Control pack submission, self-assessment of controls

Planning and Outlook
- Manage transfer, planning and outlook process liaising with Senior FBPs and BMs
- Prepare planning, outlook templates and related management information for review with BMs/FBPs
- Monitoring and highlighting the risk and opportunities
- Support Group and Central teams on the overall MTP/STP exercise

Management Reporting and Insights
- Lead performance review within the Finance FTCs, analysing, provide insights, commentary and interpreting financial information, and advising/challenging and supporting the team leaders in improving the financial control and reporting environment.
- Resolve queries and ad-hoc requests by BMs / FBPs / PMs
- Review and analyse complex financial reports and financial statements analysis and present the same to the management.
- Produce accurate, timely and reliable MI reports
- Drive the rationalization, standardization, centralization and control of all MI reports within the suite
- Update and improve reports (in line with business objectives) focusing on scalability, efficiency and effectiveness

Liaise with Functions / BMs and Central teams on reporting hierarchy creation and changes
- Liaise with various teams to ensure changes are reflected in the Finance hierarchy systems

Projects / Transformation
- Provide active support in executing Cost Transformation Projects within Cost FTC

Hierarchy & Reference data management
- Good understanding of Barclays systems and cost landscape, data flows, ledger interfaces
- Ability to analyse and visualize end reporting requirements into structural changes in reference data systems for strategic implementation
- Track record of completing business analysis assignments (business requirements gathering & testing)
- Proficiency on reference data management tools like DRM, RDM, Sap Static, BW, databases

What we’re looking for:

- CA / MBA and good accounting knowledge
- Strong analytical skills, able to identify key P&L drivers
- FP&A background and experience (experience in direct costs, indirect cost management and reporting) an advantage
- Strong Excel &