Avp - Performance Steering

**Position Purpose**

The Jobholder is responsible for the timely and accurate reporting in financial and management accounting systems, production of the monthly expenses / revenue accounting and management reporting including preparation of standard and ad hoc reports, supporting the annual expense budget & periodic forecasts exercise, calculation of intercompany charges/billing, ensure the accuracy of transactional level details, calculate and report cost of risk charged to investment-banking activities and report revenue at the client, business and contract levels, responding to audit queries and coordinating with various teams to ensure proper completion of monthly deliverable.

All local reporting is performed in accordance with relevant and applicable instructions, requirements within the deadlines set forth, with complete audit trail to follow.

**Responsibilities**

**Management Accounting & Control Functions**
- Perform reconciliation between various Management accounting systems to substantiate balances and breaks pertaining to both costs and revenues.
- Post monthly journal entries (accruals/prepayments) & adjustments in management accounting system for correct management reporting
- Ensure monthly revenues reporting (Flash/Actuals) & other related management reporting (Cost of Risk/European Central Bank reporting/etc) to Head Office are completed within pre-set deadlines
- Actively participate in the budget and forecast exercises following HO and Regional PM guidelines
- Assist in monthly system parameters checking; update and maintain referential (i.e. mapping tables) for which the team is responsible
- Work closely with regional Meter PMs / Country PMs and Head Office Finance in analyzing business performance
- Provide analysis and response to questions raised by HO Finance / Regional Finance / internal management
- On a timely basis, provide complete and accurate financial data to the Reporting Team for report production
- Preparation of business line wise reports providing insights to the management on business performance (covering P&L and headcount) using BI solutions such Tableau, Alteryx, Power BI
- Creation of Ad hoc Cost Information using MS Access data base through complex queries
- Provide assistance in responding to questions / requests for information to auditors, regulators
- Escalating problems / issues to the team manager
- Providing quality service to other groups
- Perform necessary controls, raising questions to the senior reporting analysts for further guidance on material issues
- Document and keep procedures for the production of all reporting tasks up-to-date

**Contributing Responsibilities**

**Projects, Systems Support, Operational Process Improvements**
- Assist in identifying process improvements in production, control procedures, and workflow organization to increase the team’s efficiency and effectiveness
- Participate in the upgrades / version releases of respective reporting tools, as well as system amendments / enhancements required to facilitate new / modified reporting requirements. In connection with this effort, assist in user acceptance testing and trouble-shooting after deployment.
- Help formulate system enhancements for operational process improvements in production, control procedures and workflow to increase efficiency and effectiveness. Assisting in integrating and streamlining reporting under the team’s responsibility.
- Provide cross-training to colleagues and perform specific duties as assigned (e.g. coverage for colleagues

**Technical & Behavioral Competencies**
- At least 11 years of experience in a global financial services company
- Prior accounting, management reporting experience desirable
- Excellent PC skills; ability to learn new systems quickly
- Advanced knowledge of MS Excel (formulas, pivot tables, charts, and graphs)
- Working knowledge and understanding of Smartview/Essbase and MS Access desirable

**Skills Required**:
Management accounting;budgeting;forecasting;variance analysis

**Location**

Mumbai

**Years Of Experience**

12 to 20 Years