Avp - Finance Business Partner

Job Title : AVP - Finance Business Partner

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

Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you do

Working Flexibly

Hybrid Working

Structured hybrid role:
Introduction:
Key activities includes:
o Month End Management

o Variance Analysis

o Stakeholder Management

o Planning, Outlook and Transfers

o Identification and quantification of risks & opportunities

o Flash financials/commentaries submission

o Business / Allocation Rules set up

o Capacity Creation tracking and reporting

This is a critical FBP role supporting Lead F&BM in delivering the end to end financials by working closely with Business Managers and multiple functions. The purpose of this role is to support the planning, analytics and reporting of the cost base for BUK COO Customer Care Operations. This includes monthly cost reporting, variance analysis, risks & opportunities tracking, Outlook and MTP/STP processes. The holder of this role will be required to support the production of insightful Management Information (MI) and analytics.

This role requires an ability to help support the Lead F&BM in managing key stakeholder relationships within Finance and across the business, providing valuable decision support, monitoring and challenge. The individual will also need to maintain best in class, efficient and robust processes and systems, and look for continuous improvements opportunities within the remit of the role, driving through these improvements to completion.
- Execution & management of month end process and ensure commentary & reporting are fully consistent
- Perform regular P&L reporting, flash, insightful management reporting, and other ad-hoc reports and analysis of high complexity
- Provide insights & commentary of MoM/other variances with clear linkages to drivers
- Support business decisions and financial strategy for the Transaction Cycle/Function, ensuring delivery is to plan and budget, supporting the bank’s overall business strategy and cost base objectives
- Lead and support during planning cycles (MTP/STP/RAF/Outlook) and budget transfers.
- Establish innovative systems and procedures for handling data & reports and strive for automations / smart solutions for continuously process improvements
- Ensure timely delivery on all deadlines/Internal reviews
- Work closely with the Lead FBP to deliver commercial insights
- Managing the hierarchy in terms of creation, amendment, closure & rationalisation, etc.
- Supporting ad-hoc requests ensuring that we meet high standards to provide a timely response to all queries
- Ensure best in class, efficient and robust controls are adhered to at all times
- High quality, consistent and standardised offering with complete ownership of the “numbers”

What will you be doing?

Cost Review, Analytics and Ledger Closure

o Flash Reporting - Review and analysis of Flash Results, Issuance of Flash reports to Senior FBP / BMs, by Account line/Cost Centre reviews and process necessary adjustments

o Balance Sheet Review - Review of all accruals and prepayments, provisions

o Month-end commentaries and reporting, self-assessment of controls and liaise with internal / external stakeholders

Planning and Outlook

o Manage planning and outlook process liaising with Senior FBP and BMs

o Prepare planning, outlook templates and related management information for review with BMs/FBPs

o Monitoring and highlighting the risk and opportunities

o Support Group and Central teams on the overall MTP/STP exercise

Management Reporting and Insights

o 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.

o Resolve queries and ad-hoc requests by BMs / lead FBPs / Leads / AEs

o Review and analyse complex financial reports and financial statements analysis and present the same to the management.

o Produce accurate, timely and reliable MI reports (EXCO, adhoc reports, forecast and budget)

o Drive the rationalization, standardization, centralization and control of all MI reports within the suite

o 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

o Liaise with various teams to ensure changes are reflected in the Finance hierarchy systems

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