Avp Finance Business Partner

Job Title : AVP Finance Business Partner
Location: Pune

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:
Working in close partnership with the business, provide expert financial support and challenge to drive business decisions:

- Interpret and explain performance within the business on a weekly, monthly and ad-hoc basis.
- Support and advise the business in respect of key financial forecasts, identifying risks and opportunities.
- Undertaking decision support analytics to generate insights that inform decision making.
- Proactively counsel and advise the business with ad-hoc analysis and insights on specific issues.
- Supporting and fostering best practice in finance and business performance areas.

What will you be doing?
- Partnering services to business leaders and stakeholders within the segments across UK Corporate
- Delivery of wide range of month end deliverables including management accounting month end close processes, monthly business review pack creation and insightful performance commentary
- Wide stakeholder engagement across wider Finance / Business Management teams regarding all finance issues and initiatives delivering strong business partnering support.
- Be a trusted partner in all key decisions to ensure that Finance is involved & can influence key financial decisions (including projects).
- Understand the primary income drivers of key business areas, both current and proposed so as to drive business performance and influencing decision making through key insights.

.What we’re looking for:

- Accountancy or advanced finance qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA) (or substantial progress to completion).
- Extensive experience in both financial management accounting and commercial decision support and knowledge of the banking and financial markets sector.
- Advanced understanding of financial and MI processes underpinning exposure, income and cost drivers reporting and analysis.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to effectively summarise and interpret complex data.

Skills that will help you in the role:

- Experience in a Finance function with an excellent understanding of working with leaders on a day-to-day basis.
- Experience in operating in a multi-geographic, matrix organisation a plus, with proven ability to balance commercial, client, and regulatory needs across businesses and geographies
- Attention to detail and strong organisational skills a must. Ability to balance multiple critical requests from various stakeholders with outstanding precision
- Strong Communication skills across a variety of forums and mediums. Proven ability to distil information into key messages and deliver succinctly according to audience
- Relevant years post qualification experience
- Experience in a month-end or quarter-end focused reporting role
- Strong excel skills
- Previous experience with having used either SAP or Hyperion
- Good analysis and problem solving skills
- Strong control awareness.
- Good stakeholder engagement skills and understanding & executing their requirements / expectations
- Experience in financial services; on an international scale preferred
- Knowledge/experience of managing business financials, management accountancy etc.
- Experience of working in a Finance business
- Ability to balance multiple critical requests from various stakeholders and prioritise in the right order
- Ability to drive and execute deliverables in short time frames and work with limited supervision and able to thrive in a challenging and ever changing environment
- Ability to develop and maintain constructive relationships with internal stakeholders across all levels and geographies of the organization.
- Enthusiastic, motivated, self-starter, pro-active and a team player
- Strong interpersonal skills and excellent communicator
- Willingness and ability to take ownership of issues and manage through to a successful resolution
- Eye for detail and exception track record in managing and resolving conflict situations
- Assertiveness, tenacious and control focused
- Expected to take accountability/responsibility of deliverables
- Answerable to questions and able to substantiate data when required by client-facers
- Required to provide detailed analysis and information on complex queries/problems and communicate to stakeholders on proposed solutions and recommendations
- Able to perform good analysis, resolve problems and initiate wor