Associate L1

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

Direct Responsibilities

Management Accounting & Control Functions

• Perform reconciliation between various Management accounting systems to substantiate balances and breaks pertaining to 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 teams 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 teams responsibility.

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

• 2-5 years of experience in a global financial services company
• Prior accounting, management reporting experience desirable
• Excellent PC skills; ability to learn new systems quickly
• Intermediate knowledge of MS Excel (formulas, pivot tables, charts, and graphs)
• Working knowledge and understanding of Smartview/Essbase and MS Access desirable

Specific Qualifications (if required) CA/MBA Fin/Equivalent

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills:

• Communication skills - oral & written
• Ability to collaborate / Teamwork
• Ability to deliver / Results driven
• Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving

Transversal Skills:

• Ability to understand, explain and support change
• Analytical Ability
• Ability to develop and leverage networks
• Ability to develop and adapt a process
• Ability to manage / facilitate a meeting, seminar, committee, training.

Education Level:

Master Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

At least 2 years.