Senior Manager

Coverage

Product line: Currency Risk Management, Insurance & Pensions

Geography:Siemens Energy business in, India,Bangladesh,Sri Lanka,Nepal & Bhutan

Key Areas of Responsibility:

Currency Risk Management

• First point of contact for all Currency Management tasks for business; Support the Business/Project Commercial Managers in the identification of foreign currency risks & advise on mitigation of such risk including assessing the level of risk mitigation in case of currency clause usage
• Collate foreign currency exposure from business, review project cash flows together with the Project Commercial Managers and initiate consolidated hedge requests to Fx Trader; Monitor the outstanding hedge book and give timely updates to Fx Trader to initiate rollovers/cancellations based on changes to underlying exposures and expected cashflow. Identifying & hedging Balance sheet exposures in line with Siemens policy
• Provide rates for offer calculation to the business and monitor significant contingent foreign currency exposure, post updating the offer calculation rate every month
• Report monthly Net Foreign Currency Position and also, on a quarterly basis, report to board of Siemen on foreign currency & commodity exposure & hedging status
• Advise the Commercial Managers on the appropriate application of Hedge Accounting and the accounting impact of foreign currency transactions and support in the identification of Embedded Derivatives
• Management of Stakeholders - Must build transparency and trust across all partners; Collaborate effectively with business teams & other regional currency management teams outside India, implement standard methodologies, with a clear focus on digitalization & automation

Insurance Risk Management

• Overseeing all the Insurable risks and the management of the insurance service providers

• Governance

• Providing guidance to business on Insurance regulations and optimal coverage

• Defining and maintaining a processes that would ensure quick reporting and settlement of claims

• Ensuring that company always adheres to the insurance related regulations

• Placement of insurable risk in external market, in a transparent and cost effective manner, in alignment with the group policy and with the support of the insurance broker; Ensuring timely payment of insurance premium; Supporting internal stakeholders in identification of new risks and avoid over, under or multiple insurances

Ensuring speedy settlement of claims

Pension Management

Performance monitoring of pension related asset managers and controlling funding of pension plans

Supporting the actuarial valuation process for pension and employee benefit plans, as required

Qualification/Experience:

Chartered Accountant I Master's in business administration or equivalent fromareputed institution-with strong academic pedigree

Minimum 8-12 years of relevant experience in corporate treasury/ finance environment, preferably in areas of foreign exchange & commodity risk exposure management and/or business commercial / project finance; Experience in Insurance and Pensions will be preferred

• In-depth knowledge of currency & commodity markets, Indian central bank guidelines, and Treasury & risk management practices & processes plus Insurance regulations and markets
• Proficiency in MS Office suite & Treasury Management Systems plus working knowledge of SAP; Adept in quickly understanding and working in customized IT tools at Siemens Treasury

Competencies:

• inter-personalskills are must to have

• Experience in crafting and optimizing processes is required, preferably within a digitalization & automation context

• Experience in project management by delivering small projects by yourself beyond daily operational tasks
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders expectations; Intense collaboration with the businesses will be the key
• Basic knowledge of accounting incl hedge accounting required.