AVP - Financial Control

Overview

Lead Accounting and Reporting for Barclays entities in the Americas region, managing financial operations and ensuring the accuracy, integrity and reliability of financial reporting.

What you'll do

• Manage the preparation and presentation of accurate and timely financial statements and other accounting records in accordance with relevant accounting standards, rules and regulations.
• Support the identification, assessment and mitigation of financial risks, and report these risks to senior colleagues.
• Develop and maintain a robust system of internal controls to safeguard assets, prevent fraudulent misreporting and ensure accuracy of financial data, including regular assessment of control effectiveness and addressing weaknesses or gaps.
• Develop and implement up-to-date financial policies and procedures to ensure consistent and effective financial practices across the organisation.
• Manage the selection, implementation and maintenance of financial systems and software applications, including collaboration with IT colleagues to integrate them with other enterprise systems.
• Prepare and submit statutory and regulatory reports to authorities, and support other departments in preparing and reviewing regulatory reports.
• Coordinate with external auditors and regulatory authorities in support of audits and examinations.
• Advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness.
• Collaborate closely with other functions and business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, set objectives and coach employees, appraise performance against objectives and determine reward outcomes.
• Demonstrate the LEAD leadership behaviours: Listen and be authentic, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple internal and external sources to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information and influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

What you'll need

• Deep experience in managing controllership (month close processes, account reconciliation and substantiation, disclosures, financial statement preparation and presentation) for Banking/Trading (investment banking) products within large-scale banking and financial services entities.
• Experience handling complex system architecture and data flows, with advanced knowledge of downstream reporting requirements.
• Experience setting up new processes and governance around accounting and reporting to meet internal and external requirement changes.
• Solid understanding of the control and governance framework for financial reporting within the Banking/Trading domain.
• Excellent cross-functional knowledge and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience managing multiple statutory audits and related governance.
• CA/CFA or equivalent certification, with leadership exposure in managing large teams.
• Expert knowledge of IFRS and IAS reporting requirements.
• Working knowledge of US-GAAP compliance.

Nice to have

• Exposure to accounting for Banking and Trading/Markets products and desks, including deeper understanding of complex structures.
• Experience in AI/ML and newer systems or technologies such as Alteryx (preference given).
• Experience leading and delivering change management initiatives around transformation and business restructuring, such as system migration, adopting new tools and business changes.

Details

• Based in the Gurugram office.