VP - Finance Consolidation

Overview

Lead finance consolidation for the M&G funds reporting, providing expert accounting advice and managing a team, with liaison to auditors, fund teams and Group Head Office.

What you'll do

• Provide expert advice and services by applying judgements and specialist knowledge to interpret and implement accounting standards and business requirements.
• Manage people, resource planning, issues and stakeholders.
• Plan and conduct high-level reviews of deliverables, support UK counterparts, and present technical papers in forums.
• Own process and control enhancements and ensure best practices are implemented in the team.
• Maintain relationships and liaise with auditors, fund teams, third-party accountants and other M&G business parts, participating in working groups and cross-functional teams.
• Review and sign off consolidated funds reporting under IFRS and associated workbooks for submission to M&G Group Head Office, and ensure other consolidation requirements are met.
• Review and sign off ADS reporting for submission to M&G Group Head Office.
• Review and present analytical reviews for sign off with the Head of Finance/Group Reporting Director.
• Review and present technical papers for IFRS 10 assessments on investments made by certain funds and ensure correct investment valuation.
• Liaise with external auditors to agree timescales and meet their requirements for timely completion of their work.
• Ensure compliance with current IFRS and support implementation of new accounting standards and finance change projects.
• Review and develop processes and procedures to accommodate business changes.
• Support continuous improvement through routine and bespoke analyses.
• Plan and schedule work to meet deliverable timelines.
• Maintain effective working relationships with other M&G Finance teams and TPAs so Group reporting needs are met.
• Identify training and development needs of team members and coordinate with L&D.
• Design and implement an early warning system to prevent or control attrition.
• Demonstrate a positive risk, compliance and control culture through identifying, assessing, monitoring and managing risks and issues, and ensuring timely resolution of control weaknesses.

What you'll need

• Confidence and excellent communication, able to communicate at all levels within the organisation and externally.
• Good technical accounting and taxation knowledge, including UKGAAP/IFRS.
• Good understanding of the business and the external financial environment in which it operates.
• Good understanding of monitoring a SOX control environment.
• Problem solving and decision making skills.
• Time management and workload planning skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Qualified and experienced CA with 14+ years of experience in consolidation with an investment industry background.

Details

• Location: Mumbai.