Job description

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HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 62 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Vice President-Finance Operations

Principal responsibilities

• Ability to manage and lead the Ledger close and Reporting process.
• End to end process ownership, management and preparation of BAU reporting and ensuring effective controls are in place
• Proficient in financial statement closure and reporting procedures.
• Responsible and accountable for business service delivery
• Presenting financial report to senior stake holders for their review and signoff
• Would be responsible for certification and ensuring assurance and control /design effectiveness related to balance sheet accounts including substantiation including Adherence to FIM
• Representing FA in change forums, understating the change / impact on FA process and ensuring smooth implementation
• Responsible for meeting the defined SLAs, managing good relationship with the stakeholders, maintaining and developing robust controls in the process
• Periodic review of the process controls to identify and implement preventive/detective automated/manual controls and establishing corrective actions where a risk in the process manifests as an issue .
• Ability to analyze and review processes, identifying automation and simplification opportunities and drive transformation agenda. Drive change initiatives within the process
• Ensure adherence to audit, assurance and compliance requirements.
• Exhibit ownership of the business, understand financial impacts and identify ways to mitigate risks.
• Ensure high quality of output is delivered e.g. financial data in the reports etc. is accurately and correctly presented
• Drive the tactical and strategic transformation
• Co-ordinate & effectively communicate with other teams in diverse locations across in-country / GFC. Ability to develop effective working relationships with stakeholders of different seniority and geographical location
• Manage, lead and inspire the team to produce timely, accurate and complete information to stakeholders
• Strong written and oral communicate skills (English plus local language of country where the role is located).
• Proven track record of driving re-engineering, process synergies and technology based solutions
• Understanding of control frameworks and how to implement effective controls in practice.
• Ability to deal with and analyse unstructured problems and queries and to question and challenge existing procedures.

Customers / Stakeholder management

• Effectively manage key relationships with senior stakeholders, including the Chief Financial Officer, Head of Risk, Head of Product Control, Financial Controller, External/Internal auditors, Head of Finance Change Management
• Demonstrate a robust understanding of all key internal and external stakeholders and their individual requirements
• Demonstrate effective relationship management with stakeholders at all levels
• Continuously engage and support stakeholders on evolving business and functional requirements
• Establish an effective and robust communication channel with multiple stakeholders to ensure timely flow of information and continuous feedback mechanism
• Engage with stakeholders through fact-based conversations, building strong relationships and providing challenge, where appropriate
• Anticipate and address issues and concerns from stakeholders, resolve them in an effective manner

Leadership & Teamwork

• Demonstrate leadership, including the provision of guidance, coaching and timely feedback to improve effectiveness
• Support the retention of key talent, and the attracting and developing new talent and skills
• Engage with leads and colleagues across all functions and entities to promote consistency and teamwork.
• Develop and understand existing processes and systems / data flows and the target end-state
• Design and enable training on transformation - with a particular focus on developing commercial acumen, business partnering capabilities and technical accounting knowledge
• Provide an escalation point for the resolution of issues and support the management of workloads to meet business critical deadlines

Operational Effectiveness & Control:

• Maintain and drive strong controls around data integrity and accuracy for all deliverables
• To continually assess the operational risks inherent in the processes, taking account of changing operating procedures, staff movements, legal and regulatory requirements, management restructures, and the impact of new technology
• Effectively drive and manage change, plan business contingency and achieve cross-training
• Ensuring BCP plan is documented, agreed with business partner and tested as per agreed timelines

Requirements

• Recognized professional accounting qualification with 18+ years of experience predominantly in Finance, including in leadership positions managing complex requirements from senior stakeholders
• Experience of operating in senior governance forums, handling auditors
• Strong experience and understanding across financial accounting.
• Strong formal written reporting skills and experience of drafting papers for Board-level audience

What additional skills will be good to have

• Proven track record of driving re-engineering, process synergies and technology-based solutions
• Ability to work under pressure, report to tight deadlines and deal effectively with issues as they arise
• Effective team player, very collaborative, communicates status and issues on a regular basis
• Ability to effectively manage the competing views and opinions of multiple senior stakeholders and ensure timely delivery
• Strong people skills and a high degree of motivation and commitment.
• Experience in designing, implementing and validating the effectiveness of process controls
• Commercial mindset with strong execution and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate complex and technical messages to stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment and adapt to frequent and multiple changes

You'll achieve more at HSBC

HSBC is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a culture where all employees are valued, respected and opinions count. We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working and, opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified persons irrespective of, but not limited to, their gender or genetic information, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, social status, medical care leave requirements, political affiliation, people with disabilities, color, national origin, veteran status, etc., We consider all applications based on merit and suitability to the role.

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Skills: Motivation, Accuracy, Audit, Relationship Management, Leadership, data integrity, Collaborative, Commitment, Adaptability, Compliance, Assurance, Teamwork, People Skills, Financial Accounting, Effective Communication

Experience: 18.00-20.00 Years