Chartered Accountant required at Barclays as Finance Ops Manager-AVP

BTS_Operations_Finance Ops Manager_AVP - 00172618
Primary Location
:IN-Maharashtra-Pune
Job Type:Permanent/Regular
Posting Range
:25 Aug 2014 - 9 Sep 2014
Description
The overall responsibilities of this role will cover:• Manage Finance Function for ADM-BTS.
• Manage Governance support for the One Finance
• Cost Centre Management for BTS.
• Manage Budgets & Forecasts and prepare the Component based billing for BTS Management Function
• BTS Accruals, recharges and month end close related activities
• Coordinate with One Finance team for all the BTS related Finance issues
• Manage a strong professional relationships with team members, portfolio managers and Key Stakeholders
• Convert & produce meaningful & cohesive Finance MI reports for BTS.
• Look at process improvement and automating current business processes to avoid manual intervention.
Knowledge & Skill (15%)
• Ensure timely and accurate preparation of the Accruals, Budget and Forecast and ensure that there is no slippage in deadlines set as per Finance calendar & requirements.
• Accountable for ensuring accuracy across the end to end process.
• Manage issues & queries related to cost centre reconciliation, cost recovery, accrual, Budget invoice processing and reporting.
• Provide data analysis to stakeholders for proactive decision making.
• Liaise with Finance Business Partners to ensure posting of accruals, prepayments and expense re-class.
Communication (10%)
• Should have excellent written & oral communication skills; should be articulate & assertive.
• Adapts style to contribute and enhance overall team performance.
• Deals comfortably with ambiguity and uncertainty.
• Effective at working with unstructured teams, situations and environments.
Supervision (40%)
• Manage the revenue value chain for the business which includes budgeting, forecasting, accruals and invoicing for BTS.
• Ensure proper coordination between BTS and One Finance team and timely resolution of queries related to either side.
• Work closely with the BTS Business Units and the one Finance Team to manage smooth flow of Finance activities
• Provide visibility of risks and issues against key financial targets
Judgement & Initiative (20%)
• Be proactive to identify a problem and initiate the possible solutions with the Business Units and stakeholders
• Assist the BTS in providing analysis along with probable solutions of the issues / problems related to Finance and processes
• Demonstrates clear thinking by identifying areas which will add demonstrable business value, cost savings.
• Utilise stakeholder relationships and seek feedback to proactively identify improvement opportunities and drive the team to implement change.
Influence on Resources (15%)
• Work very closely with the BTS Finance and Business Units to drive cohesion of Finance processes across teams.
• Be able to provide any explanation & data for managing the Operations Finance process with in BTCI
• Publishing dashboards & drive business calls with Key Stakeholders.
• Ensuring that the function and services provided by the team continue to meet requirements, obtaining feedback and suggestions for improvement etc, including expectation management
• Share best practice and learning with colleagues and seek continuous improvement opportunities, maintaining a thorough understanding of relevant, up-to-date finance knowledge.
Essential/Basic Qualifications
• A qualified CA/ CMA• Excellent command over MS Excel
• Excellent in PowerPoint/MS Word
• Excellent social skills in dealing with senior internal / external stakeholders. Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build effective working relationships
• Excellent organising skills; demonstrates initiative and competence; communicates a vision and strategy of own role.
• Strong analysis and problem solving skills
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability
• Articulate communication / writing skills
• Ability to work independently and maintain hard deadlines
• Ability to network and influence others without direct oversight and supervision
• Strong time management skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritize work in a high pressured environment
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