AVP - Financial Control

About the role

As Assistant Vice President, Financial Control, you will lead Accounting and Reporting for Barclays entities based in the Americas region. The role manages the financial operations of the organisation, ensuring the accuracy, integrity and reliability of financial reporting. It is based in the Gurugram office.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare and present accurate, timely financial statements and other accounting records in line with accounting standards, rules and regulations.
• Identify, assess and mitigate financial risks and report them to senior colleagues.
• Maintain a robust system of internal controls to safeguard assets and prevent fraudulent misreporting, assessing their effectiveness regularly.
• Develop and implement up-to-date financial policies and procedures.
• Manage the selection, implementation and maintenance of financial systems and software, working with IT to integrate them with other enterprise systems.
• Prepare and submit statutory and regulatory reports, and support other departments in reviewing them.
• Coordinate with external auditors and regulatory authorities on audits and examinations.

Required profile

• Deep experience managing controllership (month close, reconciliations, disclosures, financial statement preparation) for banking/trading products in a large bank and financial services entity.
• Experience handling complex system architecture and data flows, and setting up new accounting and reporting processes and governance.
• Solid understanding of the control and governance framework for financial reporting in banking/trading.
• Experience managing multiple statutory audits and related governance.
• Leadership exposure managing large teams, with CA/CFA or equivalent certification.

Required skills

• Expert knowledge of IFRS and IAS reporting requirements.
• Working knowledge of US-GAAP compliance.
• Accounting for banking and trading/markets products; AI/ML and tools such as Alteryx preferred.
• Change management experience (system migration, new tools, restructuring) is an added advantage.