Chartered Accountant

Highlight of the engagement opportunity

• Nature of role:

  Full time

• Number of years of experience expected:

  0-11+ Years

• Areas of past experienced preferred: expected:

  Consulting, Risk advisory services, Balance Sheet Management, Planning and Budgeting, Risk governance, internal controls, operational risk management, SOX reviews, compliance led reviews, regulatory reporting in the BFSI and/ or Consulting space, Compliance management, Third party risk management and GRC product development/ implementation, preferably in BFSI, CFO Advisory / Accounting Advisory / IFRS implementation / Product implementation / Hedge accounting

• Educational qualification expected:

  CA, ACCA, BBA, BAF, BBI, BFM, B. Com, CA or MBA in Finance

• Preferable additional certifications:

  Globally accepted certifications in IA & Risk management

• Preferred geography of previous work experience:

  India / Middle East / APAC / Europe / US

• Language requirements:

  Ability to write and speak fluently in English

• Technology proficiency preferred:

  SAP / GL systems / Python

Key responsibility areas:

Assist the team in executing BFSI and corporate client engagements with a focus on the following:

• Provide advisory and documentation to clients in financial services pertaining to process optimization and process improvements in line with their digital transformation requirements
• Undertake discussions with client business users to understand business requirements
• Assistance in documenting and performing UAT testing
• Design automation solutions related to business process optimization, data analytics and internal and regulatory reporting MIS in line with business requirements
• Serve banks and financial institutions by automating their business workflows
• Undertake project management services for ensuring smooth and timely closure on projects
• Drive the day-to-day execution of assigned projects.
• Work on no-code platforms such as MS Power Platform and Revolutio for designing automation applications
• Knowledge of banking set-up and various loan product and their characteristics including wholesale loans, auto loans, personal loans, mortgage finance, education loans, etc.
• Knowledge of Fund Transfer Pricing and associated pool wise profitability calculation
• Knowledge of budgeting methodologies adopted by financial services clients as part of strategic planning
• Knowledge of financial services capital planning and related regulatory requirements
• Undertake project management services for ensuring smooth and timely closure on projects.
• Evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of policies, procedures, and controls
• Assist in the development of key risk and control indicators
• Review and development of risk ratings
• Assist in assessing risk, writing issues, and developing appropriate corrective actions
• Investigate root causes of operational risks and provide support to mitigate risk
• Evaluate changes in regulatory requirements and ensure clients business processes are enabled to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
• Identification of Operational Risk Incidents and Loss events in line with Basel requirements
• Review and perform detailed Root Cause Analysis of critical events/ losses
• Perform and control the full audit cycle including risk management and control management over operations’ effectiveness, financial reliability, and compliance with all applicable regulations
• Develop strong relationship with key stakeholders by addressing concerns in a timely manner
• Keep abreast of latest operational risk management techniques and industry best practices
• Requirement understanding and documentation of requirements related to the functional areas.
• Play a techno functional role in the product team
• Use our no-code platform to develop/ configure the business requirements
• Assist in the development of key risk and control indicators and define the methodologies
• Undertake discussions with client business users to understand business requirements
• Design automation solutions related to business ORM, third party management and compliance management in line with business requirements
• Serve banks and Insurance by understanding of BFSI industry, regulations and risk management standards
• Undertake project management services for ensuring smooth and timely closure on projects
• Drive the day-to-day execution of assigned projects.
• Identification of Operational Risk Incidents and Loss events in line with Basel requirements.
• Assistance in documenting the test cases and performing UAT testing
• Creating product development roadmaps, define new functionalities and envision product roadmap to meet emerging market requirements in the relevant areas.
• Knowledge of risk management services and related regulatory requirements
• Keep abreast of latest operational risk management techniques and industry best practices
• Develop strong relationship with key stakeholders by addressing concerns in a timely manner
• Comfortable with technologies and technology platform
• Lead, and manage solution development in line with the business consulting outlook in the aforementioned subject matter areas
• Responsible for development of standard proposals, pitch decks in the subject matter area and engaging with the clients.
• Lead, manage and execute medium to large-scale accounting advisory projects with deep expertise • Ability to write technical / supervisory memos / advisory documentation.
• Ability to analyses financial statement and suggest treatment for different financial assets / liabilities under different accounting standards
• Provide advisory services to the client on accounting areas such as IFRS 9, IFRS 15, IFRS 16, IFRS 17 or equivalent local standards
• Accounting treatment for different products as per the local regulatory requirements and accounting standards
• Advise clients on high-profile mandates in the financial services space with regards to complex and strategic issues
• Independently drive day-to-day execution of assigned client projects and internal initiatives
• Independently lead and continuously develop and mentor the team involved in the delivery of these projects

Selection process:

We seek to be transparent during the selection process. While the actual process may vary from the process indicated below, the key steps involved are as follows:

• Interview:

  There are expected to be at least 3 rounds of interviews. The number of interview rounds may increase depending on the criticality and seniority of the role involved.

• Final discussion on career and compensation:

  Post final selection, a separate discussion will be set up to discuss compensation and career growth. You are encouraged to seek any clarifications you have during this discussion.

Preparation required:

It is recommended that you prepare on the following aspects before the selection process:

• Demonstrate hands-on experience and understanding of the financial services industry
• Understanding of products / exposures in the financial services industry (Banks / NBFC / Insurance)
• Financial statement analysis, balance sheet ratios
• Budgeting and capital planning
• Understanding of products / exposures in the financial services industry (Banks / NBFC / Insurance)
• Requirements of new accounting standards and changes from the previous versions for standards such as IFRS 9, IFRS 15, IFRS 16, IFRS 17 or their equivalent local standards
• Subject matter and sales expertise

Note: Looking for immediate joiners.

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