Assistant VP

Job description

Job Title: Assistant Vice President

Location : Chennai

Grade :AVP

The primary purpose of this role is to lead and deliver IFRS9 delivery for the Corporate and the Investment Bank. This will include impairment and classification and measurement work stream including implementation of the new standard for the local entity reporting where applicable.

Your Role

· Supporting the quarterly reporting process to ensure the appropriate level of information is captured to comply with all external and internal reporting requirements.

· Assisting with design and implementation of new financial control and reporting process which meets the relevant requirements of the standard.

· Supporting the migration of the loan book to the new system and the impairment calculations and testing of the system

· The role holder will support the UAT testing of new systems (general ledger & upstream) for the changes arising on accounting change.

Essential Skills

· Qualified Accountant – ACA, CIMA, ACCA

· Strong academic background – 1st /2nd class honours, minimum bachelor degree from a reputable institution

· Post qualification experience

· Experience in a month-end or quarter-end focused reporting role

· Knowledge and understanding of the key accounting principles under IFRS

· Strong excel skills

· Experience of having worked in a Group reporting role focused on external reporting

· Previous experience with having used either SAP or Hyperion

· Good analysis and problem solving skills

· Strong control awareness.

Desirable Skills

· Good stakeholder engagement skills and understanding & executing their requirements / expectations

· Enthusiastic, motivated, self-starter, pro-active and a team player

· Strong interpersonal skills and excellent communicator

· Willingness and ability to take ownership of issues and manage through to a successful resolution

· Eye for detail and exception track record in managing and resolving conflict situations

· Required to provide detailed analysis and information on complex queries/problems and communicate to stakeholders on proposed solutions and recommendations

· Minimal supervisory oversight and able to perform duties with minimal or no guidance

· Assertiveness, tenacious and control focused

About Us

Barclays is a transatlantic consumer, corporate and investment bank offering products and services across personal, corporate and investment banking, credit cards and wealth management, with a strong presence in our two home markets of the UK and the US. Our goal is to become the bank of choice by providing superior services to customers and clients and supporting our stakeholders via a commercially successful business that generates long-term sustainable returns.

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Risk and Control Objective

All Barclays colleagues have to ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards.

Your Application

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Barclays Values & Diversity

Dynamic working gives everyone at Barclays the opportunity to integrate professional and personal lives, if you have a need for flexibility then please discuss this with the hiring manager. We are an equal opportunity employer and we are opposed to discrimination on any grounds. It is the policy of Barclays to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, colour, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.