HSBC Group

Business: GLOBAL FINANCE

Open positions: 1

Role Title: Financial Accounting Specialist - Basel 3.1, GSC's

Global Career Band: 5

Location: Hyderabad/Gurgaon/Chennai

Recruiter Name : Megha Pokhriyal

Why join us?

Reporting Ops is responsible for all Reporting responsibilities across Financial Reporting, Regulatory Reporting and Liquidity Reporting leveraging FOTC and other Reporting systems within the organization. Reporting ops interact with other stakeholders such as Business, Group Reporting, Insight and Advisory etc. to product and submit reports to the respective Regulator/ internal Stakeholder.

The Opportunity:

• Financial Reporting - Review and Finalization of HBCE consolidated statements and disclosures for Financial Reporting relevant for Annual and Interim Reports
• Liquidity Reporting - Reporting & Analysis Regulatory Submission, Documentation, Controls & Compliance, FoTC UAT & Dress rehearsal
• Regulatory Reporting -Production and Consolidation of Regulatory reports, Assurance Pack and Control Checklist, Addressing queries from Stakeholders
• Controls and Compliance – ensure that all the necessary Production controls are followed, timely escalation of issues, work with relevant teams for remediation
• Work with Finance Change delivery, Global Regulatory policy and Remediation programs on upcoming Regulatory changes, business requirements and system enhancements to ensure the solutions delivered are fit for purpose and meets the desired objectives

What you’ll do:

• Ensuring consistency among various reporting deliverables in integrated reporting including but not limited to financial statement, capital adequacy & liquidity coverage.
• Manage Delivery of high quality regulatory outputs including regulatory returns, disclosures and internal MI
• Presenting to the stakeholders and seeking sign off’ s before regulatory submission or submission for group.
• Support the production of existing and designing new integrated reporting information requirements and disclosures (ensuring best practice and compliance with listing requirements and regulatory standards).
• Proficiency in handling the audit & review queries from internal audit, external audit & regulators supervisory controls (S166).
• To build control & checks for cross reporting reconciliation & consistency for critical data elements.
• Ensuring that all assurance checks are performed ahead of finalization of numbers and preparation of assurance packs for sign off meetings including variance analysis and review of controls checklist.
• To be well versed with regulatory interpretation & definition prescribed in various regulation including ECB guidelines, PRA regulation, Applied policies & accounting standards.
• Review & present the results / updates/ presentation to senior stakeholders in an effective way.
• In-depth knowledge of at least two verticals in either of Financial reporting / Regulatory Reporting / Liquidity reporting.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert for any system, process or reporting requirements.
• Work with Finance Change delivery, Global Regulatory policy and Remediation programs on upcoming Regulatory changes, business requirements and system enhancements to ensure the solutions delivered are fit for purpose and meets the desired objectives.
• Maintain a robust and compliant control environment.
• Handling ad hoc queries and analysis of reports for management review periodically.
• Active participation in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for every change/release to drive consistency and efficiency and also highlighting the issues and taking it for remediation.
• Support and guide colleagues through knowledge sharing and coaching interventions and facilitating transparent communication including with stakeholders.

What you will need to succeed in the role:

• A qualified professional (preferably CA or ICWA or MBA or CFA) with overall post qualification experience of 8+ years.
• Sound knowledge of the Financial/Banking Services industry, products and systems.
• Sound understanding of IFRS, experience in analysis of financial statements, IFRS and audit/compliance
• Flexibility, tenacity and the ability to maintain enthusiasm on long running or complex process re-design initiatives.
• Self-motivated and capable of working as part of a team.
• Very strong MS Office skills. (ability to use macros, arrays and other advanced excel formulas)
• Must be detail oriented and possess strong analytical skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and oral.
• Ability to work under pressure, report under tight deadlines and deal effectively with issues as they arise.
• Should be open to shifts and willing to work in flexible hours as per the process requirements
• Willing to travel if needed.

What additional skills will be good to have?

• Prior experience in Regulatory Reporting, Liquidity or Financial Reporting function will be an advantage.
• Preferably having knowledge and experience in Basel III/CRDIV and PRA regulatory rules; AOP & Stress Testing reporting.
• The role holder will also continually reassess the operational risks associated with the role and inherent in the business, taking account of changing economic or market conditions, legal and regulatory requirements, operating procedures and practices, management restructurings, and the impact of new technology.
• Knowledge of Python, R, Xceptor or any upcoming technology used within Finance for automation would be preferred.

Link to Candidate User Guide:

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