Finance - Director

Overall purpose of roleThe role supports the India domestic business across Investment Banking, Global Markets and Private Banking. The main activities of the role include ensuring accuracy and integrity of all numbers and information passed from Finance to stakeholders both internal (India Senior Management) and external (regulators, statutory accounts). This will involve interaction and influence of both local Mumbai Finance team and Finance colleagues across Asia, Global, and centres of excellence.The role also requires a strong understanding and experience in the control framework of a large complex regulated financial institution. A key part of the role is effectively managing stakeholders by building strong relationships to enable the individual to partner, advise and influence them.Key Accountabilities

Production of Financials and Regulatory Interface

• Accountable for the preparation and accuracy of financial records and regulatory returns for the India entities, plus involvement in the design and setup of the financial reporting processes of any new reports. Accountable for owning and resolving any control issues identified in these processes.
• Establish and implement internal controls and ensure efficient and effective financial operations for India Finance, through process improvement and automation to remove manual processes.
• Ensure that Financial and Accounting policies & procedures are in accordance with statutory regulations and global standards and are complying with risk management and internal controls.
• Support India CFO and lead Finance in engagement with internal/external auditors and liaison with external regulatory inspections.
  

Support the India Business growth strategy

• Provide high quality commercial, timely and insightful analysis to key Business, Country and Finance stakeholders to help drive regional performance. This includes Revenues, Sales and Origination metrics, Costs, Risk Weighted Assets etc.
• Partner with global / local stakeholders to deliver Management Information and ad-hoc analysis.
• Ad-hoc work such as Short- and Medium-Term Plans, profitability analysis, and various Town hall/Visitor presentations for Senior Management.
• Supporting the business on Finance related queries and growth plans (NAPA or country strategy).
  

Transformation and Elimination of Manual Processes

• Work closely with Change team and Finance Control partners to drive consistent and effective process for India Finance aligned with strategic Global platforms.
• Champion change agenda within the team to drive a mindset of continual improvement. Challenge and eliminate manual processes to drive efficiency.
  

People Management

• Lead the Finance team in Mumbai through active engagement, setting a clear strategy and getting buy in from the team.
• Engage and energise the team to buy in to the vision, and build meaningful careers with Barclays.
  

Stakeholder Management and Leadership
This role requires extensive and effective stakeholder management with primarily regional stakeholders but also maintaining connectivity with Global teams to collaborate, leverage and influence a wide stakeholder group both regionally and globally. It includes (but not limited) to the following. Strong team leadership is also essential to drive and motivate the local Finance team.