Senior Associate - Financial accounting & Reporting

The position of Associate, Senior Associate is to

• Ensure the financial reporting to Head Office
• Accounting production and statutory accounts- understanding
• Contribute to the documentation and automation of the processes.

Responsibilities

• Preparation of the financial reporting sent monthly to the Head Office: P&L, balance sheet, off balance sheet, annexes, tax book, regulatory reporting schedules.
• Prepare ad hoc Financial Reporting for Head office upon request.
• Follow controls and analysis as defined by the BNP Paribas Standard Accounting Control Plan.
• Perform inter-company transactions reconciliation and solve Interco breaks.
• Ensure the good coordination with the Regional Financial Reporting team, during the pre-closing process and whenever an accounting issue needs to be addressed.
• Participate to Finance Projects linked to Head Office Financial Reporting
• Contribute to the elimination of manual reclassifications and warnings/missing items and work towards solving at source.
• Provide analysis and response to questions raised by HO Finance / Regional Finance / internal management.
• On a timely basis, provide complete and accurate financial data to the Reporting Team for report production.

Strong knowledge of accounting under IFRS

Strong knowledge of Financial Products

Comfortable with basic office tools (Lotus Notes, MS Word, Outlook)

Excellent knowledge and use of MS Excel

Good communication skill

Very high comfort with working with numbers: rigor, analytical mind-set, ability to interpret numbers.

Strong sense of organization, ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.

Hard working

Team spirit

Curiosity and open to other cultures

Chartered Accountant/MBA in finance with experience in Financial Analysis/other Finance functions preferably in a Banking environment

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Attention to detail / rigor

Ability to synthetize / simplify

Ability to deliver / Results driven

Choose an item.

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Ability to manage a project

Analytical Ability

Education Level:

Master Degree or equivalent

Other/Specific Qualifications

CA with 2 yrs