Assistant Manager – Business Controls

Job Title Assistant Manager – Business ControlsOrganisation Unit Purpose ENBD Services Business control is the business facing control team supporting the various business/ support units e.g. WB, Retail, Treasury, ITO, GOPS and ENBD Services. This unit is responsible for ensuring adequate control/ checks are in place, identifying, escalating and mitigating risk, resolving financial and accounting relating issues, driving group project/ initiatives etc.Job PurposeThe job holder will be part of the Financial Control Pillar and will support Business Controls FunctionJob Content Financial Controls and reconciliationsTimeliness and accuracyRisk identification, management and mitigationIssue ResolutionsAdherence to policy and proceduresRobust Control mechanism Prepare dashboard to Group CFO on controls related issuesTo perform daily/ monthly reconciliations (Balance sheet, Suspense balance, interest, balances etc) at all levels in a timely and accurate manner.To follow up in order to ensure resolution of reconciliation differences between GL & Transaction processing systems.To support all accounting and other related requirements including Office accounts creation, maintenance etc.Performing checks of both Balance sheet and P&L balances with necessary and appropriate substantiation at regular intervals.To support business/ finance/ other stakeholders to launch new initiatives/processes including modification there to and driving projects/ initiatives impacting finance..Conducting Finance related UAT. Preparation of accounting Memo, concept paper etc.To prepare and post necessary entries after necessary approvals and keeping track there to.To support in developing, implementing, and ensuring compliance with internal financial and accounting policies and procedures and IFRS for products/ processesTimely escalation of exceptions/deviationsTo suggest and implement process improvements to address any control gapsTo work closely with Finance systems team and IT to automate processes and eliminate manual intervention to the extent possibleCollation of required reports from sub systems / GL , summaries /consolidate as per Business Finance requirementsTo track key indicators and provide necessary information for required analysisSupporting other Group units including subsidiaries and international locations.Maintaining tracker of operational and system issue , liasing with IT or stakeholders till closureHandling of adhoc queries/reportsPerson Specifications EducationQualified accountant - CA/ACCA/CFA/MBA FinanceExperiences 5 -10 years of total work experience in the Finance function of a large bank with exposure to business financeKnowledge & SkillsTechnicalManagerialA thorough understanding of finance and accounting conceptsStrong computer skills in MS Office and prior experience of working in an ERP system (Oracle, SAP etc)Behavioral CompetenciesThinking RelatedPeople RelatedSelf RelatedAbility to work under pressure with minimal supervision.Comfortable to work in a multi-cultural environment. Good inter personal skills to liaise with various departments such as IT, Operations and Front Office.Team player Ability to provide suggestions for process improvements