Director - Regulatory Reporting Assurance - CA (18-27 yrs)

Key Accountabilities

- Establishing and enhancing the existing assurance activities with in the Reg Cap TC and embedding these within existing policies and standards.

- Maintain and develop the assurance framework activities to be undertaken for Basel IV (EBA and PRA)

- Responsible for planning and executing the assurance cycles for Prudential Regulatory Reporting in multi year future cyles

- Documentation of the assurance outcomes for senior management, identifying areas of improvement and remedial plans to resolve.

- Has the ability to undertake and manage re-performance and data accuracy testing across the Prudential Regulatory disclosures (COREP and Pillar 3) with assistance from technical SMEs in London.

- Responsible for maintaining and updating the prioritsation and scoping methodologies for assurance using prior experience in similar roles related to assurance and audit.

- Help build out the assurance team within Chennai and lead a team of skilled individuals on delivering assurance activities and outcomes per the framework.

Person Specification

- This role needs someone that has a proven track record of delivery audits or assurance at a senior level with at least 5 years experience within that field and can perform the audit/assurance related activities.

- Experience should be within the financial reporting function within a large tier bank (preferable) or prudential regulatory reporting function within a large tier bank (desirable)

- Excellent organisational skills, able to react to complex challenges with focused plans and contingencies and a forward-thinking focus that anticipates future challenges and how to resolve through the assurance activity they will be responsible.

- Must have an understanding of financial markets, financial and/or regulatory reporting, risk, governance and controls.

- Must have an awareness of the prudential rules and regulations (calculation and disclosures) so that they can confidently maintain the assurance framework and be confident in running assurance cycles.

- Identify and implement enhancements to the control frameworks, ensure these meet our governance policies, with a specific focus to assurance.

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:

- Qualified Accountant - ACA or equivalent with experience within financial audits/assurance

- Prior experience in a top tier bank or similar financial institution, or a large blue-chip corporate

- Strong written, Excel and PowerPoint skills and previous experience of having managing and working with large volumes of data in an audit/assurance environment.

- Excellent stakeholder engagement skills and understanding and executing requirements / expectations.

- Excellent analysis and problem-solving skills with a specific focus on assurance and ensuring stakeholders can support in helping resolve challenges/issues.