Assistant Manager - Financial & Management Accounting

Job Description - Finance & Management Accounting

About BNP Paribas Group:
BNP Paribas Group is a leading European bank with a strong global footprint across 72
markets and more than 202,000 employees. The Group provides corporates, institutional and
private investors with product and service solutions tailored to their specific needs. It offers a
wide range of financial services covering corporate & institutional banking, wealth
management, asset management, insurance, as well as retail banking and consumer financing
through strategic partnerships
About BNP Paribas India Solutions:
Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP
Paribas Group, a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. With delivery centers
located in Mumbai and Chennai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. We partner various
business lines of BNP Paribas such as Corporate and Institutional Banking, Wealth
Management, Retail Banking through three verticals - Information Technology, Operations
and Finance Shared Services.
About Business line/Function :
The Nearshore department is a Cross Border team located in Mumbai and fully dedicated to
the APAC region. The Nearshore department is under creation and going through different
projects of on-boarding new services and implementing a new accounting and reporting
system (OFS). The platform is design to service entities across APAC including:
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BNPP Group legal entities in North, South East Asia and Australia.
The operational scope covers Financial & Management Accounting & Reporting, Credit
Risk Reporting and contribution to the Liquidity Reporting.
Financial &
Management
Accounting
Manager
Job Title:
Date:
Finance Shared
Services -SMS
Department:
Location:
Mumbai
Business Line /
Function:
Finance
Reports to:

(Direct)
Grade:
(Functional)
(if applicable)
Number of Direct
Reports:
Directorship /
Registration:
N/A
NA
Position Purpose
The main responsibility of the Subject Matter Stream (SMS) is to ensure the accuracy of
the production of the financial and management accounting ledgers through a new BNP
Paribas tool (OFS). Understanding the activities, the tools, the data flow and processes, as
per the Target operating model is key to the function. Ensuring these processes are
followed and duly documented, putting in place the adequate level of controls.
Responsibilities
Be responsible for the production of the Financial and Management accounting for a
business unit
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Performing daily control checks to ensure there are no anomalies in ledger and
investigate any issues caused due to system or manual error
Measure and book the required adjustments in accounting to ensure completion and
accuracy of the General ledger.
Perform intragroup reconciliation
Manage the cost of risk processing
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Perform the operating systems to ledger reconciliation
Ensure the accuracy of the Financial and Management accounting ledgers via a strong
level 1 control
IFRS accounting for month end close
Create, maintain and follow the process documentations as per the target operating
model
Understand the new ledger (OFS) processes and usage of OFS tools from the financial and
management accounting, controls and reporting perspective
Testing feeds and processes before entities go live on the new systems (OFS)
Be responsible for the static data of the entity/business unit
Support the production teams during parallel run and go-live to ensure that the OFS tools
and processes are followed as per the target operating model
Have proper oversight over non-finance teams to ensure they are performing their
controls.

Review and sign-off controls performed by operations and other non-finance teams
Technical & Behavioral Competencies
Ability to adapt to changes
Capability to work and interact with various people of different expertise and level.
Client focus
Management skills
Specific Qualifications (if required)
Expertise in accounting of banking products/activity and on IFRS
Knowledge of financial reporting processes in Banking and Capital Market industry
Knowledge of Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) activities and products
Good communication (oral and written), organization and documentation skills.
Skills Referential
Behavioral Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)
Ability to collaborate / Teamwork
Ability to deliver / Results driven
Communication skills - oral & written
Client focused
Transversal Skills: (Please select up
to 5 skills)
Ability to develop and adapt a process
Ability to set up relevant performance indicators
Analytical Ability
Ability to understand, explain and support change

Ability to inspire others & generate people's commitment
Education Level:
Experience Level
Chartered Accountant
At least 7 years
Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)
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Good communication skills including interactions with international
counterparties
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Very high comfort with working with numbers: rigor, analytical mind-set,
ability to interpret and explain numbers
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Strong sense of organization, ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines
Hard working
Team spirit
Curiosity and open to other cultures