Senior Team Lead - Financial Planning and Accounting (FP&A)

Senior

The position in discussion is with the Managed Services team, part of our Consulting team.

The KPMG Global Services (KGS) Consulting team is a diverse team of more than 6,400 professionals. We provide consulting services to KPMG Firms worldwide to support clients’ business transformation journeys across various industries. With capabilities such as Technology Enablement, Corporate Services, Customer and Operations, Cross Functional Services, Risk Services and Managed Services, our team is a varied mix of professionals with extensive skills and expertise.

Through your work, you’ll build a global network and unlock opportunities that you may not have thought possible with access to great support, vast resources, and an inclusive, supportive environment to help you reach your full potential.

 

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 Roles & responsibilities

We are seeking an experienced Senior /TL with prior knowledge of analysing, financial experience to join our Financial Planning & Accounting (FPNA) team.

5-8 years+ of finance experience with specialization in Planning, forecasting, Financial Reporting, Cost Benefit analysis, Revenue/Cost recognition and accounting preferably in BFSI sector

•The candidate will Co-ordinate the budgeting submission process for PnL, Balance sheet lines, KPIs and other metrics to analyze the company’s financial performance for business reviews from Operational, technological and systems standpoint•Work closely with business teams to align process, readiness and areas of improvement•Ensure appropriate processes are in place for creating long range plans, Annual Budgets and Forecasts, including a strict mechanism of tracking actuals to budgets.•Ensure accuracy and completeness of financial data for revenue, cost, assets and liabilities for accurate reporting and planning.•Create automated an efficient processes to track all key KPI’s for the businesses supported to track the performance, identifying gaps•Establish/Maintain planning processes to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, audit/stat requirements, management reporting and group reporting.•Work with technology team on finance initiatives to drive efficiency in the FPNA process, highlighting trends, outliers and areas of optimization across the portfolio.•Support strategic plans including development of business case and assessment of impact to P&L, benefits quantification to enable effective benefits tracking and realization.•Maintenance of current tools and technologies from process and operational standpoint•Transition and project set-up in KGS, working in collaboration with internal, onshore and client stakeholders, involving key aspects viz. resourcing, technology set-up, knowledge transfer etc., and leading project to BAU mode in smooth and seamless manner.•Reporting of issues of concern and risk to KGS Leadership, and where appropriate, to the client on a timely basis and pro-actively ensuring problems/issues are identified and solved.•Aim to operate at industry best practice level, where applicable and initiate & support process improvements to achieve higher levels of efficiency & effectiveness to maximize productivity gains and achieve consistency in delivery across various delivery sites, as applicable. •Owning and driving People Agenda encompassing, Colleague Engagement, Performance Management, Learning & Development, Resourcing, Retention & Attrition and similar key themes as apt.•Attract and retain top talent, drive people development through identifying and implementing required trainings and driving GPS (Global People Survey) action plans.•Drives operational excellence – Enable culture of continuous improvement through brainstorming and harnessing new ideas and solutions, evaluate opportunities for improvement and apply industry best practices and benchmarks and plan for contingencies and on-time delivery.•Actively seek, embrace and act upon 360 feedback

Educational qualifications

•Accounting degree or MBA in Finance

Work Experience

•5-8 years+ of finance experience with specialization in Planning, forecasting, Financial Reporting, Cost Benefit analysis, Revenue/Cost recognition and accounting preferably in BFSI sector

Mandatory  technical & functional skills

•Proven track record in leading and delivering cost efficiencies and productivity.•Senior stakeholder experience in a global organization. •Strong familiarity with bank’s financial systems and control frameworks•Experience in FP&A process and technology transformation initiatives

Key behavioural attributes/requirements

•Analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to use information to generate creative solutions to benefit the business. Ability to be customer focused and drive results.•Innovation mindset with understanding of AI tools to drive process and tech transformations  

 

Experience Level

Senior Level