Senior Financial Reporting and Record to Report (RTR) Entity Controller

Senior Group Manager - F&A Ops Entity Controller (Financial Reporting + RTR) - REF102290O - BFS

Company Description

WNS, part of Capgemini, is an Agentic AI-powered leader in intelligent operations and transformation, serving more than 700 clients across 10 industries, including Banking and Financial Services, Healthcare, Insurance, Shipping and Logistics, and Travel and Hospitality. We bring together deep domain excellence – WNS’ core differentiator – with AI-powered platforms and analytics to help businesses innovate, scale, adapt and build resilience in a world defined by disruption.Our purpose is clear: to enable lasting business value by designing intelligent, human-led solutions that deliver sustainable outcomes and a differentiated impact. With three global headquarters across four continents, operations in 13 countries, 65 delivery centers and more than 66,000 employees, WNS combines scale, expertise and execution to create meaningful, measurable impact.

Job Description

Role OverviewThe production controller is responsible for ensuring that the legal entity or business they cover has a trial balance that is valid, accurate and complete. The role will require a thorough understanding of the key drivers of material movements within the entity or business financials.Additionally the controller is also accountable for generating standard reporting packs for statutory accounts, regulatory reporting, business MI and board reporting. The role requires interlock with counterparts in Record to Report (R2R) that are accountable for revenue, cost, transfer pricing, fixed assets and intercompany. The controller will be responsible for reviewing and challenging their R2R colleagues on their dimension/cut of the financials (i.e. entity or business).Skills and Experience• 10-15 years of experience in a similar control role within an investment management or financial services environment• Qualified accountant with a recognised professional accountancy qualification• Commercial acumen & financial skills• Ability to leverage market perspective when interpreting and communicating financial data• Knowledge and understanding of accounting principles, practices and processes• Excellent analytical ability with a good attention to detail• Impact and influence• Determined and assertive, prepared to get into the detail to understand the complex commercial drivers of the business• An important part of the role will be to review and challenge numbers presented• Demonstrates credibility with stakeholders through good communication skills and ability to influence• IT skills• Strong application of IT skills, especially the ability to construct and interpret financial data using Excel• Proficiency in financial systems and ERPs (e.g. Oracle)• Personal effectiveness• Takes personal accountability for quality and delivery• Senior role: ability to work with minimal supervisionThe entity production controller will be responsible for the following:• Ensuring that the trial balance for their respective legal entity/ region is accurate, complete and reconciled to underlying systems and subledgers, maintaining its integrity at all times.• Producing the financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, cash flow) for their entity/ region, ensuring all financial entries are appropriately recorded and supported. The team needs to ensure that the entity’s financials are prepared in compliance with relevant accounting standards (IFRS, GAAP), internal controls and regulatory requirements, maintaining strong control environment.• Collaborating with the Fin Ops – R2R teams on key dimensions of their entity financials (revenue, cost, transfer pricing, fixed assets, intercompany) to challenge, review and validate the financial results.• Performing in-depth analytical reviews and variance analysis on their entity financials, highlighting material movements and key drivers within the financials and producing commentaries that explain significant variances.• Preparing and delivering monthly, quarterly and annual reporting packs for the legal entity/ region, including accurate current and comparative financial numbers, detailed explanations, control attestations and KPIs.• Overseeing the accuracy of intercompany balances, ensuring timely reconciliation and resolution of differences across entities, in co-ordination with relevant stakeholders.• Supporting audit requests for their entity.• Ensuring appropriate governance is in place for the production of the financial packs that feed into the entity’s financial, regulatory and statutory reporting submissions.

Qualifications

CA, CMA

Experience Level

Senior Level