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  • Location:
    Mumbai
  • Department:
    Finance & Tax
  • Division:
    IBP Business Enablement
  • Employment Type:
    Full time
  • Salary:
    Competitive

Finance Controller - Lending (11017)

Investec is a distinctive Specialist Bank serving clients principally in the UK and South Africa. Our culture gives us our edge: we work hard to find colleagues who'll think out of the ordinary and we put them in environments where they'll flourish. We combine a flat structure with a focus on internal mobility. If you can bring an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to learn and collaborate to your work, this could be the boost your career deserves.


Key Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for both the Financial Control and Planning & Analysis functions for the lending desk
  • Assist with ad hoc reporting for management reporting purposes
  • Timely escalation of issues/concerns
  • Provide cover for team members during periods of absence

Financial Control specific:

  • Reporting daily P&L for the lending business
  • Taking ownership of the income statement and balance sheet
  • Preparation of monthly balance sheet substantiation files for the lending business
  • Posting monthly journals for the lending desk and ensuring a WD3 close
  • Responsible for FX exposure monitoring
  • Monthly valuation process in Chi for the Fair Value booked loans & Bonds, analysing the movements and drivers and posting the valuation in the ledger
  • Preparation of annual and semi-annual financial statement disclosure packs for the lending business
  • Preparation of quarterly Fin Rep and Bank of England reporting packs for lending to Group Finance
  • Audit and Group Finance queries during annual and interim audits
  • Performing reconciliation between ledger, source systems and risk/capital systems, including investigation and resolution of breaks
  • Reconciliation of inter-divisional and intercompany balances
  • Maintenance of monthly equity investment valuation documentation, and gathering research to support investment valuation
  • Maintenance of fee income and investment income schedule for the aviation desk

Planning & Analysis specific:

  • Drive the reporting of business performance, forecasting and budgeting
  • Monthly variance analysis – provide commentary and breakdowns on income statement and balance sheet movements
  • Monthly production of client P&L analysis and loan movement analysis for the lending business
  • Monthly analysis of impairments at a deal and desk level and analysis of allocated and direct costs

Tax specific:

  • Liaise with tax consultants to ensure that all corporate actions, fresh investment and redemption for Investments made via FPI license are smooth
  • Ensure direct tax and transfer pricing related tax returns are accurately & timely file to Indian tax authorities
  • Assist business & UK tax team with any tax queries on investments made via FPI license

Technical skills and knowledge:

  • Part-qualified/newly qualified accountant
  • Financial and Management Accounting knowledge for a banking business
  • Systematic approach in analysing and solving problems with good attention to detail
  • Intermediate Excel and data manipulation skills

Other skills and personal attributes

  • Self-motivated, enthusiastic and able to work without close supervision with an ability to work in a changing environment
  • An ability to deliver on timelines and communicate appropriately to those time lines
  • Strong organisational ability combined with a proactive approach
  • Relationship and communication skills: Ability to create and maintain strong relationships with key interfaces. Ability to communicate the business requirements and interact appropriately in a stretch team scenario.
  • Personable and confident manner; a team player
  • To act with integrity at all times and embrace the philosophy of treating our customers fairly (compulsory)

Regulatory and Investec Specific knowledge- Understand the relevant regulations and a knowledge of Investec procedures and compliance protoco


As part of our collaborative & agile culture, our working week is 4 days in the office and one day remote.

Investec offers a range of wellbeing benefits to make our people feel healthier, balanced and more fulfilled in their lives inside and outside of work.

 


Embedded in our culture is a sense of belonging and inclusion. This creates an environment in which everyone is free to be themselves which helps to drive innovation, creativity and ultimately business performance. At Investec we want everyone to find it easy to be themselves, and to feel they belong. It's a responsibility we all share and is integral to our purpose and values as an organisation.

Research shows that some candidates can be reluctant to apply to a role unless they meet all the criteria. We pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial spirit here and welcome you to do the same – if the role excites you, please don't let our person specification hold you back. Get in touch!


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Mumbai
Parinee Crescenzo, 11th floor, G Block BKC, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400051, India, Mumbai, India
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Nancy Joseph

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Benefits

Pension
Private Medical Cover
Virtual GP
Gym Discounts
Psychologist Service
Annual Leave
Life Assurance
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