Vice President, Accounting I

We're seeking a future team member for the role of Product Controller - Vice President, Specialist Accounting to join our Finance Controllers - COE Product Controls FX and Corporate Treasury team. This role is in Pune or Chennai, Maharashtra or Tamil Nadu (HYBRID).

Team Description:

The role is within the Global Finance COE India under Controllers COE - Product Controls FX and Corporate Treasury team whose remit is to ensure the activities of the US, EMEA and APAC Markets & Treasury teams are accurately recorded in statements of the various entities they operate in. The team also supports new product initiatives and regional expansion, working close with Front, Middle and Back Office.

Responsibilities also cover oversight of the daily P&L with responsibility for ensuring the traders P&L is signed off. The team work closely with BNYM Legal Entity Controllers supporting them with performance reporting and the Audit. Cross regional collaboration is a critical element of our role.

Role Purpose:

The Markets Controller is a subject matter expert in Financial Markets with experience in reporting of FX and Fixed Income products. They have experience in the managing the control environment for these products and overseeing teams responsible for balance sheet substantiation, trade reconciliations, price testing, daily P&L production and in partnering the business with new product implementations and regional expansion.

This role is accountable for ensuring effective, efficient Sarbanes-Oxley controls and reporting in compliance with IFRS and US GAAP and that the general ledger accounts pertaining to Markets are complete and accurate.

The role should actively engage across the relevant functions within Markets and Finance to ensure they understand the business strategy, product support and interaction with the underlying client. This will enable the individual to actively support business outcomes and use the information to ensure financial results & controls reflect this.

Acting as contact point for key stakeholders including the markets business, regulatory reporting, external auditors, SOX team, Tax, and the US Central Finance team.

In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:

• Manage the financial control environment for Markets activities in the assigned US, EMEA and APAC Regions
• Support the business in Product and Regional Expansion
• Support the Financial Control and Regulatory Reporting teams in their understanding of Markets activities
• Oversee the US, EMEA and APAC Daily Trader P&L sign off process, analyzing issues and working with Traders and Reconciliation team to resolve issues
• Govern the month end close process, including monitoring of results, escalating, and resolving issue
• Review of the monthly variances ensuring that it provides a meaningful analysis of different aspects of the business performances
• Review and presentation of quarterly KPI and board pack financials to the board
• Ensure the accounting process are robust, efficient, and well controlled
• Contribute to project and process improvement initiatives as required

To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:

• Adaptable, flexible, and proactive
• Strong leader with proven record
• Good communication and able to influence outcome across the organization
• Good decision maker, responsible and accountable
• Deadline driven with effective time management and ability to work under pressure
• Client orientated and results focused
• Able to manage risk in a highly regulated and controlled environment
• Able to manage a small team of 4 to 6 members
• Ability to establish and develop effective relationships
• Highly motivated, fast learning and proactive with an ability for problem solving

Technical Skills, Knowledge, Systems Knowledge (and associated skill level)

• Qualified Chartered Accountant with 5 to 7 post qualification experience
• Significant experience in Financial Markets, ideally Markets and/or Corporate Treasury accounting experience
• Strong technical accounting knowledge, particularly IFRS and US GAAP
• Exposure to Front and Back Office systems used for FX and Fixed Income businesses
• Experience of a fast moving, highly controlled, multi-national/functional organization

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• Fortune World's Most Admired Companies & Top 20 for Diversity and Inclusion
• Bloomberg's Gender Equality Index (GEI)
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation, 100% score Corporate Equality Index
• Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion , Disability: IN - 100% score
• 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators, Fast Company
• CDP's Climate Change 'A List'

Our Benefits:

BNY Mellon offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life's journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves that can support you and your family through moments that matter. BNY Mellon is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

Employer Description:

For over 230 years, the people of BNY Mellon have been at the forefront of finance, expanding the financial markets while supporting investors throughout the investment lifecycle. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments and safeguards nearly one-fifth of the world's financial assets. BNY Mellon remains one of the safest, most trusted and admired companies. Every day our employees make their mark by helping clients better manage and service their financial assets around the world. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, clients count on the people of BNY Mellon across time zones and in 35 countries and more than 100 markets. It's the collective ambition, innovative thinking and exceptionally focused client service paired with a commitment to doing what is right that continues to set us apart. Make your mark: bnymellon.com/careers.