Bank Of America Senior Manager 

India, Maharashtra, Mumbai 

922179355

Job Description*

• The candidate will be responsible for Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) for the Consumer Banking, Wealth, and Investment management business, and in addition will be responsible for analysis of data for decision making by senior leadership.
• The individual will play a key role in the team responsible for FP&A and data analysis and would manage multiple projects in parallel by ensuring adequate understanding of the requirements to deliver data analysis solutions.
• These projects would be complex and time critical which would require the candidate to comprehend & evaluate the strategic business drivers to bring in efficiencies through automation of existing reporting packages or codes.
• The work would be a mix of standard and ad-hoc deliverables based on dynamic business requirements.
• Technical competency is essential to build processes which ensure data quality and completeness across all projects / requests related to business.
• The core responsibility of this individual is process management to achieve sustainable, accurate and well controlled results.
• Candidate should have a clear understanding of the end-to-end process (including its purpose) and a discipline of managing and continuously improving those processes.

Responsibilities*

• Preparation of various FP&A reports (revenue, headcount, other KPIs etc.) including performing variance analysis
• Responsible for the forecasts and planning/budgeting process. Review and analyze variances and ensure alignment with the forecast
• Perform month end review and control
• Responsible for the preparation of various business reviews and ad-hoc financial analysis to support senior management decisions
• Understand business requirements and translate those into deliverables. Support the business on periodic and ad-hoc projects
• Managing and improving the work: develop full understanding of the work processes, continuous focus on process improvement through simplification, innovation and use of emerging technology tools, and understanding data sourcing and transformation.
• Managing risk: managing and reducing risk, proactively identify risks, issues and concerns and manage controls to help drive responsible growth (ex: Compliance, Operational – SAFER, Self-Identified Audit Issues, procedures, data management, etc.), establish a risk culture to encourage early escalation and self-identifying issues
• Effective communication: deliver transparent, concise and consistent messaging while influencing change in the teams.
• Be a key contributor to business initiatives that require subject matter expertise.
• Extremely good with numbers and ability to present various business/finance metrics, detailed analysis, and key observations to Senior Business Leaders.

Requirements*

CA/CPA or MBA finance

Experience Range*

10+ years of relevant work experience in Financial Planning & Analysis and Data Analysis in Banking industry. Exposure to Consumer banking or Wealth/Investment Management businesses would be an added advantage

Foundational skills*

• Strong abilities on FP&A and Data Analysis and strong financial acumen
• Strong computer skills, including MS excel, power point. Familiarity with reporting tools like SQL, Essbase etc. and Emerging technologies like Alteryx, Tableau.
• Prior Banking and Financial services industry experience, preferably Retail banking and/or Wealth/Investment Management
• Strong communication skills (both verbal and written), Interpersonal skills and relationship management skills to navigate the complexities of aligning stakeholders, building consensus, and resolving conflicts
• Proven ability to manage multiple and often competing priorities in a global environment
• Ability to drive strategic initiatives with a track record of successful change management
• Manages operational risk by building strong processes and quality control routines

Desired skills*

• Ability to effectively manage multiple priorities under pressure, and deliver as well as being able to adapt to changes
• Able to work in a fast paced, deadline-oriented environment

Work Timings*

12:30 pm to 9:30 pm (will require to stretch 7-8 days in a month to meet critical deadlines)