The Role
If your expertise lies in ensuring the hub operates in a highly commercial manner, constantly seeking to raise the bar on performance and productivity, and providing high quality services to RBS Group, a position as Finance Director is ideal for you. In this role, you will be accountable for total direct P&L, balance sheet and capital, legal entity and tax compliance, including all fiduciary responsibilities as the Finance Director of the legal entity, RBS Services India Pvt Ltd. You will partner with the GHI Exco to deliver the strategy for the hub in India.
To qualify for this role, you need to be a qualified accountant, with significant practical experience of operating in a commercial finance role.
This role is based in the Global Hub India (GHI) reporting to the Head of Global Finance Services and functionally aligned to the Finance Director – Services and Functions.
RBS has a clear ambition to be number one for customer service, trust and advocacy in each of its chosen business areas. RBS Global Hub India (GHI) is a critical part of that journey. GHI provides a broad range of services to RBS Group including Technology, Operations, Risk and Finance. GHI is located across multiple cities in India. It has 14,000 employees, and an annual budget of c£300m pa. It operates under a separate legal entity, RBS SIPL, incorporated in India and with a UK branch.
Your Responsibilities
As Finance Director, your responsibilities will entail:
Setting the financial budgets for the hub, ensuring the hub operates in a highly commercial manner; connecting financial metrics to performance and productivity metrics, demonstrating continued value add from the hub
Maintaining Entity level controller-ship functions for the hub such as Treasury, Audits, Internal Control, Compliance with relevant Group policies and testing adequacy and effectiveness of the controls on a regular basis
Establishment and documentation of operating procedures which include relevant controls to meet Group and local policy requirements; establishment and ownership of a governance structure for identifying and managing risk, and for defining and approving an appropriate risk appetite
Establishment and maintaintenence of risk assessments to identify and assess the material risks; effective contribution to a sustainable business culture aligned to that of a market leading services company
Being a Company Signatory and Director in accordance with delegated authorities; driving transformation programs for the entity; delivering and embedding all people and cultural initiatives including succession, talent and employee engagement initiatives.
Ensuring that management processes are in place to monitor performance and competence and capability of employees; ensuring effective communication with leadership, management and employees.
Skills you need
Practical knowledge and experience of Indian legal entity and regulatory requirements, at a Finance Director level
Strong technical skills across a broad range of finance domains, including financial accounting, budgeting, forecasting, planning & analysis, treasury and cash flow management and tax
Ability to articulate the overall strategy and proven track record of strategic and tactical implementation
Strong knowledge and understanding of regulatory matters and regulatory issues affecting the banking sector
Strong communicator with individuals and teams, capable of maintaining business relationships at all levels, including senior executives, within a changing and fast moving environment.
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