VP, International Finance

Job Purpose

Core Responsibilities

• Plan and set targets to support international business performance.
• Manage monthly MI reporting covering month-end actuals, budgets, forecasts, and strategic commentary.
• Act as the primary contact for MI governance, reporting design, and implementation on behalf of the International CFO.
• Support MI transformation, reporting automation, budgeting, forecasting, and systems change projects.
• Coordinate with Group FP&A, product and segment finance, country finance, and other Group Finance teams.

Month-End Process

• Prepare and explain month-end actuals for the International Banking Division.
• Produce or manage flash, MI, forecast and pipeline, business review, and BSC reporting packs.
• Apply maker-checker controls and data checks to ensure MI accuracy and completeness.
• Manage periodic profit-and-cost and budget adjustment processes with appropriate approvals.
• Deliver reporting packs on time to International Division and Group stakeholders.

MI Governance

• Develop and manage the international MI reporting governance framework.
• Define MI scope, reporting schedules, and quality controls for timely business decision-making.
• Design and build MI reporting models aligned with Group FP&A and other MI reporting teams.
• Maintain efficient MI working files with data validation controls.
• Standardize financial MI data and presentation models and guide country finance teams in their use.
• Build robust MI data models for regular and ad hoc strategic analysis.

Budget and Forecast Process

• Lead the International Banking Division budgeting and forecasting process.
• Implement a monthly rolling forecasting framework across international locations.
• Aggregate country bottom-up forecasts across profit and loss, balance sheet, products, segments, sectors, and corridors.
• Drive annual budgeting through structured communication with country finance teams.
• Engage Finance, Treasury, Risk, product, segment, country, and international management stakeholders to identify risks and opportunities.

Strategy and Business Review

• Provide strategic financial insights on trends and drivers by product, segment, country, corridor, client, and general ledger.
• Prepare or critique business cases and initiatives intended to improve country or international performance.

Oversight and Deployment

• Connect country finance teams with International Business Financial Analytics, Financial Governance, and Group Finance teams.
• Provide hands-on finance capacity for regional and country projects during heavy workloads, absences, and contingency situations.
• Provide thought leadership across FP&A, business partnering, treasury, financial reporting, tax, and control.

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree or professional qualification such as ACA, CPA, or MBA.
• Relevant accounting or tax qualification is preferred.
• At least 10–12 years of finance or FP&A experience in banking.
• Banking or financial services industry experience is required.
• Knowledge of accounting principles, IT systems, and tax accounting systems.
• Experience across multiple countries is preferred.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to handle pressure and tight timeframes.