A globally renowned bank is looking for an APAC Regional Head of Regulatory Reporting to lead regulatory reporting, internal controls as well as change management
Responsibilities
Provides leadership of teams responsible for the preparation and review of local and US/SEC regulatory reporting
Drives and contributes to infrastructure projects such as the deployment of systems and integration of accounting and reporting requirements to comply with US and local standards
Ensures consistency in the delivery of internal controls and compliance with increasing and rapidly changing US, SEC, and local regulatory and tax reporting requirements
Partners with key internal stakeholders namely the local leaders in the business, risk/compliance, regulatory relations, operations, HR and technology to ensure compliance with corporate policies and local regulations
Provides input, insight and challenge into cost allocations with a strong understanding of various transfer pricing methodologies including income attribution
Responsible for the governance and controls over financial reporting and works closely with internal and external auditors
Partners with the Tax team to ensure legal entity compliance with in-country tax regulations on both corporate income and indirect/transactional taxes
Participates in the issues management process on behalf of Finance including the escalation, reporting, and remediation of financial reporting errors and control deficiencies
Supports the Governance & Oversight Framework in partnership with the Enterprise Control & Oversight function by implementing effective internal financial reporting controls
Ensures Enterprise priorities are met on documentation and control initiatives including process mapping, RCSA, and business continuity
Supports local teams to ensure complete and accurate books and records are maintained in compliance with corporate policy and local requirements
Collaborates with local leaders and other related departments on expense requirements, expense budgeting, and cash funding requirements
Performs financial analyses and able to provide value-added comments to senior management
Leads and assists internal/external audits or regulatory queries
Requirements:
Degree holder with 10+ years or above experience
Experience in local (Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan) and US/SEC regulatory reporting
Strong track record of managing and delivering change including ability to demonstrate strong technical proficiency of IFRS, USGAAP and in-country GAAP
Demonstrates expert industry knowledge and leverages regulatory and business experience and technical expertise to challenge the norm and implement best practices
Strong interpersonal and influencing skills and ability to interact with team members at all levels and achieve goals without direct control over resources in some cases
Excellent and efficient skills using MS Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, SQL, VBA, Tableau, Alteryx, Essbase
