Sunday, February 25, 2007

Openings at big 4 accountancy firm

Our client, one of the BIG 4 Chartered Accountancy firms, is looking for Chartered Accountants with experience in Statutory Audits. It primarily serves the clients of US. It is one of the best
professionally managed company in the world and has operations in 150 countries with 1.5 Lac employees worldwide.
The line of function of our client is statutory audit service line (Audit and Enterprise Risk Services- External Audit). The Audit delivery model is a mix of onsite and off shore. Onsite will involve being a part of the audit teams in US and executing the job. Off shore delivery would involve development of audit methodology, accounting/audit research work, development of training modules, performing other audit work which can be effectively done from off shore.

AERS-External Audit Services:

The Audit & Enterprise Risk Services function provides integrated services including audit, control assurance, security services, regulatory consulting and enterprise risk management that identify risks and opportunities beyond the traditional financial reporting function.

Educational Qualification:

Chartered Accountant / CPA (With 3 yrs of article ship from a Big 4 or reputed firm) preferably done statutory audits based on: US GAAP Knowledge, IFRS, SOX.

External Audit Services primarily includes:

• Audits of financial statements including reviews of quarterly financial information
• Internal Control Attestation (including Sarbanes – Oxley Section 404)
• Assurance Services
• Agreed Upon Procedures
Position: Senior Analyst, Asst. Manager & Manager
Location: Mumbai / Hyderabad / Bangalore / Chennai / Calcutta

Candidates should be open to travel to clients' site as per project requirements.

Salary will not be a constraint for a good candidate.

Those interested please send in your CVs with full details to CA Bharat Desai, D.Barretts Consultants Pvt Ltd at
dbarrettsconsultant s@gmail.com.

Campus Hiring and Talent Management - Citibank

Kindly contact Sonali at 9810800424.

Position is with Citibank Corporate Banking. The role is in Campus Hiring and Talent Management and will report into the person handling the Talent Management piece for Corporate Banking.

The position is based out of Mumbai. Looking at someone with 2 - 3 years of experience.

Saturday, February 24, 2007

Risk Management Consulting - Credit and Operational Risk

Aptivaa (www.aptivaa.com) is a venture set up by team of professional having outstanding track record in implementing Risk management solutions globally. Aptivaa collaborates with Banks, Asset Management & Financial Services Companies to help them implement Risk & Compliance frameworks such as Basel II, MiFID and ERM.

Interested folks can send across your profile to anuj.roy@aptivaa.com

Thursday, January 18, 2007

Openings at First Gulf Bank

We are looking forward to close positions within the Corporate Credit Mid office as soon as possible. Details pertaining to the organization, role and compensation are provided below.

Please contact me at bhaskar.sen@fgb.ae for further details.

About the Bank

First Gulf Bank (FGB) is the fastest growing and one of the leading banks in UAE. Established in 1979 and headquartered in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi, the bank provides financial services in various business and industrial areas with a wide network of branches across the Emirates.
The bank strives to set standards of excellence, explore new opportunities and pursue innovation. Today it is recognized as a world-class organization committed to maximizing shareholder, customer and employee value. The bank focuses on delivering products and services that address the needs of a dynamic economy, perpetuate progress and
meet customer requirements. In line with its commitment to excellence it also continues to raise service standards, while simultaneously investing in technology, systems and people. Equipped with a long term Fitch rating of 'A' and a Capital Intelligence rating of 'A+', the bank
has been exceeding expectations continuously by offering innovative banking solutions, converting challenges into opportunities, contributing to the community and making a difference to peoples' lives. Please visit the site www.firstgulfbank.ae for further details.

Position

Openings are within the Corporate Credit Mid Office and the positions will report into Head Risk Management Unit and will be commensurate with the experience and skill sets of the selected candidate.

Responsibilities

* Review and revision of Corporate Credit framework (policies
and procedures across credit processes viz. Credit approval processes,
Risk rating processes, Credit administration processes, Credit review
processes)

* Identification, conceptualization and implementation of
change management initiatives for Credit processes

* Delivering strategic and tactical initiatives targeting
productivity and efficiency gains along with co-coordinating all
projects including Basel II

* Review and revision of risk rating mechanism for both
obligors and facilities and provide necessary support in implementation
of Internal Credit Rating system

* Overseeing of Credit Self assessment processes including
portfolio strategy & planning, Risk structuring, transaction monitoring,
performance assessment, etc.

* Monitoring of limits by sector, geographic region, products,
customer, maturity, country, Monitoring of Credit lines and generating
necessary MIS and Reports

* Performing all such operating activities as may be assigned
by Head Risk Management

Profile

* 3-5 years of relevant banking / financial services experience
in the area of credit risk management / credit mid office

* Post graduate or equivalent degree in finance or management

* Substantial experience in Wholesale / Corporate banking area;
Good understanding of Wholesale Banking products

* Strong team player with an ability to manage matrix
relationships

* Good written and verbal communications skills

* Ability to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines

* Comfortable with IT systems

Compensation and Rewards

Compensation levels are the best in the industry in the region. Also,
there are rewards and recognition in the form of excellent performance
bonus.

Please send your resumes at bhaskar.sen@fgb.ae.

Business Development Openings

Location - Gurgaon
URL - www.mpstechnologies.com
Salary - Competitive
Job Title Manager- Business Development
Reporting to CEO
Job Description:
Under limited supervision, the candidate will add value to the whole Sales and Marketing process by driving the creation of our proposal responses.
Responsibilities
Respond to RFP’s/ RFI’s:
· Ensure that all RFP’s/RFI’s meet the customer timelines and quality standards · Research responses to RFP’s/RFI’s so that they are in sync with the customers requirements · Understanding & reviewing the stage of the opportunity, key issues, size, stage reviews etc · Interact with Technical, Delivery, and Sales teams to get inputs for RFP’s and RFI’s and consolidate to a comprehensive proposal
Risk Analysis
· Interact with the legal department and identify the key business risks when responding to a RFP
Knowledge Management:
· Documenting customer requirements. Ensuring all documents are versioned & protected · Ensure compliance to all policies · Keep an up-to-date pre-Sales and marketing database related to case studies
Collect Market Intelligence:
· Track and report best practices in the industry · Track and report competition activities
Requirements:
· Minimum 6 to 10 yrs of work experience in business development preferably in the IT product space · Multi-location interaction experience · Candidate should be an MBA from a Premier Institute · Excellent written communication and interpersonal skills · Problem solving skills with the ability to think laterally · Self-motivation is essential, should demonstrate commitment to high quality · Flexibility and an open attitude to change · Ability to learn and adapt to new technology and business processes · Ability to grasp questions and respond to them · Proven skill to learning new domain in a short span of time



Job Title Business Analyst
Reporting to - CEO
Job Description:
The Business Analyst will serve as an interface to the users to assist application development & support teams in understanding the key business processes,
business data and functional requirements of the users, to assess available technologies and recommend technology solutions. Facilitate and coordinate
communications of high-level and detailed level requirements, specifications, diagrams, as well as data and process models to project team members.
Responsibilities
· Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), involved in various phases like Requirements, Analysis/Design, Development and Testing.
· Requirement analysis, Gap analysis and Impact Analysis · Facilitate, track, coordinate and communicate reactive and proactive support status and enhancement requests, between the client and IT technical staff · Will provide functional designs and work with technical design team iteratively to bring out technical solutions.
· Will work closely with the design team until the implementation of business functionality and ensure that no gaps exist between the Business requirement and what has been implemented.
· Create process maps for any existing or new processes as and when required by operations.
· Conduct knowledge sharing sessions for developers, architects, testers from time to time on the industry practices and latest trends, to create awareness.
· To provide training on the project specific concepts or adhoc training for anything · Define business process; identify the risk, baseline acceptance criteria and deliverables.
· Act as liaison between management and development team for Requirements and QA.
· To conduct walkthroughs, workshops and meetings involving various business stakeholders.
· To handle complex projects from concept stage to go-live stage.
· Drive technology solutions from a holistic and business value perspective.
· To build and maintain client relationships, able to comfortably converse with all facets in the client’s organization.
· To proactively understand the business pain areas and provide solution proposals to the business from time to time; Ability to convince the client and convert some of the proposals into projects.
Requirements:
· Minimum 4 yrs of work experience in business analysis preferably in the IT product space · Candidate should be an MBA from a Premier Institute · Multi-location interaction experience · Good experience in writing business specifications / functional requirements / non-functional requirements of the system.
· Excellent written communication and interpersonal skills · Excellent people management skills · Excellent solution evaluation skills · Problem solving skills with the ability to think laterally · Self-motivation is essential, should demonstrate commitment to high quality · Flexibility and an open attitude to change · Ability to learn and adapt to new technology and business processes · Ability to grasp questions and respond to them · Proven skill to learning new domain in a short span of time