Bajaj Finance | Lead - Finance & Accounts/Senior Lead - Finance & Accounts

Responsibilities

• The Team Manager will lead delivery of AI, GenAI and RPA initiatives for Banking/NBFC stakeholders, managing a cross-functional team of Developers and Business Analysts to translate business problems into scalable, secure and process-oriented solutions.
• The role will own end-to-end delivery—discovery to deployment—across automation (Power Automate/RPA), analytics enablement, portal development and external tools development, ensuring measurable outcomes and strong governance.
• This role will drive solutioning, architecture alignment and vendor management for niche tools/accelerators, define delivery standards, and ensure high-quality documentation including AS-IS/TO-BE process flows, BRDs, solution documents and test artefacts.
• The Team Manager will partner with business, IT, data and security teams to integrate solutions with enterprise platforms (SQL, Databricks/lakehouse, Azure) and adopt GenAI tools (Copilot/ChatGPT) responsibly to accelerate productivity.
• Lead end-to-end delivery of AI, GenAI and RPA initiatives: intake, discovery, feasibility, estimation, prioritization, development, testing, deployment and hypercare.
• Manage a team of Developers and Business Analysts; define sprint/iteration plans, allocate work, remove blockers, and ensure on-time, high-quality delivery.
• Drive process-oriented analysis: conduct workshops, document AS-IS/TO-BE, identify controls/risks, and ensure solutions align to operational governance.
• Own requirement and solution documentation: BRDs/FRDs, user stories, solution documents, interface specifications, test artefacts, SOPs and release notes.
• Oversee portal development and external tools/accelerators development; ensure secure design, role-based access, auditability and performance standards.
• Partner with data teams to define data requirements and validate outputs using SQL, Databricks/lakehouse and reporting layers (Power BI).
• Manage vendors: define scope/SOW, review designs and deliverables, track SLAs, ensure knowledge transfer, and govern cost, risk and quality.
• Leverage Power Automate/RPA and scripting (Python where needed) to deliver automations and workflow orchestrations; ensure monitoring and support readiness
• Drive stakeholder management and governance cadence: status reporting, RAID tracking, steering updates, and benefits tracking (TAT/productivity/quality/compliance)

Requirements

• 7–9 years of experience in AI/RPA/automation/data lake and digital solution delivery, with at least 2 years in a lead/team management role (Banking/NBFC preferred).
• Strong solutioning and problem-solving mindset; ability to structure ambiguous problems into actionable plans and measurable outcomes.
• Hands-on experience writing and reviewing documentation: AS-IS/TO-BE process maps, BRD/FRD, user stories, acceptance criteria, solution documents, SOPs and control narratives.
• Working knowledge of data & analytics: SQL (mandatory), Databricks/lakehouse concepts, Power BI; ability to guide data requirements, validation and reconciliation.
• Automation & development exposure: Power Automate (mandatory), Python (good to have), API/integration basics; experience with RPA platforms/tools is preferred.
• GenAI productivity tools: Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT; familiarity with Azure AI Foundry / enterprise GenAI platform capabilities is desirable.
• Experience managing vendors/partners (SOW, deliverables, quality reviews, SLAs) and coordinating cross-team dependencies.
• Proven people leadership: ability to lead and coach Developers and BAs, plan capacity, conduct reviews and ensure delivery governance.
• Excellent stakeholder communication and presentation skills; able to engage with senior business and technology leadership.

Bajaj Finance Limited

Bajaj Finance Limited is one of India's largest non-banking financial companies. Incorporated in 1987 as Bajaj Auto Finance Limited and renamed in 2010, it is headquartered in Pune and is a subsidiary of Bajaj Finserv Limited. It is regulated by the Reserve Bank of India as a deposit-taking NBFC in the upper layer of RBI's scale-based framework, and its shares are listed on the NSE and BSE.

Its businesses span consumer lending and payments, SME and commercial lending, rural lending, fixed deposits and digital lending, with home loans offered through its subsidiary Bajaj Housing Finance. Beyond its large sales and service teams, Bajaj Finance hires CA, CMA, CFA and MBA (Finance) profiles into finance and accounts, taxation, treasury, internal audit, credit underwriting, risk and compliance roles.

• Industry: Non-banking financial services (lending, deposits and payments)
• Headquarters: Pune, Maharashtra, India
• In India: Corporate offices in Pune, with branches and lending locations across India