UBS India | Financial Accountant

Responsibilities

• We are looking for a Financial Accountant to support regional cost controlling, maintain accurate financial records and deliver high-quality financial reporting and analysis
• You’ll join the Cost Controlling team, which delivers regional cost controlling activities and maintains accurate financial records.
• As a Financial Accountant, you’ll help ensure accounting data is complete and reliable while partnering with Business Managers, CFO teams, Tax and other Finance stakeholders to support effective financial reporting and decision-making.
• Prepare and post cost-related accruals, prepayments and reclassification entries to support accurate financial reporting.
• Partner with Business Managers to understand financial inputs, resolve queries and provide accounting guidance.
• Prepare profit and loss and balance sheet analyses, providing clear variance commentary and insights.
• Perform reconciliations and support the GBSOV sign-off process to ensure accurate and complete financial records.
• Investigate and resolve accounting issues, action items and operational challenges in a timely manner.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting quality, controls and process efficiency.

Requirements

• Good understanding of accounting concepts, journal entries, reconciliations and month-end activities.
• Ability to review financial data, identify variances and support reporting requirements.
• Good verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with internal stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Familiarity with ERP systems and good knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Real estate accounting experience would be an advantage.

UBS

UBS is a global wealth manager and the leading universal bank in Switzerland, which also provides diversified asset management solutions and focused investment banking capabilities. Headquartered in Zurich, the group is present in more than 50 markets around the world.

In India, UBS employs more than 15,000 people in Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad. Alongside its client-facing businesses, large Group Functions teams there handle financial accounting and cost controlling, financial and regulatory reporting, capital reporting, treasury, valuations and product control, risk control and compliance for the wider group. UBS also runs India internship programmes for CA, CMA and CS students, and CA, CMA, CFA and MBA (Finance) profiles are common in its finance and risk roles.

• Industry: Global wealth management, banking and asset management
• Headquarters: Zurich, Switzerland (UBS Group AG)
• In India: A team of more than 15,000 people across Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad, working across wealth management, investment banking, brokerage services and research, and in the group's finance, risk, compliance, operations and technology functions