Job Description

BE PART OF A BANK LIKE NO OTHER.
When you work with the world's most innovative companies, you know you're making a difference.
Our clients are the game changers, leaders and investors who fuel the global innovation economy. They're the businesses behind the next medical breakthroughs. And the visionaries whose new technologies could transform the way people live and work.
They come to SVB for our expertise, deep network and nearly forty years of experience in the industries we serve, and to partner with diverse teams of passionate, enterprising SVBers, dedicated to an inclusive approach to helping them grow and succeed at every stage of their business.
Join us at SVB and be part of bringing our clients' world-changing ideas to life. At SVB, we have the opportunity to grow and collectively make an impact by supporting the innovative clients and communities SVB serves. We pride ourselves in having both a diverse client roster and an equally diverse and inclusive organization. And we work diligently to encourage all with different ways of thinking, different ways of working, and especially those traditionally underrepresented in technology and financial services, to apply.

Sr. Director - India Finance PMO & Governance
SVB India is a global delivery center for SVB, the financial partner of the innovation economy and parent of Silicon Valley Bank. SVB India develops products and provides services in finance, banking operations, and technology, and employs more than 800 employees and will be rapidly expanding. SVB’s businesses - Silicon Valley Bank, SVB Capital, SVB Private and SVB Securities - together offer the services that dynamic and fast-growing clients require as they grow. Learn more at
svb.com/careers
Job location – Bangalore
Be Part Of a Bank Like No Other.
When you work with the world's most innovative companies, you know you're making a difference.

Our clients are the game changers, leaders and investors who fuel the global innovation economy. They're the businesses behind the next medical breakthroughs. And the visionaries whose new technologies could transform the way people live and work.

For 35 years, SVB Financial Group (NASDAQ SIVB) and its subsidiaries have helped innovative companies and their investors move ambitious ideas forward, fast. SVB Financial Group’s businesses, including Silicon Valley Bank, operate at the intersection of innovation and capital, and provide a comprehensive range of financial services including commercial banking, investment solutions, research and insights, funds management and private banking and wealth advisory. SVB helps high growth companies in the technology, life science and healthcare, private equity and venture capital, and premium wine industries navigate at every stage. In addition, the company focuses on encouraging positive relationships with firms within the private equity and venture capital community worldwide, many of which are also the firm's clients and may invest in the firm's corporate clients.
The primary function of this role is to support strategic initiatives, Transformation, business planning and governance specifically to the India Finance Organization and broadly the global finance organization. This role will have the unique opportunity to be a part of driving SVB Finance’s ongoing transformation that focuses on innovation and accentuates on continuous improvements.
The role would have accountability for overall performance of the entire Transformation, Governance and PMO initiatives, stakeholder engagement, productivity, seamless service delivery, quality, people engagement and would be measured on the overall effectiveness of the process.
Program Management & Transformation:

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  Act as a Strategic consultant to the SVB Finance organization on process transformation, business process re-engineering, process standardization, Automation, and harmonization
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  Lead transformation projects in the space of process harmonization, improving accuracy, efficiency, and technological enhancements to meet industry benchmarks
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  Drive transformation in the Group's financial and accounting policies, systems, and procedures
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  Identify improvement opportunities, monetary and non-monetary impact and define implementation timelines
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  Assist in establishing the target operating model, scope assessment and managing process transition knowledge transfers

Business Planning, Governance & Reporting:

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  Partnering with key stakeholders for periodic Business performance reviews.
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  Meet the organizations objectives and track functional compliance with regulations, policies, and standards
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  Ensuring appropriate controls are in place and applied to maintain consistency of reporting processes across the submissions
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  Track operational delivery status to the plan and report any variance via management reporting
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  Assist with internal and external audit requests and respond to follow up questions timely
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  Business Management activities that include Operational governance & Reporting, Internal Compliance, BCP/ Resiliency, Capability Development (L&D), headcount management, Project portfolio management etc. and provides analysis to support the Global business management teams requests.

Leadership and People management:

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  Define talent/skill needs and resource requirement keeping in mind process evolution and emerging technologies
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  Provide clear definition of roles, responsibilities, individual goals, and performance objectives for the team
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  Provide regular, constructive feedback to maximize positive impact of individual team member’s talent
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  Contribute to hiring and talent management strategy and policies for GDC
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  Support cross-training and resource rotation to ensure that there is enough breadth and depth of talent caliber/ potential across the organization to provide enough bench strength for key roles, and to sustain and build organizational capability over time

Stakeholder management:

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  Accountable for effective communication of issues across the GDC and working groups
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  Manage Finance stakeholders, providing periodic updates and contribute to periodic communications like Debrief, Dashboards, KPIs etc.
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  Be the trusted partner to the Head of India Finance and support on strategic and tactical aspects covering people, process, technology, data, and analytics areas
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  Work closely with:
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    HR in Staffing, people initiatives and attrition management
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    Functional teams on Process Improvement Initiatives and ensuring seamless migration
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    Technology team on automation / digitization initiatives for the process

Knowledge

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  Expert knowledge of Project management and broad understanding of the overall Finance function
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  Knowledge of banking operating model and products

Skills

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  15+ years of Hands-on experience on Process Re-engineering, Business process transformation, Process decoupling, transitioning to Shared Services model

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  Exposure in managing end to end processes - Accounts Payable (P2P) General Ledger Accounting (R2R), Order to Cash (OTC), FP&A, Treasury etc.
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  Experience in transitioning processes, designing SLA/KPI's, establishing reporting framework for various stakeholders
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  Excellent written and spoken communications skills across all levels
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  Able to interact with internal/ external stakeholders and ensure interactions are of a high quality of service
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  Able to coordinate with other internal departments to deliver seamless service to business
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  Able to effectively manage tasks and delegate work among team members (as required)
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  Efficient and well organized, able to work under tight deadlines
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  Outstanding attention to detail, accuracy, and ability to multitask
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  Ability to be flexible with job duties, shift timings (1 pm to 11 PM IST) and scope of work
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  Proven capability to work independently without hand holding and exercising sound judgment & initiative

Competencies

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  High degree of self-awareness and emotional intelligence
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  Go-getter with an owner’s mindset
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  Strong interpersonal skills and conflict management
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  Learning agility and adaptability to a fast-paced environment
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  Inclusiveness and ability to work in an unstructured environment

Education and Experience

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  MBA – Finance required
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  Good knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)

Certifications

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  PMP
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  Six Sigma / Lean
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  Agile / Scrum Master

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