Finance Director

About LSEG:

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a commitment to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. It’s how we’ve contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years. 

Through a comprehensive suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services – and our open-access model – we provide the flexibility, stability and trust that enable our customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and clarity.

LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 70 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. We employ 25,000 people globally, more than half located in Asia Pacific. LSEG’s ticker symbol is LSEG.

People are at the heart of what we do and drive the success of our business. Our culture of connecting, creating opportunity and delivering excellence shape how we think, how we do things and how we help our people fulfil their potential.

We embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives.  We break down barriers and encourage teamwork, enabling innovation and rapid development of solutions that make a difference. Our workplace generates an enriching and rewarding experience for our people and customers alike. Our vision is to build an inclusive culture in which everyone feels encouraged to fulfil their potential.

We know that real personal growth cannot be achieved by simply climbing a career ladder – which is why we encourage and enable a wealth of avenues and exciting opportunities for everyone to broaden and deepen their skills and expertise.

As a global organisation spanning 70 countries and one rooted in a culture of growth, opportunity, diversity and innovation, LSEG is a place where everyone can grow, develop and fulfil your potential with meaningful careers.

About the Performance Insights Group in Bengaluru:

We are on a transformation journey in D&A Finance to energise the partnership between finance and the business and to support our purpose of driving sustained growth across the D&A business. We have been implementing a fully integrated global org design with specialist teams and scaling our new Performance Insights team in Bangalore. This role will be a critical senior leader in the continued development and evolution of the Performance Insights team.

Director, Finance

This role is part of the India Performance Insights team and is responsible for leading the India Sales and Revenue teams for three divisions at LSEG. The role will own key FP&A processes with focus on Sales and Revenue and will involve working with senior finance leaders to drive high quality outcomes in the areas of Budgeting, Forecasting, Month close and other areas. Apart from direct functional accountability, the role would also involve leading a team of professionals aligned to these functions.

The successful candidate should have consistent record to work in a dynamic, fast paced environment and be comfortable collaborating across finance teams.

Key Functional Responsibilities / Accountabilities:  

·         Orchestrate the run of key Revenue processes including Sales and Revenue planning, forecasting, Budgeting etc and provide insightful business commentary.

·         Be a glue between Product finance and Sales finance teams to drive alignment on approach and assumptions during Forecast / Budget cycles.

·         Support adhoc requests involving analysis of Sales / Revenue trends by region, business, product, client etc

·         Continuously evaluate the relevance and value of management reports being produced and identify opportunities for rationalisation, automation, or improvements

·         Effectively lead / contribute towards finance transformation in the area of performance management (P2P implementations, Overall MI Strategy incl Dashboarding and TOM).

·         Drive standardisation of processes across FTSE, RI, D&A and SAM to achieve consistency and efficiency through direct engagement with FBPs and Divisional FLT

·         Own and drive processes including Budgeting, Forecasting including  responsibilities for strategizing the approach, driving suitable engagement with CFOs / FBPs, coordination with multiple teams and driving execution.

·         Provide insightful business commentary in various outputs backed by strong business understanding and effective communication. Proactively, anticipate and prepare for follow-up questions / analytical asks from senior partners.

·         Carry an independent perspective and review / challenge inputs and assumptions baked in key FP&A exercises.

·         Drive scenario analysis through suitable financial modelling during Budgets, multiyear planning and other exercises.

·         Develop close working relationship with other finance / non finance teams including Group FP&A, controllers, Investor relations, Finance technology, Master Data Hierarchy Management group etc to manage the function effectively.

Leadership Focus :

·           Be a culture career and drive LSEG values within / across India teams

·           Be a talent magnet – Hire, retain and develop top talent

·           Contribute to location level initiatives focussed on Career and Employee engagement.

Skills / experience requirements :

·         Experienced Finance leader with experience in Revenue Finance / FP&A with 15+ years of proven experience.

·         Proficient in collaborating and delivering results in a fast-paced, sophisticated global business environment. 

·         Strong commercial mindset and good communication / story telling skills and analytical mindset.

·         Leads teams and provides thought leadership to influence strategy and change 

·         Strong organisational skills to manage multiple projects with competing demands for resource 

·         Exposure to financial transformation is an added advantage

·         Professional Finance Qualification – e.g. MBA/CIMA/ACCA or equivalent, would be key 

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

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