VP - Finance Technology

Role Overview

Product Ownership and Strategy

• Define and own the product roadmap for finance and reporting platforms supporting corporate lending.
• Align platform capabilities with business, finance, regulatory, and operational priorities.
• Drive finance transformation and process improvement initiatives.
• Prioritise delivery backlog based on business value, risk, and regulatory commitments.
• Act as the primary interface between Finance stakeholders and Technology delivery teams.

Finance and Lending Domain Leadership

• Provide subject matter expertise across corporate lending, loan accounting, interest accruals, reconciliations, financial adjustments, regulatory reporting, and financial controls.
• Ensure finance requirements are accurately represented in technology solutions.
• Support interpretation of accounting and regulatory impacts of system changes.

Stakeholder Management

• Partner with Finance, Product Control, Treasury, Lending Operations, Credit Risk, Regulatory Reporting, and Enterprise Technology stakeholders.
• Facilitate governance forums, steering committees, and prioritisation discussions.
• Communicate delivery progress, risks, and dependencies to leadership teams.

Agile Delivery and Leadership

• Lead Agile product delivery across onshore and offshore teams.
• Own backlog management, sprint planning, prioritisation, and release planning.
• Define user stories, acceptance criteria, and business outcomes.
• Ensure delivered solutions meet operational, financial, and regulatory requirements.
• Drive high-quality UAT execution and business sign-off processes.

Data, Reporting, and Controls

• Oversee financial data lineage and reporting integrity across systems.
• Drive reduction of manual adjustments and reconciliation breaks.
• Ensure controls, auditability, and governance are embedded in solutions.
• Support regulatory and audit remediation initiatives.

Operational Oversight

• Support production issue triage and prioritisation.
• Lead root cause analysis for finance and reporting incidents.
• Ensure stability and resilience of critical reporting processes.
• Coordinate business continuity and operational readiness activities.

Required Experience

• Strong experience in corporate banking, commercial lending, syndicated loans, financial reporting, regulatory reporting, reconciliations and adjustments, and finance transformation programmes.
• At least 8 years in banking finance technology or finance change roles.
• At least 3 years in Product Owner, Lead Business Analyst, or Finance Change leadership roles.
• Proven experience managing enterprise finance or reporting platforms.
• Experience working with Agile delivery models.

Technical and Data Knowledge

• Strong understanding of financial systems architecture, data warehousing concepts, SQL and data analysis, reporting platforms and BI tools, system integration, SDLC, and Agile delivery practices.
• Experience with SQL Server, Power BI, Tableau, SSRS, loan servicing systems, finance ledger systems, or reconciliation platforms.

Preferred Qualifications

• A degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Technology, or a related discipline is preferred.
• ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA, and Agile or Scrum certifications are advantageous.
• Experience in Tier 1 or large international banking institutions is preferred.