About Standard Chartered
We are a leading international bank focused on helping people and companies prosper across Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
To us, good performance is about much more than turning a profit. It%26#39;s about showing how you embody our valued behaviours – do the right thing, better together and never settle – as well as our brand promise, Here for good.
We%26#39;re committed to promoting equality in the workplace and creating an inclusive and flexible culture – one where everyone can realise their full potential and make a positive contribution to our organisation. This in turn helps us to provide better support to our broad client base.
The Role Responsibilities

  • Own and be responsible for the delivery of all outcomes to support performance management requirements of CCIB cost. Provide value add through comprehensive understanding of financials, business context and analysis to support their decision making and strategic development.

Business Support

  • Understand drivers for cost performance; drilldown %26amp; analyse the cost across actuals and plan

  • Ability to draw out and present the %26lsquo;cost%26rsquo; story in a presentable format for senior management

  • Challenge businesses, regions and functions on their cost number if not aligned to CCIB strategy

  • In-depth understanding of cost reporting structure, processes and systems

  • Transform cost hierarchy into a hierarchy aligned to reporting requirements using a robust process which will cater to dynamic demand environments

  • Partner with Stakeholders, Global Process Managers %26amp; Owners to design and implement a standard Cost reporting process

  • Ensure that MI is produced in a timely and relevant suitable to senior management

  • Work with upstream and downstream teams to ensure that there is transparency in the cost numbers and the processProvide timely %26amp; accurate financial information / MIS to enable strategic decision making

  • Front end the coordination and support during forecasting, budgeting and monthly reporting cycles with product and segment finance heads and Regional / Country finance functions

  • Analyze business performance (management and financial), review highlight risks and opportunities and drive actions to ensure committed financial outcome.

  • Ensure support to business stakeholders on regular and ad-hoc management meetings (e.g. MBR, CCIBMT, WFR, CCIB Core, etc)

  • Provide delivery ownership and control over all CCIB outcomes across cost processes including accounting and control

  • Ensure impact on business performance outcomes is managed due to change in upstream or downstream processes and systems

Team Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness

  • End to end support to the CCIB Cost Finance team covering all outcines for e.g. business performance reports, analytics, planning and partnering with COOs

  • Lead and manage the team and to develop the staff to take up different/more value added roles

  • Collaborate with Group / Regional / Country Finance colleagues in providing quality management information and review of business plans and strategies

  • Contribute in any ad-hoc finance related projects, including providing support to Finance Transformation initiatives as well as simplification of bank process

Regulatory %26amp; Business Conduct

  • Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group%26rsquo;s Values and Code of Conduct.

  • Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.

  • Lead to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank%26rsquo;s Conduct Principles: [Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.] *

  • Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key Stakeholders

  • Product Finance Heads %26ndash; Lending, CF, FM and TB

  • Segment Finance Heads

  • Regional Finance teams

  • Group finance team

  • Strategy team

  • Investor relations

Our Ideal Candidate

  • A mature finance profession with relevant experience in financial services industry

  • Experienced in corporate banking products, booking models, accounting treatments

  • Sound understanding of cost management, cost performance reporting and understanding of cost booking and allocations practices

  • A high degree of integrity and ability to challenge the views and actions of others in a constructive manner

  • Ability to work effectively under pressure, multi task, lead through ambiguities, influence where he/she does not have direct authority %26amp; build on unstructured formative situations

  • A leader, a team player with the management ability and track record to secure the confidence and respect of the peers, stakeholders and the executive management team.

  • Strong Analytical and Strategic mindset, coupled with a thorough understanding of business performance management outcomes

  • Should have worked in a business finance function with strong FP%26amp;A background.

  • Ability to understand and connect business drivers and rationale for and application of those relevant to the Performance management process.

  • Significant experience of working with senior management team and of interfacing with and influencing senior stakeholders.

  • Strong ability to understand financial statements and its drivers and synthe them into meaningful analyses as required. Develop analysis %26amp; interpretations as required to facilitate management decision making.

  • Ability to culturally orient in diverse %26amp; international team environment and lead and inspire multi-disciplinary teams.

Apply now to join the Bank for those with big career ambitions.
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