Job Description

This is a Business Finance role which stands to support the Retail Business Banking with timely and accurate reporting with highlights of financial performance, KPIs, customer acquisition/attrition, and sales activity. Also, the role holder is expected to set up the Reporting requirements and partner with product/business team to support strategic initiatives and to provide analytical support for decision-making process.

Main activities:

• Analyze business performance and provide variance commentaries for local and global reports.
• Build financial reporting capabilities to support business strategies, decision making process and performance management which can support Retail business growth and financial targets.
• Lead the annual budgeting cycle focusing on business execution, profitability, and substance. This include identifying and translating market insights, competition analysis and key business activities to support deliverables.
• Ensure accounting matters for business are in accordance with the acceptable accounting practices and group accounting policies
• Analyse profitability of the business based on various product dynamics/drivers to provide value-added advice and insight to business for decision making.
• Cost Management \xe2\x80\x93 coordinate PARs/Concept Paper approval process, perform cost analysis
• Prepare financial modelling and projections for business plan and to support business to perform competitors benchmarking analysis
• Ensure proper advisory procedures and documentation while adhering to the Bank\xe2\x80\x99s internal policies, business processes and regulatory requirements

Role Requirements

• Candidate must possess at least a Bachelors\xe2\x80\x99 Degree in Finance/Accounting or equivalent
• Minimum 8 years working experience, with minimum 5 years in a Finance role. Banking experience is an added advantage
• Advanced in excel with strong analytical skills with the discipline to meet deadlines and provide solutions
• Knowledge and experience in Retail Banking (both Business and Finance)
• Strong financial modelling, with experience in budgeting, forecasting, and reporting deliverables
• Understanding of accounting reporting rules
• Knowledge of Business products.

Abilities

• Excellent verbal and written commination skills
• Results-oriented, dynamic, and self-driven
• Competent in engaging and managing internal and external clients
• Able to work under pressure
• Resourceful and able to work with minimal supervision

Governance

• Ensure compliance with the Group Management Reporting guidelines, Group Accounting policy, Financial control policy and local regulations

Regulatory & Business Conduct *

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the

. * 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 the finance to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank\xe2\x80\x99s Conduct Principles
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

About Standard Chartered

We\'re an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 years, we\'ve worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you\'re looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents. And we can\'t wait to see the talents you can bring us.
Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you\'ll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion. Together we:

\xc2\xb7 Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do

\xc2\xb7 Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well

\xc2\xb7 Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

\xc2\xb7 Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations

\xc2\xb7 Time-off including annual, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum

\xc2\xb7 Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns

\xc2\xb7 Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits

\xc2\xb7 A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning

\xc2\xb7 Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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