Job Description

Role Responsibilities

Business*

Financial & Regulatory Reporting

• Prepare account reconciliations, journal entries, data compilation and various general ledger accounts, review against accounting standards and act as liaison with various internal teams, to ensure data accuracy and timely delivery
• Develop and review financial statements and reports, in accordance to applicable reporting standards, to ensure reports are accurate, compliant, produced on time and disclosures are best in class
• Prepare and conduct performance analytics, identify variances and find resolutions, to ensure that report submissions are robust and accurate.
• Prepare and complete audits, prepare responses for submission to address queries about reporting, and liaise with external auditors and Country Finance teams and Regulators to address queries effectively and in timely manner
• Identify and resolve accounting and (regulatory) reporting issues and complete remediation and restatement work for any returns requiring resubmission
• Review and document procedures and ensure that desk operating instructions and procedures are up-to-date at all times.
• Identify trends to improve the reporting process, design periodical, quarterly and annual reports, in line with IFRS, Accounting Policies and financial requirements

Processes

• Accounting Control
• Ensuring that external disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls and procedures for financial reporting comply with the regulatory reporting requirements.
• Coordinating and managing audits with external and internal auditors as required.
• Directing and assisting in documentation of significant business processes that directly or indirectly affect financial reporting and accounting control.
• Testing processes to verify controls; developing and implementing required corrective actions to strengthen controls.
• Identifying and evaluating critical risks relating to the organization\'s financial statement assertions.
• Assisting management in maintaining compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group\xe2\x80\x99s 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 the team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank\xe2\x80\x99s 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

Note: Entities Covered:

• Standard Chartered Bank Berhad (BU303) - Conventional banking business
• Standard Chartered Saadiq Berhad (BU660) \xe2\x80\x93 Islamic banking business
• Standard Chartered Labuan Berhad (BU083) \xe2\x80\x93 Offshore banking business
• SCBMB Trustee Bhd (BU750) \xe2\x80\x93 Trustee Services
• Cartaban (Malaya) Nominees Sdn. Bhd. (BU716) \xe2\x80\x93 Nominee services
• Cartaban Nominees (Tempatan) Sdn. Bhd. (BU718) - Nominee services
• Cartaban Nominees (Asing) Sdn, Bhd. (BU717) - Nominee services
• Golden Maestro Sdn. Bhd. (BU329) \xe2\x80\x93 Investment holding company
• Popular Ambience Sdn. Bhd. (BU755) \xe2\x80\x93 Special Purpose Vehicle (\xe2\x80\x9cSPV\xe2\x80\x9d)
• Resolution Alliance Sdn Bhd (BU754) - Special Purpose Vehicle (\xe2\x80\x9cSPV\xe2\x80\x9d)

Our Ideal Candidate

To qualify for the role you must have

• A bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field / ACCA affiliate
• Minimum of six years of work experience in professional services environment
• Possess accounting technical capabilities and competency related to process improvement, familiar with enabling technology and innovations for finance function
• Knowledge of new developments in the financial accounting and advisory services capabilities, stay abreast of current business and industry trends relevant to the clients\xe2\x80\x99 businesses
• Completed the designated number of any professional accounting papers i.e. ACCA, CPA, CFA/MIA Qualification
• Highly motivated individuals with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize shifting workloads in a rapidly changing industry.

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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