Business Analyst IFRS 9 -(2200029065)

Job
:Finance

Primary Location
:Asia-India-Chennai

Schedule
:Full-time

Employee Status
:Permanent

Posting Date
:03/Mar/2024, 1:46:41 AM

Unposting Date
:Ongoing

Roles and Responsibility
The Manager will:
• Lead the delivery of the bank's new Intraday Liquidity Enhancements Squad to support better oversight and allocation of nostro related costs
• An advanced level understanding of the nostro landscape and related domains such as reconciliation, payments, and securities operations
• Demonstrated experience of working effectively with an external vendor to ensure that the plan is delivered on time and in budget
• Establish a governance framework across the Nostro landscape working collaboratively with Treasury Services, Network Management, Treasury Markets and Operations teams
• Influence design, UAT and execution of the projects where there is no direct control.
• This role requires strong understanding of the Systems Development Lifecycle ability to learn and understand the functional areas and data requirements both inputs and outputs and good interpersonal skills to manage direct and virtual teams across multiple locations.
• Balance the intent to have a strategic approach for projects with the need to meet regulatory deadlines and reduce time to market

Core Deliverables
• Define the implementation roadmap for each project – scope, detailed work plan, resource plan
• Develop a schedule for project completion that effectively allocates the resources to the activities
• Establish a communication strategy to update stakeholders including appropriate staff in the organization on the progress of the project.
• Ensure the design, testing and release roll outs are done effectively for the Intraday enhancements squad.
• Provide specialist support to Treasury Services during testing phase covering, defect triage, defect allocation, resolve functional queries, propose functional solutions where needed.
• Deliver the projects on time within budget and as per agreed scope
• Ensure delivery of the benefits as per the project execution document

Key responsibilities
• Ensure resource availability and allocation
• Stakeholders' management – communication, issue remediation, risk management
• Manage respective project teams to deliver as per agreed plan
• Overall responsibility for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project.
• Work closely with upper management to make sure that the scope and direction of each project is on schedule, as well as other departments for support.
• Coordinating internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects
• Ensuring that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget
• Resource Management of Project Managers and business analysts

Organisational Engagement
• Constructively challenge and present viable alternatives to business models, operational processes and the interpretation of relevant rules and regulations whilst continually looking to minimise regulatory risk and the ongoing cost of finance operations
• Facilitate the defining and agreeing of solutions to drive effectiveness and efficiency with representatives from key Business and Technology stakeholders

Project Management
• Complete project definition in line with the Bank's strategic objectives
• Throughout the life of the projects review and prioritise to ensure ongoing alignment
• Ensure development of benefits profiles and active management of benefits realisation
• Manage the projects in accordance with the Bank's Project Management Standards and external best practices
• Ensure robust and transparent programmatic controls including resource, financial, schedule and quality management, status reporting and governance – including use of automated tooling (Clarity)
• Conduct appropriate stakeholder engagement and communications to ensure effective delivery of the programme of work
• Ensure interdependencies with other projects and programmes are managed effectively
• Process redefinition and improvement as facilitated by the project delivery
• Accountable for change delivery of all project activities, directly managing business change teams and overseeing IT delivery

People
• Provide guidance and support to project teams to support both delivery and career development
• Establish strong relationships between the Operations, Finance and ITO Functions to encourage collaborative and transparent working

Our Ideal Candidate
• Substantial experience in the banking industry, including demonstrated success in a similar role.
• Must possess sharp business acumen (including ability to assess risk and appropriate levels of return), excellent interpersonal skills and multi-cultural awareness and sensitivity.
• Ability to work with geographically dispersed and highly varied stakeholders
• At least 10 years of relevant experience in project management

Role Specific Technical Competencies
• Business – Market Knowledge Advanced
• Business – Products and Processes Advanced
• Project Management Expert

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.
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• 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
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• 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.
• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance , with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations
• 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
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns
• 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
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual, and digital learning
• 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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