Job Description
Roles and Responsibility
• End to end ownership of the process around cost reporting services covering Function / Segment / Regional business portfolios. Ensure high quality service delivery through measurable performance metrics ensuring effective control and risk management, stakeholder engagement and leadership development
Strategy
• Strong Analytical and Strategic mindset, coupled with a thorough understanding of Performance management and process Management.
Business
• Ability to understand and connect business drivers and rationale for and application of those relevant to process. Significant experience of working with senior management team and of interfacing with and influencing senior stakeholders. Working with Business partners, stakeholders and clients to provide vision and direction to upscale the existing level of service
• Engage senior stakeholders/business CFO's to drive conversations in agreeing to deliver a shared agenda of improvements/enhancements within the Processes.
• Participate and provide support in all Global Finance initiatives & projects (mainly impacting cost) as launched from time to time. ( Controls, Reengineering, Training etc).
• Understand the pain areas and provide recommendations for a more efficient and effective end to end process including technology related aspects.
• Embed a culture of continuous process and efficiency improvement within all teams and ensure that a process exists to constantly identify and implement improvement opportunities.
• Ensure a smooth Cost planning process for the relevant function with clear schedule and roles & responsibilities defined within the team
• Contribute to transformational agenda in terms of strategic, consensus building, driving and contributing to objectives. Participate and Support in all Global initiatives as applicable from time to time.
• Effectively lead change, manage and escalate risks arising out of transition of new processes
Processes
• Substantial experience of banking, depth and breadth of knowledge in processes especially in the areas of Management Reporting
People & Talent
• Experience of having led medium sized teams. 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.
Risk Management
• Lead to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank's Conduct Principles: [Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.]
Governance
• Effectively lead change, manage and escalate risks arising out of transition of new processes Ensuring that an effective system of financial & operational controls are introduced, maintained and continually enhanced. Ensure adherence to Bank's Operational Risk framework. Ensure adequate governance is exercised in the introduction/ decommissioning of new processes and that relevant documentation and controls as applicable are duly complied with.
Regulatory & Business Conduct
• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group'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's Conduct Principles.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
Key stakeholders
• CFOs of the countries & Group served by GFS
• Various business heads of GFS
• GBS, Fin, Risk & Compliance
Our Ideal Candidate
• Chartered Accountant or MBA with 15+ years of relevant finance experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, Performance management, quantitative analysis, and market share analysis and/or competitive analysis
Role Specific Technical Competencies
• Communication Skills
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Financial Modelling
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:
• 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
• End to end ownership of the process around cost reporting services covering Function / Segment / Regional business portfolios. Ensure high quality service delivery through measurable performance metrics ensuring effective control and risk management, stakeholder engagement and leadership development
Strategy
• Strong Analytical and Strategic mindset, coupled with a thorough understanding of Performance management and process Management.
Business
• Ability to understand and connect business drivers and rationale for and application of those relevant to process. Significant experience of working with senior management team and of interfacing with and influencing senior stakeholders. Working with Business partners, stakeholders and clients to provide vision and direction to upscale the existing level of service
• Engage senior stakeholders/business CFO's to drive conversations in agreeing to deliver a shared agenda of improvements/enhancements within the Processes.
• Participate and provide support in all Global Finance initiatives & projects (mainly impacting cost) as launched from time to time. ( Controls, Reengineering, Training etc).
• Understand the pain areas and provide recommendations for a more efficient and effective end to end process including technology related aspects.
• Embed a culture of continuous process and efficiency improvement within all teams and ensure that a process exists to constantly identify and implement improvement opportunities.
• Ensure a smooth Cost planning process for the relevant function with clear schedule and roles & responsibilities defined within the team
• Contribute to transformational agenda in terms of strategic, consensus building, driving and contributing to objectives. Participate and Support in all Global initiatives as applicable from time to time.
• Effectively lead change, manage and escalate risks arising out of transition of new processes
Processes
• Substantial experience of banking, depth and breadth of knowledge in processes especially in the areas of Management Reporting
People & Talent
• Experience of having led medium sized teams. 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.
Risk Management
• Lead to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank's Conduct Principles: [Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.]
Governance
• Effectively lead change, manage and escalate risks arising out of transition of new processes Ensuring that an effective system of financial & operational controls are introduced, maintained and continually enhanced. Ensure adherence to Bank's Operational Risk framework. Ensure adequate governance is exercised in the introduction/ decommissioning of new processes and that relevant documentation and controls as applicable are duly complied with.
Regulatory & Business Conduct
• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group'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's Conduct Principles.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
Key stakeholders
• CFOs of the countries & Group served by GFS
• Various business heads of GFS
• GBS, Fin, Risk & Compliance
Our Ideal Candidate
• Chartered Accountant or MBA with 15+ years of relevant finance experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, Performance management, quantitative analysis, and market share analysis and/or competitive analysis
Role Specific Technical Competencies
• Communication Skills
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Financial Modelling
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:
• 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
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The VP| Functions Finance Operations position is now open for candidates interested in the Bank Jobs sector. This role in Chennai offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Bank Jobs is a plus.
