Job Details

AVP, Banking FP&A
Job Description
Requisition Number:  45568
Job Location:  Bangalore, IND
Global Grade: 
Work Type:  Office Working
Employment Type:  Permanent
Posting Start Date:  05/03/2026
Posting End Date:  20/03/2026
Job Description: 

Key Responsibilities

Strategy 
•    Be aware and understand Group’s business strategy and model it appropriate to the role.
Business 
•    Be aware and understand wider business, economic and market environment in which the Group operates and deliver broader business and / or financial objectives.
Processes 
•    Be responsible for Performance Management / Reporting & Corporate Plan & Outlook
People & Talent 
•    Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations from their team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners.
•    Ensure the provision of ongoing training and development of people, and ensure that holders of all critical functions are suitably skilled and qualified for their roles ensuring that they have effective supervision in place to mitigate any risks.
•    Employ, engage and retain high quality people, with succession planning for critical roles.
•    Responsibility to review team structure/capacity plans.
•    Set and monitor job descriptions and objectives for direct reports and provide feedback and rewards in line with their performance against those responsibilities and objectives.
Risk Management 
•    Be able to identify, assess, monitor, control and mitigate risks of the Group/Business, as well as be aware and understand the main risks faced by the Group and the role the individual plays in managing them. For example -The ability to interpret the Group’s financial information, identify key issues based on this information and put in place appropriate controls and measures.
Governance 
•    Responsible for assessing the effectiveness of the Group’s arrangements to deliver effective governance, oversight and controls in the business and, if necessary, oversee changes in these areas

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.
•    Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
Key stakeholders
•    Business Head, Syndication and Frisk  
•    CFO, Banking
Other Responsibilities
•    This role will be responsible for analytics and process outcomes supporting the Banking and Syndication performance management. This encompasses descriptive analytics on performance, predictive analysis on Outlook and Corporate plan submissions. The individual will report to VP, Banking and Co-Lead CIB Country Business Finance and work closely with the syndication business based in Singapore, as well as engaging regularly with the segment and function teams.
Performance Management / Reporting 
•    Manage process and outcomes for Outlook and Actuals reporting
•    Build the narrative on performance at Group level and individual MT through presentations to senior management
•    Support Group FP&A team in building a robust Outlook and Plan view, along with central overlays
•    Support the digitisation and simplification of our reporting process
•    Provide the monthly/weekly forecast and submit it to FM/CCIB FP&A central team along with the comments
•    Track the FY outlook by Businesses to understand the group position and changes from previous submission
•    Perform the actual and forecast analysis for FP&A team
•    Coordinate with business and function team on understanding material movements in the forecast that impact the group shape
•    Embed Global standard constant currency views across all our reporting

Corporate Plan & Outlook
•    Own and support the process elements of Budget Planning - building the budgets through multiple cycles i.e., Target setting, CP cycle BR1 and BR2.
•    Own end to end outcomes within the Corporate Plan process 
•    Coordinate with all areas to understand the key business momentums within the plan
•    Monitor, review and control the business submission and ensure its in line with set principles
•    Prepare and own the budget templates to be rolled out as a part of Target setting cycle to collate the required details
•    Prepare the CP slides for Group decks to be presented to board for budget approvals
•    Update the cost messaging in the cost deck basis the discussion with MT areas
•    Connect the dots between budget and actual reporting to have consistent messaging
•    Understand the movement across key P&L Lines along with the key business rational
Others
•    Supporting ongoing and dynamic ad-hoc analytics requirements from senior management
•    Ensure that the quality is not compromised and be on top of all financial activities assigned like Management reporting, Financial Analysis, Variance Analysis
•    Completely owning all individual deliverables end to end, working in close with onshore Finance stakeholders
•    Understanding the systems and processes end to end 
•    Quick understanding of the ad hoc requests with ensuring quality and TAT of the output
•    Understanding all the P&L lines and systems and be able to design and create various MI which can be shared with Businesses/ Functions for taking important decisions
•    Stakeholder communication and coordination
•    Always upholding the values of the Group and Company
•    Compliance with all applicable Rules/ Regulations and Company and Group Policies
•    Support smooth transition of all reporting to the new F view.

Qualifications

•    CA/MBA

Skills and Experience

•    Experience in planning and analytics, variance analysis, understand of the GCM Business drivers etc 
•    Familiarity with MRC, FA and Business Intelligence tools (eg. Tableau)

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 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
  • Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

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 leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months 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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