Job Summary

The Finance Analyst - Accounts Payable is responsible for the accurate, timely, and compliant execution of end-to-end Requisition-to-Pay (R2P) processes across multiple entities and jurisdictions. The role supports invoice processing, vendor payments, employee expense reimbursements, account reconciliations, and financial controls while ensuring adherence to banking regulations, internal policies, audit requirements and Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

The individual is expected to contribute to operational excellence, process improvements, risk mitigation and stakeholder satisfaction through high-quality transaction processing and strong control discipline.

Key Responsibilities

•    Core job would relate to settling the invoices. E.g. Invoice processing / validation / Payment run / Reconciliation / Travel and Expense.
•    Complete daily allocated volumes (Indexing / Assessing / Processing) within agreed productivity and turnaround time targets.
•    Ensure accurate capture and verification of all mandatory invoice, vendor, and accounting fields.
•    Adhere to assigned daily volume targets; proactively escalate any unplanned delays or exceptions to the line Manager before shift closure.
•    Prioritize urgent and critical requests based on instructions received from the line Manager or Team Coordinator.
•    100% accuracy is expected while performing any activity.
•    Process accounting journals with complete accuracy based on inputs received.
•    Ensure zero SLA misses for urgent and time sensitive invoices.
•    Maintain 100% accuracy while moving invoices to rework or clarification queues, ensuring correct reason codes and documentation.
•    Comply with defined R2P controls, audit requirements, and quality standards at all times.
•    Maintain professional communication with internal stakeholders and complete mandatory trainings within agreed timelines.
•    Managing the assigned tasks professionally and efficiently as per the SLA & DOI
•    Ensuring total Customer Satisfaction by providing quality service that is error free and timely

Skills and Experience

Priority Skills
•    Understanding of Accounts Payable Operations
•    Good Accounting knowledge 
•    Basic understanding of Taxes

Other Skills
•    Vendor Reconciliation
•    SAP (VIM / S4 HANA / Ariba)
•    Technical Skills (MS Excel / PPT)

Motivations

•    Attention to Detail
•    Time Management
•    Team Collaboration
•    Excellent communication and interpersonal skills 
•    Continuous Improvement Mindset

Qualifications

Key Experiences
•    0–2 years of experience in Accounts Payable, Procure-to-Pay (P2P) or Requisition-to-Pay (R2P) operations.
•    Experience within Banking, Financial Services or Shared Services preferred.
•    Exposure to multinational and high-volume transaction environments is an advantage
Certifications / Qualifications (only where mandatory)
•    Any degree or master’s degree (preferably in commerce or business administration)
Languages
•    English

About Standard Chartered

We're a global bank connecting clients to our differentiated network, offering growth opportunities in the world's most dynamic markets. Our strategy, which combines cross-border capabilities and leading wealth management expertise, helps us deliver our purpose - to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity.

Over our 170-year history, and across a unique geographical footprint connecting Asia, Africa and the Middle East to each other and the world, we've built a bank like no other, with diverse capabilities and partnerships that set us apart.

What We Offer

• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions, and geographies.
• 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 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.

Visit our careers website to learn more about us: www.sc.com/careers.