Job Summary

Strategy
•    Ability to connect to the big picture & drive Small and Digital Venture executive delivery of exiting BAU process.
•    Drive upcoming integration plan for the process and smooth integration with existing BAU. 
•    Ensure to achieve efficiency in processes, quality, and cost by digitization & simplification of process.
•    This role requires strong understanding of current financial and business performance drivers through regular engagement with business finance teams 
Business
•    Needs to and be aware and understand the Group’s Strategy (looking at the big picture) and should be able to relate to it.

Processes
•    Drive new centralization process and stabilize into R2R space by putting robust structure, controls and validation. 
•    Monitor and publishing of KPI on Financial & Non-Financial.
•    Leverage process/domain expertise to identify opportunities for quality & process design improvement with new ways of working by holding the values of the Group and Company at all times.
•    Contribute to transformational agenda in terms of strategic, consensus building, driving and contributing to objectives.. 
•    Creating and implementing policies and procedures to identify, resolve and document accounting /operational issues in addition to creating procedures to make the close and reporting processes more efficient and accurate. Raise relevant risks to delivery by effective communication.
•    Continually reviewing all assigned processes in order to identify opportunities for quality & process design improvement
•    Preparation of white paper supporting the monthly close process and month end balances & publish timely KPI, MI dashboard for senior management and stakeholders.
•    Planning and execution of delivery thought process as part efficiency and standardization.
•    Provide adhoc MI and dashboards on a timely manner.
•    Responsible for the monthly close process, completion of books of accounts, accountings controls and accounting operations processes, ensuring compliance of regulations, policies, and requirements of the “in scope” countries/entities.
•    Manage the process for review and recording of journal entries required to reflect the monthly activity and continuous improvement in productivity to the standards prescribed from time to time.
•    Continually reviewing all assigned processes in order to identify opportunities for quality & process design improvement
•    .Lead all internal and external audits (EY / GIA) & submission of timely /accurate reports to GFS Operation
•    The candidate should be flexible for Africa /Middle East time zone (Friday off with Sunday working) and willing to extend as necessary during the month close cycle
 

Key Responsibilities

Risk Management

•    Highlight delays & related impact considering inter dependencies. 
•    Highlight process risk in appropriate forum & timely closure.
•    Provide insights and brainstorm the mitigation measures with respective function leads

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.
•    Lead the [country / business unit / function/[team] 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.] * 

Skills and Experience

• MS OFFICE    
• Accounting     

Qualifications

• B COM, M COM, MBA FINANCE, CA INTER (WITH 4 YRS EXP)

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.