Job Summary

• Work as a Senior Developer for a Strategic Tax Reporting application under Finance Technology. Individual will be responsible for end to end Development, Testing and Implementation of Data solutions using Dataiku tool, with Python, Spark, Hadoop and Hive as the core programming languages and frameworks to develop data products, API’s and integrate with other applications within the Bank and leveraging Devops for Continuous Integration and Continuous Development 

Project Background

• As part of the Strategic Tax Reporting solution, the aim is to provide an automated tax provisions calculation for Group financial reporting, local statutory reporting and provide inputs for tax returns compliance process globally. The strategic reporting tool will use a vendor product called “Long View” as a tax calculation engine and will integrate with Enterprise ASPIRE and EDM infrastructure to provide for the required automation capabilities. In order for the integration between SAP S4 HANA and Long View, the interim architecture will use Dataiku to invoke S4 API’s to retrieve GL Data required for Tax Reporting by Long view & other Tax processes as appropriate.  

Key Responsibilities

Business

• Responsible for End to Development with tasks not limited to but covering areas such as Analysis, Design, Development, Data management, Devops Integration using Pipeline build and maintenance, Level 3  support, Issue analysis debugging, Performance tuning, Configuration management, Automation, Monitoring etc.

Processes

• Ensure adherence to Change & incident management process by Coordination and working with other teams in the organization for getting a release deployed into production.

People and Talent 

• Effectively uses teamwork to positively contribute to a high-morale, high-performance team culture, leading by example.
• Consulting attitude who is approachable and ready to offer insights or assistance
• Should be results oriented and have a positive attitude
• Effective team player and collaborator
• Strong personal integrity
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Can effectively communicate business and technical information across the organization, being sensitive to the needs of unique audiences

Risk Management

• Work in coordination with Production support & SRE to maintain stability of production applications via controlled, automated deployments   with minimal outages and impact 
• Is able to collaborate with relevant IT teams and business users who may be Product owner or end users to manage a problem resolution effectively
• Work cross-functionally and think both critically and strategically
   

Process and Governance 

• Document detailed Unit test results, application functionality, design etc in Confluence and JIRA’s with supporting evidences & test cases
• Embrace Devops methodology for Dev, Build and Deploy and work in Agile delivery model.
• Coordinate UAT and system integration testing.
• Answer user queries support UAT/SIT/PT & other related activities
• Provide updates to the project / program manager with regards to progress and issues, where appropriate

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.
   

Skills and Experience

• Python
• Spark
• Linux scripting and ansible
• Gradle, Maven, Jenkins, Docker, Artefactory and other Devops tools
• Jira, Confluence and Agile
• Java, Javascript
• Hadoop/Hive

Qualifications

• Overall 8+ years total experience in IT preferably Banking or Financial Services Domain
• 4 + years for experience in software development using Python, Spark with strong experience in PySpark and experience developing big data solutions using Hadoop, HDFS, Hive.
• Experience in delivering majors projects, programs against schedule
• Experience working on cloud native infrastructure with exposure to AWS or Azure
• Good experience and mindset towards DevSecOps with exposure to tools like Jenkins, Maven, Artefactory, Gradle, Ansible, Shell scripting
• Experience with agile frameworks (e.g. Scrum, Kanban, Lean) and toolsets (Git, JIRA, Confluence)
• Experience Developing API’s , managing, deploying and integrating applications
• Knowledge on Java, JavaScript will be good to have

Non-technical Skills

• Proven ability to work within a team environment  
• Ability to work with multiple tasks based on priorities and switching between deliverables.
• Highly effective verbal and written English communication & presentation skills.
• Ability to quickly understand and articulate problems and solutions
• Ability to make good / sound decisions and use independent judgement.
• Strong reasoning, analytical and inter-personal skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and time management.
• Good knowledge on Agile practices

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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