Job Summary

The FFG Organisation Design squad are expanding to hire a high calibre Project Analyst to join the bank’s flagship programme supporting strategic organisation design change within Technology and Operations. The Fit For Growth programme is designed to build efficiency, effectiveness and opportunities across the organisation by streamlining the way our organisation is structured, the tools and platforms we leverage, ensuring our processes are efficient and adaptable whilst simplifying our vendor and supplier landscape.
The Project Analyst will work as an integral part of the OD squad and closely with the Project Manager to ensure the PMO is effectively structured and that programme governance is managed. T&O is a significant portion of the FFG strategic outcomes and execution of individual T&O MT-1 plans is owned by each line therefore it is critical we are able to govern these individual plans as part of an end to end execution plan, ensuring dependencies are adequately managed and the relevant structures roll up and down as required.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting the Programme Director and the Project Manager to define the programme governance, assessing the scope and plans available from the individual lines of business to build a cohesive and structured execution plan for 2024 and beyond.
• Working closely with our third-party consultants to derive insight and hold accountability on in flight FFG initiatives as well as preparing for those downstream.
• Driving the outcomes and assessing and mitigating risks with the execution lead, ensuring any risks are called out and managed effectively.
• Understanding inter and intra programme dependencies which impact FFG OD plans and ensure tracking to closure.
• Building the link with the various control towers and sharing insight and direction as required.
• Manage common/conflicting requirements across stakeholders to drive at a common ground. 
• Analysis of the initiatives, the opportunities and remediation needed to drive the plan to completion with minimum gaps at the year end.
• Align with the existing headcount planning processes, linking with new tooling (SAC), process alignment and owners to ensure ongoing cohesion with the evolving landscape.
• Own the weekly status reporting, preparing the data and key items for sharing with Workstream owners, steerco and T&O MT.
• Evaluate programme effectiveness for execution and cost-benefit analysis.

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 Planning Managers
• HR Business Partners
• FFG Control Tower
• TTO MT-1
• TTO COO
• TTO GHoHR

Skills and Experience

• Knowledge of banking services
• Domain knowledge of HR functions and CoEs
• Analytical thinking and strong presentation skills
• Addressing Frontline Needs – Products and Processes
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Word
• Knowledge of Agile Methodology and Tools

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience as a Project Analyst, ideally within global transformation programmes
• Understanding of project methodologies, both waterfall and agile and able to demonstrate an ability to navigate a combination of the two
• Prior experience of tools such as Clarity, ADO and SAGE.
• Prior experience of working across a global team, with multiple stakeholders in different  locations and across a diverse stakeholder group.
• Proven track record of working in effective PMOs
• Exceptional communication skills, along with strong stakeholder management ability in handling wide ranging and senior stakeholders (across segments/product areas)
• Proven ability to perform under a high pressure and dynamic environment
• Expertise in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) 
• Excellent written & oral communication skills
• Ability to work independently to tight deadlines
• Ability to build effective working relationships across all levels of a diverse, global organisation

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.