Job Summary

•    The job fits within the Performance, Planning and Governance (PPG) team in Business Management (FCSO) reporting directly to the Director, FCSO Business Management Lead. Main responsibility is to support the PPG team by designing and developing scalable digital tools using SharePoint (SPFx) and Python. This role involves working closely with project manager and stakeholders to assess feasibility, recommend platforms, build prototypes, and implement solutions that enhance PPG functions. The developer will also maintain existing tools, ensure documentation compliance, and contribute to process improvement initiatives across PPG and FCSO

Key Responsibilities

Strategy
•    Support the delivery of the strategic agenda for FCSO Performance, Planning & Governance.
Business
•    We support the Global Head, FCSO to define and ensure execution against planned FCSO strategies via the delivery of central BAU Value Add services which focuses on Operational Excellence and driving High Performance Culture across FCSO
Processes
•    Perfromance, Planning & Govrnance (PPG)
•    This role sits within the PPG team, which oversees:
•    Financial Management
•    Business Planning
•    Performance Mangement
•    Workforce Insights
•    Training & Communication
•    Inter/Intra Group Governance
•    The developer will contribute to digital enablement across these domains by building tools that support planning, analysis, and governance.
•    Collaborate with the Project Manager and function to understand project requirements and business context
•    Condcut feasibility analysis and recommend the most suitable platform (e.g., SharePoint, Python-based tools)
•    Desing and prototype tools aligned with business needs and user experience standards
•    Facilitate stakeholder walkthroughs, gather feedback, and iterate on design
•    Develop and tools within committed timelines
•    Ensure all relevant documentation is recorded and stored in prescribed project folders
•    Identify and propose process improvement opportunties within PPG or FCSO functions
•    Own and support existing projects within the PPG team – address clarifications, implement ehancements, and ensure continuity of solutions.

People & Talent*
•    Promote and embed a culture of openness, trust and risk awareness, where ethical, legal, regulatory and policy compliant conduct is the norm.
•    Stimulate an environment where forward planning, prioritisation, deadline management and streamlined workflows and collaborative, inclusive yet effective and efficient work practices are the norm.
•    Mentor junior developers or peers on SPFx and Python.
•    Share knowledge through demos, documentation, and collaborative sessions
Risk Management
•    Flag and mitigate technical risks during desing and development.
•    Ensure compliance with data security and governance standards
•    Support risk tracking and escalation protocols.
•    Apply Group and FCC policies and processes (AML surveillance, client screening, risk assessment) to manage risks.
Governance
•    Adhere to coding standards, documentation protocols, and audit requirements
•    Maintain traceability of decisions and development artifacts
•    Propose control improvements, enhancements and simplifications where appropriate.
•    Support all control checks undertaken by FCC under the Operational Risk Framework (ORF).
•    Be accountable for identification and escalation of potential risks and issues to senior management through appropriate governance channels.
•    In the event of serious regulatory breaches, or where risk tolerances have been breached, ensure senior management are informed and that actions are taken quickly to remediate and/or activities are ceased.
•    Collate, analyse and interpret data in reports to senior management and relevant governance/risk committees.

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.
•    Support FCSO Performance, Planning & Governance 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.
•    Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters
Key stakeholders
•    Engage with Project owners, Business analysts and Process Leads.
•    Coordinate with Infrastructure, and support teams
•    Communicate progress, blockers and feedback loops effectively.
Other Responsibilities
•    Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in FCSO Performance, Planning & Governance; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.

Qualifications

Education
•    Academic or Professional Education / Qualifications; Degree with at least 6 to 8 years of working experience, preferably business management, Budgeting and target planning
Languages
•    English
•    Excellent interpersonal and communication skills required to negotiate internally with senior stakeholders. 
•    Organised, meticulous and self-driven.
•    An eye for details 
•    Strong ability to juggle multiple priorities, thrive under pressure and work to tight deadlines.
•    Ability to work in a flexible manner in line with the organisation objectives and willingness to undertake other duties as reasonably requested.

Skills and Experience

•    SharePoint Framework (SPFx) (Rest APIs, Type Script, React JS Power Automate, Power Apps)
•    Python (Pandas, NumPy, tkinter, Openpyxl, python selenium automation, PyInstaller)
•    VBA
•    Excel

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.