Job Summary

•    The Senior Manager, WRB - Cost Analytics, is a critical role in WRB Costs - Centre of Excellence (CoE) team, that owns the overall cost management agenda for all markets in the SCB WRB footprint. 
•    The selected individual will primarily support the WRB Business and Finance teams by driving analytical insight to help businesses better manage costs through ongoing efficiency & other targeted cost save initiatives. 

Key Responsibilities

Business
•     Being a effective Finance Business Partner, responsible to provide: 
•    Conduct data analytics & establish key insights relating to WRB Costs
•    Respond promptly to requests from stakeholders for deep dive analysis / insights
•    Align business forecast / planning with strategic priorities
•    Incorporate impact from internal / external changes into forecasts
•    Develop KPIs for the business, in line with strategic goals & long term priorities
•    Support the business in developing a roadmap to meet its cost save/ efficiency targets
•    Performance management, business planning and strategic decision making
•    Provide sharp analytics and commentary on WRBs cost performance and forward looking narrative
•    Ability to translate data heavy financial information into compact and visually impactful messages.
Processes
•    Continuously reviewing processes to identify opportunities for efficiencies & improvements.
•    Work with colleagues across the Global Financial Service function to ensure co-operation and smooth operations.
•    Use technology to enhance delivery of Segment and Product costs, Allocations & Recharges
•    Focus and build a culture of continuous process improvement, standardization of procedures, and implementation of a robust control framework
•    Understand the changing data requirement landscape with a forward-looking focus

Skills and Experience

•    Performance Management
•    Manage People 
•    Strategy & Execution
•    Risk & Controls 
•    Regulatory & Compliance

Qualifications

•    MBA, CA, CFA, ACCA with a minimum of 8 years of experience (post qualification), preferably in the Financial Planning & Analytics area

Additionally, the following skills sets are a key to success of the incumbent:

•    Experience in managing costs for a global organisation in a matrix environment
•    Experience in managing teams in a fast faced dynamic work environment
•    Good working knowledge in management reporting, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.
•    Experienced in financial and profitability modelling and translation of results for management decision-making.
•    Advanced or expert skills to prepare presentations for senior management – ability to translate complex financial information into visually impactful representations for senior management
•    Analytical and strong sense of need to upload integrity of financial information.
•    Proactively question and improve status quo, think outside the box to improve productivity, data accuracy and reporting process.
•    Strong networking and interpersonal skills, forming positive working relationship in the multicultural environment. 
•    Should have strong knowledge and understanding of data management, data quality and its linkage in driving business performance management.

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.