Job Summary

We are seeking a seasoned finance professional to join our team as a Treasury Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Lead, Providing strategic financial evaluation and support for Treasury Profit & Loss (P&L), forecasting  and planning activities. The role will involve performance advisory to Transaction Monitoring and Client Technology Team (TM and CT), contributing to financial resource optimization, Forex (FX) hedging and driving initiatives to improve Return on Tangible Equity (RoTE). The successful candidate will manage key Treasury Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) projects, collaborate on modelling and forecasting solutions and support financial planning across cluster markets.

Key Responsibilities

1. Performance Evaluation and Advisory to Transaction Monitoring and Client Technology Team (TM and CT):

• Provide Treasury Profit & Loss (P&L) analysis and support in financial resources optimisation (structural hedging, credit insurance, structural Forex (FX) hedging, etc).
• Provide impactful financial insights for decision making and support/drive various projects or franchise initiatives on balance sheet and performance to improve Return on Tangible Equity (RoTE). 

Key Responsibilities

2.    Treasury Planning and Forecasting for Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A):

• Lead on Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) related processes such as outlooks, target setting and corporate planning including income, balance sheet and Risk-Weighted Assets (RWA).
• Collaborate with Modelling and Forecasting Solutions team to implement a Treasury income forecasting process to support financial planning for key markets in the cluster.
• Embed Central & Others (C&O) Treasury allocations and coordinate amongst Finance stakeholders.
• Partner with Product Control on the cadence of daily and monthly reported Treasury Financials

3.    Stakeholder Engagement & Best Practices:

• Work closely with Finance colleagues, clarifying “hand off” and “hand in” points to embed a successful, clearly defined Treasury Business Finance role without duplication or gaps between teams.
• Build strong relationships with Treasury and Finance stakeholders, driving best practices and continuous improvement.
• Represent Treasury Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) in cross-functional groups and support Treasury initiatives in the region.

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

• Cluster Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Africa; Cluster Chief Financial Offer (CFO) Middle East and Pakistan; Head of Management Reporting, Group FP&A
• Managing Director (MD), Cluster Treasurer, Africa and Middle East (AME); Managing Director (MD), Head, Global Liquidity Management, and Head, Treasury Markets Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan (MENAP); Managing Director (MD), Head, Treasury Markets, Africa

Other Responsibilities

• Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures; 

Skills and Experience

• Financial Market and product knowledge
• Accounting application and knowledge
• Good communication 
• Senior stakeholder management 
• Detailed understanding of International Financial Reporting Standard 9 (IFRS9) accounting and Substantiation of Balance sheet 
• Balance sheet and Profit & Loss (P&L) reporting

Our Ideal Candidate

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or a related field. Chartered Accountant (CA), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) or relevant postgraduate qualification is preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in Finance, preferably in a Global Bank 
• Previous experience in Treasury, Treasury Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) and / or Business Finance role/s preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate financial data into actionable insights for strategic decision-making.
• Proven experience in forecasting and performance management, including solid knowledge of balance sheet and Risk-Weighted Assets (RWA) management.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate with senior stakeholders.
• Data management skills (Structured Query Language (SQL) and/or Visualisation Tools) would be advantageous

Role Specific Technical Competencies 

• Financial Market and product knowledge 
• Accounting application and knowledge
• Good communication
• Senior stakeholder management
• Detailed understanding of IFRS9 accounting and Substantiation of Balance sheet
• Balance sheet and P&L reporting

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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