RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategy

•    Understand the key focus area of the bank’s strategy and support the CFO in achieving the bank’s performance objectives

Business

•    Support in setting up government meetings for CFO and the ministries (Ministry of Finance, Vietnam Tax Authority and International Financial Center governance team)

•    Support CFO in hosting cross country central banks meeting (i.e. HKMA vs Vietnam MOF: and US Fed representatives vs SCB VN)

Processes

•    Provide general administration and support to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and to the Finance team.
•    Ensure effective diary management for the CFO;
•    Co-ordinate meetings of both internal and external stakeholders on both locations (Hanoi and HCMC), in English and Vietnamese language and take notes as required;
•    Live translator for CFO with government engagements as requested
•    Manage quarterly Finance innovation award process.
•    Support vendor management for Finance
•    Accrual and expense management for Finance
•    Organise weekly Finance teach-in for CFO with Finance teams, keep track of learning activities
•    Act as a point of contact for the Finance Team for all administrative matters
•    File travel and expense claims and keep track of payments for the CFO

•    Ensure Finance archival of documents are maintained effectively
•    Ad hoc duties as required to support the CFO.

People & Talent
•    Proactively support the CFO in fostering a strong, inclusive and collaborative Finance team culture.
•    Help coordinate and support team building activities, offsites, town halls and informal engagement initiatives to strengthen team cohesion and morale.
•    Act as a connector across the Finance team, encouraging effective communication, collaboration and alignment across local and regional stakeholders.
•    Support onboarding of new Finance team members by facilitating introductions, access to information and integration into the team.
•    Promote a positive working environment that reflects the Bank’s Values and supports teamwork, engagement and a high performance culture.

Risk Management
•    The role holder is expected to demonstrate a strong risk management mindset and uphold high standards of risk awareness in all aspects of daily work.
•    Ensure administrative activities, information handling, documentation and communications are conducted in line with the Bank’s policies, procedures and control requirements.
•    Handle confidential and sensitive information with appropriate discretion, accuracy and care to minimise operational, conduct and reputational risk.
•    Maintain effective records, controls and follow ups to support audit readiness, compliance and strong governance practices.

Governance
•    Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.

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

•    Chief Financial Officer
•    Country Executive Committee, including the CEO Office
•    Finance Team Members

Requirements
•   Education: Degree
•   Professional working proficiency in English is required
•   Knowledge of banking, finance & accounting is preferred.

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.