Job Summary

This role is responsible in supporting the Financial Controller in managing day to day accounting operations which including Account Receivable & Payable, Fixed Asset, Treasury Management, Statutory Audit, Corporate Sax, SST, Transfer Pricing matters and obligations.

Key Responsibilities

Accounts Payable, Account Receivable & Fixed Asset
•    Managing Finance Operations, ensure smooth operation in Account Receivable and Account Payable. 
•    As a Finance partner for GBS Malaysia for Account Payable, provide guidance to stakeholders on the local tax rules i.e. e-invoice implementation, SST, stamp duty impacted the Sales Service Tax from vendor charges/invoice/agreement.  
•    Advice and resolve queries from GBS MY stakeholders on the invoice rework queries received from Group Chief Financial Office (GCFO) R2P India team to ensure invoice process on time.
•    Oversee the billing processing, ensure billing process within the timeline and work with respective stakeholders to manage aging.
•    Oversee the Fixed Asset management including tracking, monitoring and maintaining company’s physical assets and equipment. 
•    Manage an effective working collaboration with internal GCFO R2P and continuously look for opportunities for operational efficiency migration.

Treasury 
•    Understand on Malaysia's economic developments, including Foreign Exchange (FX), Tariffs, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Consumer Price Index (CPI), Overnight policy rate (OPR) and understand how it impact on MYR currency and fixed deposits (FD) placement for interest earning.
•    Collaborate with SCB Malaysia Financial Management team to get update on the FX climate and closely monitor the USD/MYR exchange rate for selling USD and converting it to MYR within the bank's processing hours in Malaysia time.
•    Maintain and strengthen relationships with banking partners, negotiating favourable FD and interest-bearing rates to maximize interest earnings.
•    Monitor cash flow closely, diversify fund placements to mitigate risk and optimize interest earnings based on the rates offered by banking partners.
•    Ensure a healthy cash flow liquidity ratio, understand how GBS MY business activity impact on the cashflow.
•    Closely monitor financial numbers, forecast profit after tax (PAT) for dividend proposal to the group and plan for the proposal dividend during corporate plan.
•    Manage banking partner services, conduct performance reviews with stakeholders, including Country HR for payroll processing.
•    Address any arising issues or queries immediately such as any interruptions of payment processing by the bank and Bank Negara Malaysia. i.e. provide supporting on Bank Negara's requirements.
•    Work closely with banking partner to prepare and submit bank documents with requiring in wet ink signatures.

People & Talent 
•    Lead and supervise the team to meet its performance objectives and develop them for wider roles and responsibilities.
•    Proactive and effective stakeholders’ engagement to drive strong financial control, and support best commercial practices in the Company.

Risk Management
•    Assist the Chief Financial Officer, Finance Controller, and the Unit Operation Risk Manager in identifying and managing key risk areas; ensure compliance and improve internal controls and financial processes for the Company. This includes building management and operational control awareness within Country Finance team and ensure applicable policies and procedures are documented and embedded in operating manuals and instructions

Governance
•    Proven experience in organising, planning, and executing activities from conceptualisation through implementation across multiple internal and external reporting and organisational lines, including proven ability to adjust plans to meet changing needs and requirements.
•    Good eye for detail and with a strong focus on controls and compliance to policies and procedures.
•    Strong business and commercial acumen, with thought leadership, natural intellectual curiosity, ability to think both strategically and analytically, and with a digital mindset.
•    Ability to problem solve and manage complex situations, identifying solutions that support the business. 
•    Strong communication skills, both written and oral, effective questioning and active listening.
•    High integrity and professionalism, with the intent to do the right thing at all times

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.

Skills and Experiences

Relevant to senior management experience, including: 
•    Account Receivable.
•    Account Payable.
•    Treasury management.
•    People management.
•    Regulatory compliance.
•    Data Analysis and presentation.
•    Clearly conveys information and ideas.
•    Build positive relationships. 
•    Results oriented.

Key stakeholders
•    CEO, GBS Malaysia
•    CFO, GBS Malaysia (including CFO’s of other GBS Hubs)
•    GBS Finance team in other Hubs
•    GFS Finance Business Partners
•    GFS R2P/ Financial Control
•    GBS Corporate Secretary
•    Head of HR
•    Head of Compliance
•    Head of Governance
•    Head of Legal
•    Head of RSE
•    Head of CRES
•    Head of CABM

Qualifications

•    Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in accountancy /finance ideally with Professional Accounting  qualification of CMA/CPA/ACCA/MBA
•    Minimum 10 – 15 years of working experience within Finance functions with exposure to Finance Operations.
•    Experience in financial services industry will be added advantage.
•    Advanced excel and PowerPoint skills.
•    Good knowledge in financial systems e.g.: MS office, SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft etc
•    Project management.
•    Experience in MNC’s preferred.
•    Performed variance analysis in previous roles.
•    Strong people skills/soft skills.
•    Experience in managing stakeholders at a senior leadership level.

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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