Job Summary

Enable the Hong Kong and GCNA Cluster CFO and management teams to make informed financial and strategic decisions through effective performance management, forward-looking insights and strong partnership across country and business finance teams, while continuously improving FP&A processes through simplification, standardisation and automation.

Key Responsibilities

Performance Management and Strategic Decision Support
•    Support GCNA and Hong Kong performance management process, including financial planning, budgeting and forecasting, monthly performance reviews, and variance analysis of actual results.
•    Provide timely management information and forward-looking analysis of financial performance, risks and opportunities to HK/GCNA Cluster CFO, management teams. 
•    Partner with business and country finance teams on strategic priorities, address performance issues and identify opportunities, while ensuring transparency of segment developments.
Management Reporting and Stakeholder Support
•    Prepare, review and consolidate management packs and other materials for Hong Kong and GCNA Cluster EXCO, Board and other senior-management forums.
•    Support Investor Relations with Hong Kong performance commentary and variance analysis, and provide ad hoc analysis support to the CEO, CFO and management teams.
•    Provide market intelligence on economic developments, market trends and key competitors, highlighting material changes in the competitive landscape.
•    Support the Financial Reporting team by providing analysis of differences between the financial-book and performance-reporting views, including segmental reporting, variance explanations and relevant financial information for statutory reporting support.

Expense Analysis
•    Support Hong Kong expense analysis, covering the cost base, Group allocations, cost movements and variances against budget, forecast, prior year and prior month.
•    Review and challenge cost-allocation drivers and methodologies, and support expense forecasting and budgeting.
Controls and Process Improvement
•    Maintain appropriate controls and operational risk monitoring to protect the integrity of performance and expense reporting and ensure compliance with relevant Group policies and standards.
•    Drive continuous improvement through consolidation, standardisation, automation and simplification, working closely with the offshore team to enhance process efficiency, work quality, accountability and capability, while contributing to Finance Transformation and other finance initiatives.

Skills and Experience

Must-have Skills    
•    Financial Planning, Forecasting and Modelling
•    Financial Analysis, Performance Insights and Decision Support
•    Key Performance Indicators and Management Reporting
Other Skills    
•    Data Analysis, Automation and Process Improvement
•    Market and Competitor Analysis 

Motivations

•    Motivated by turning complex financial and business information into clear insights that support senior-management decisions.
•    Energised by partnering across countries, businesses and functions to resolve performance issues and identify opportunities.
•    Driven to simplify, automate and continuously improve reporting and planning processes while maintaining strong control and accuracy.

Qualifications

•    Key Experiences        
•    Relevant experience in FP&A, performance management or finance within the banking or financial-services industry.
•    Strong understanding of business performance metrics and the process discipline required to deliver reliable management information.
•    Demonstrated analytical capability, with experience managing complex data, multiple priorities and tight deadlines.
•    Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills, with demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders.
•    Resilient, organised and self-starting, with a strong commitment to accuracy, control and continuous improvement.
•    Certifications / Qualifications (only where mandatory): A recognised professional accounting qualification is preferred but not mandatory.
•    Languages: Fluent written and spoken English; Cantonese and/or Mandarin 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.