JOB SUMMARY

The Senior Finance Manager is responsible for overseeing the entity’s accounting, financial reporting, treasury, finance risk, governance and administration that comply with the various regulatory and statutory requirements in areas of Company Law, Taxation, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, IFRS/PFRS, Group Reporting and accounting principles.

As a Senior Finance Manager, you will be the key person to support the Chief Financial Officer in overseeing the Finance function for SCGS Philippines and developing the appropriate financial governance and control framework including liaison with external regulatory bodies. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategy

• End to end responsibility for overseeing the entity’s accounting, financial reporting, treasury, finance risk, governance and administration that comply with the various regulatory and statutory requirements in areas of Company Law, Taxation, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, IFRS/PFRS, Group Reporting and accounting principles.

Business

Internal:

• Managing the diverse Business Units and regulatory requirement of each individual SCB countries.
• Finance point of contact in respect of invoicing pricing and tax documentation for regulators.
• Assisting and supporting Chief Financial Officer in providing the financial insights, tax, controls of the entity. Overall responsible to ensure the entity’s achieving a cost optimal based on its service level commitments to the Group.

External:

• Meeting the relevant regulatory, audit and taxation requirements.

Processes

• Collaborate with P2P Business Partners to support business partnering with Business Units and ensure overall entity’s financials are in line with regulatory requirements (Transfer Pricing margins and overall cost base)
• Review balance sheet reconciliations and ensure validations of financials
• Ensure timeliness and completeness of month-end closing to deliver internal and external financial reporting requirements
• Manage statutory audit, corporate tax, VAT, Transfer Pricing matters and obligations
• Liaise with external auditors, tax agents, bankers and relevant authorities as required
• Ensure an effective and efficient treasury management function to ensure that there are sufficient cashflow to meet business objectives
• Ensure key controls and risk management compliance within the finance team.
• Identify opportunities for improvement and efficiency in financial processes and challenge legacy practices
• Keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursement in the books of the Corporation; 
• Have custody of, and be responsible for, all the funds, securities and bonds of the Corporation;
• Render an annual statements showing the financial condition of the Corporation and such other financial reports as the Board of Directors, the Chairman, or the President may, from time to time require;
• Prepare such financial reports, statements, certifications and other documents which may, from time to time, be required by government agencies

Risk Management

• Assist the Chief Financial Officer 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

• Strategy setting.
• Budget management and financial compliance.
• Accounting standards/ policies and Financial Control framework.
• Regulatory compliance.
• Resource and people management.
• Numerate, able to distil the key messages from large amounts of data quickly and be very comfortable dealing with project accounting & financial reporting.
• Results and outcome focused, rather than status and role conscious.
• Direct style with highly delivery focused attitude to relentlessly drive for closure:
• Extensive communication skills at the individual and organisation levels:
• Clearly conveys information and ideas.
• Build positive relationships.
• High influencing skills and ability to balance growth with the right control environment in place.

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.
• Lead GBS Philippines to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles: [Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.] *
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
• Exercise authorities delegated by the Board of Directors and act in accordance with Articles of Association (or equivalent

Key Stakeholders

• GBS CEO
• GBS Country Finance
• GBS / SCB Head of Department
• GFS Finance Business Partner
• GFS R2P/R2R
• GBS Corporate Secretary

QUALIFICATIONS

• Has a Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy/ Finance/ Business/ Economics or other relevant courses
• Has a Professional Accounting qualification of CMA/CPA/ACCA/MBA (preferred)
• Has at least 10 years of working experience in Finance Operations, preferably gained in financial services industr
• Has experience in using accounting systems and comfortable with excel spreadsheet
• Has performed variance analysis in previous roles and dealt with auditors and regulatory authorities   
• Has strong accounting and tax knowledge (both local and international). 
• Has strong leadership skills, management and organization skills abd conflict manageme
• Has a strong business and commercial acumen, with thought leadership, natural intellectual curiosity, ability to think both strategically and analytically, and with a digital mindset
• Has strong communication skills, both verbal and written and has effective questioning and active listening skills
• Has advanced knowledge in financial system eg: MS Office, SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft

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.