Job Summary

Working closely with businesses and support functions teams on cost related performance management with respective stakeholders along with preparation of Statutory Cost Budgets / Forecast.

Key Responsibilities

• Monthend cost closure including preparation / posting of cost accruals and other cost entries 
• Relevant postings into Technical Entity (TE) and reconciliation.
• Preparation of Cost Budgets, Forecast and Outlook at a bank as well as businesses and functions level
• Support in preparation of Statutory cost including Board of Directors (BoD) presentation and related commentaries
• Resolution of day to day cost related queries 
• Scrutiny of bills
• Identification of cost save agendas
• Support in Project related activities including Financials and monitoring  
• Bring process simplification to achieve efficiencies / synergies and value addition
• Support in raising / reconciling Cross Border Recharges (CBR)
• Monitoring / Reconciliation of relevant balance sheet accounts 
• Active involvement in upcoming system changes
• Any other Cost related activities
• Effective communication within the organization at senior levels
• Ensure compliance with Organizational Risk Framework as part of above processes.
• 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 the Bank

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.