Job Summary

•    Support India Wealth and Retail Banking business via a mix of Standard and Adhoc management report.
•    Closely work with India Business Finance team to deliver on host of business finance support needs which includes Performance reporting, Forecasting and Budgeting, Flash Financials, MBRs, Product & Segment margin, performance analysis.
•    Provide insights into the Revenue and B/s growth and trends. Equip the Bank with necessary financials to support business decisions on an ongoing basis.
•    Mothend close related activities including encase workings, review of month end financials, coordination with internal teams to ensure smooth month end.
•    Support business with necessary investigation to deep dive into Financials and provide useful insights.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy 
•    Stakeholder management and escalation handling.
•    Continuously reviewing all processes in order to identify opportunities for process improvements.
•    Working with the other team leaders and across the Global Financial Service functions to ensure co-operation and smooth operations.
•    Continuous improvement in Productivity to drive the efficiencies in the team.
Business
•    Partner with senior leaders to drive and deliver on CPBB performance management reporting and analytics though high quality MI and stakeholder engagement
•    Finance Business Partner for the business/ functions with focus on improving & manage business financials. 
•    Support ALCO for capital and liquidity inputs and active balance sheet management for strategic planning
Processes
•    Driving process improvement, efficiency and resolving core business issues in the team.
•    Review various financial processes done by other GPO teams, ensure that the quality is not compromised  and be on top of all financial activities end to end -  Budgeting, Planning & Forecasting, Management reporting, Financial Analysis, Variance Analysis, Headcount reporting, Efficiency tracking, Accounting & Closing and other FP&A activities.
•    Work closely with Accounting, Standard Reporting, and Planning & Control Teams.
•    Understanding the financial processes end to end and quick in understanding the ad hoc requirements with ensuring quality and TAT of the output.
•    Upholding the Values of the Group and Company at all times.
•    Compliance with all applicable Rules/ Regulations and Company and Group Policies.

People & Talent 
•    This role does not have any people Management responsibilities  
Risk Management
•    Build and maintain accuracy of Reports and Workings with necessary control to enable accuracy of numbers reported
Governance
•    Ensure compliance with Group / IFRS accounting principles and practices, Financial Control policy, and other regulatory accounting guidelines
•    Ensure the control Framework is maintained, improved & strengthened to maintain credibility of reported financials.
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
•    GFS counterparts
•    Functional Coordinators
•    Country and Business Finance teams
•    SC Capital  Business

Skills and Experience

•    Financial Planning & Analysis
•    SAP, GL Analytics
•    MS Office (Excel, Power point)
•    Hands of knowledge and FPNA skillsets
•    Experience in supporting revenue generating Business and experience in providing management reports and Decks

Qualifications

•    Chartered Accountant or MBA with 10+ years of relevant finance experience in FP&A.
•    Effective communication skills, including presenting and influencing senior management. 
•    Strong Analytical and Strategic mindset, coupled with a thorough understanding of business performance management outcomes
•    Ability to understand and connect business drivers and rationale for and application of those relevant to the Performance management process.
•    Sound knowledge on the flow of information between the Finance systems and ability to use the relevant logic to report the numbers.
•    Experience of working with senior management team and of interfacing with and influencing senior stakeholders. Ability to work independently, support and influence others in decision making.
•    Strong ability to understand financial statements and its drivers and synthesize them into meaningful analyses as required. Develop analysis & interpretations as required to facilitate management decision making.
•    Excellent written and oral communication skills; driven individual who can lead initiatives with proactive thinking
•    Excellent Excel & PowerPoint skills
•    Solid people and project management skills.

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.