Job Summary

This role is a project management role to lead the data squad under the Genesis Programme.

The Genesis Programme is a multi-year project to automate and digitise balance sheet simulators, balance sheet analysers, corporate planning and forecasting.  The programme aims to achieve this by adopting a common hierarchy / taxonomy across all of GCFO. This new functionality will be hosted on GCFO’s new software (SAP Aspire) which will host all GCFO (Finance & Treasury) data with a view to dramatically improving user experience. These software changes will result in changes and improvements to existing business as usual operating models.

This role will need to track, manage and monitor activities across all impacted areas in Treasury, Finance and the businesses.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the data squad under the Genesis Programme.
• Responsible for Agile processes and improvement cycles.
• Prioritise removal of impediments and coach the team on how to resolve issues.
• Build strong, trusted relationships with businesses and customer groups and within the team.
• Ensure the squad’s work is transparent.
• Manage issues as and when they arise.
• Maintain the focus on customer value and outcomes.
• Lead a continuous improvement culture.
• Lead the team to achieve best delivery and build quality.
• Help the team achieve a sustainable pace with time for innovation and learning.
• Develop roadmaps, project plans and ensure these are well socialised and agreed within the overall project.
• Develop appropriate monitoring and tracking metrics for management office and Steering Committee.

Skills and Experience

• Master degree is required,  preferred in finance or accountancy.
• 6+ years of experience in Treasury / PNL / Balance Sheet / Finance.
• Experience in Agile delivery.
• Experience in delivering projects as a Project Manager.
• Capable of Senior Stakeholder Management and producing status reporting to Working Groups and Committees.
• Confident and skilled at identifying and navigating through issues and impediments.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to ‘coach’ teams on agile practices to support the Squad to deliver maximum business value.
• Conflict resolution skills.
• Promotes innovative thinking and self-development, is willing to try new things in the interests of improvement.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Stakeholder management and communication skills covering both senior and operational levels.
• Hands on experience in delivering Treasury/Finance changes in Tier 1 Bank or treasury/finance department of large corporations.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with a very good standard of English (written and spoken).

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.