Job Summary
Supply Chain Management (SCM) is responsible for the strategic direction and governance of all third-party spend, which accounts for over 40% of the bank’s cost base. The Procurement and Property FFG transversal stream has responsibility to deliver USD 193m of cost reduction, and to support an additional USD 550m of additional saves relating to third-party costs in TTO. This role is for an experienced PMO to manage and execute portfolio governance across the Procurement and Property FFG transversal stream, to support the Group Category Managers in their work to deliver FFG initiatives and to create artefacts to demonstrate the success of the project and highlight the risks and opportunities.
Strategy
· Good understanding of the Bank’s vision and strategy appropriate to the role
· Good understanding of SCM, Finance and the organizational structure of the bank
· Thorough understanding of the Bank Change Management framework and the key focus areas
Business
· Awareness and understanding of the wider business, economic and market environment in which the Group operates
Key Responsibilities
Processes
· To manage the tools and processes around SCB change management framework.
· Excellent understanding on Change Governance Policy and Change Management Standards by active partnership with the FFG Control Tower and other senior stakeholders.
· Identifying, defining, developing, and implementing improvements to Portfolio reporting and monitoring processes.
· Ensure data in Clarity is accurate across the portfolio and working with delivery leads to address data quality issues.
· Identify and deliver actions to improve the quality of deliverables based on monitoring and reporting activities and management information.
· Develop good quality templates which aid in the change management framework adherence.
· Support portfolio and executive reporting needs with quality Steerco/other meetings materials / deliverables.
· Stakeholder Management - establish working relationships with key stakeholder across the portfolio.
· Ensure that projects are in compliance with checks and controls around the Go Live Milestones, Financials.
· Manage timesheets management for resources across SCM FFG Initiatives if required.
· Manage all financial activities (Raising of Purchase Orders, processing invoices, recharges, accruals for SCM FFG Initiatives)
· Implement compliance and controls set by the FFG Control Tower.
· Identify, lead and on time delivery of Initiatives to standardize and simplify processes.
· Production of accurate and quality materials for Scorecards, Weekly reports, Steerco , Refinement
· Forums and other meetings materials and deliverables
· Upkeep of Portfolio document repository and artifacts.
· Proficient in MS Office /Confluence / Clarity
· Ability to communicate effectively and comfortably with different levels of seniority across the organisation.
Risk Management
· Monitor, maintain, manage and escalate the risks relating to delivery of the Procurement and Property FFG transversal stream.
· Take personal responsibility for understanding the risk and compliance requirements of my role. Understand and comply with applicable laws and regulations, the Groups policies, procedures and the Group Code of Conduct.
· Effectively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk and compliance matters. Contribute to a culture in which all stakeholders feel safe to raise concerns and where risk and compliance matters are addressed and misconduct appropriately dealt with.
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 the PMO team to 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
Our Ideal Candidate
· 8+ years’ experience in project management in a financial institution setup
· Discipline & Follow-up tenacity
· Analytical and Problem Solving
· Adept at accurately summarizing, categorising, spotting trends in numbers
· High levels of personal accountability and proactive initiative taking, together with a pragmatic, customer-focused approach
· Outcome focussed with excellent problem-solving abilities whilst exercising good judgement
Role Specific Technical Competencies
· Clarity
· Advanced Jira
· Excel
· Powerpoint
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.
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