JOB SUMMARY
Business Planning and Management
- Work closely with the Finance & Treasury MTs to define and drive the implementation of the domains medium- and longer-term strategic direction and objectives.
- Spearhead the transformation & remediation activities within the Functions domains specifically for Finance.
- Responsible for the design and implement a standardised Target Operating Model (TOM) and organization structure, including a location, grade and employee type strategy to meet the strategic goals.
- Set clear strategic functional objectives for the domain and ensure that these objectives are reflected and cascaded in the teams. Setting the metrics and performance standards for the year.
- Report on the progress and key achievements for the domains on a regular basis for stakeholder’s review
- Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations from their team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners.
- Develop with the Domain leads actions to drive increased Employee promoter scores year on year
People and Talent
- Continuously refine the seniority and span of the organisation to meet changing needs
- Implement standardised titles, Job Descriptions across the function
- Work with CIO’s to formulate succession plans
- Ensure the provision of ongoing training and development of people and ensure that holders of all critical functions are suitably skilled and qualified for their roles ensuring that they have effective supervision in place to mitigate any risks. Identify, define and drive the appropriate Learning and Development (L&D) plans for the team
- Act as an approver for all functional hiring
- Work closely with the CIO’s on employee performance and reward recognition cycle, meeting targets and curves
- Set the appropriate headcount caps by location and grade and govern adherence
- Monitor and challenge resource growth
- Implement continuous improvement activities to enhance people engagement
Finance Management
- Partner with T&I Finance teams to deliver financial transparency and act as expert on cost explains and deep dives to stakeholders
- Oversee the domain cost alignments to facilitate accurate financial reporting
- Work in collaboration with the CIO’s to manage the cost base in-line with budget. Ensure risk and issues are quantified, escalated, and cost reduction opportunities realised
- Review for approval all domain expenditure, ensuring all project to BAU initiatives are appropriately funded for future year support
Vendor Management
- Ensure Vendor management framework is fully implemented within the team and full compliant for Contract Manager responsibilities
- Act as liaison with Sourcing and Vendor Management teams where vendor contracts require renegotiation
Communications
- Communicate strategy to all levels within the Finance & Treasury domain
- Drive people engagement within the Finance & Treasury domain, by:
- Promoting success stories and achievements internally
- Arrange Town Halls
Processes
- Review various processes and work with respective stakeholders to enhance processes
Risk Management
- 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 team and our 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.
Governance
- Work with Head of Governance to define and maintain monthly scorecard for Finance & Treasury domain
- As mentioned above
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 Finance & Treasury T&I domain to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles
- Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
Key Stakeholders
- Finance & Treasury Tech CIO
- Finance & Treasury MT
- Functions CIO MT
- Functions Tech Business Management
- Programme and Support leads
- Vendor Management
- Learning and Development
- Human Resources
Other Responsibilities
- Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in the Finance & Treasury domain
- Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional Policies & procedures
Strategy
- Business Planning and Management
- Work closely with the Finance & Treasury MTs to define and drive the implementation of the domains medium- and longer-term strategic direction and objectives.
- Spearhead the transformation & remediation activities within the Functions domains specifically for Finance.
- Responsible for the design and implement a standardized Target Operating Model (TOM) and organization structure, including a location, grade and employee type strategy to meet the strategic goals.
- Set clear strategic functional objectives for the domain and ensure that these objectives are reflected and cascaded in the teams. Setting the metrics and performance standards for the year.
- Implement continuous improvement activities to enhance people engagement
Our Ideal Candidate
- 10+ years of experience in a Business Management role in a global financial organisation or similar scale organisation
- Entrepreneurial thinking, able to rapidly adapt to and adopt new ways of working and find value creation opportunities.
- Ability to apply judgement on moderate to complex business problems
- Strong sense of personal ownership and responsibility in accomplishing the organisation’s goal. Is confident and will roll-up his/her sleeves to drive success. Able to get things done in a fast-paced environment. Is transparent and open around what doesn’t work and what does.
- Excellent organizational and leadership skills with ability to manage multiple deadlines and effectively prioritise
- Experience of developing a people strategy, influencing relevant stakeholders and decision makers, and executing decisions efficiently and consistently
- Bachelor’s degree in Business
- Strong communication and briefing skills
Role Specific Technical Competencies
- Strong understanding around budgeting and forecasting, particularly around headcount cost
- Experience engaging and influencing at executive level a mandatory requirement
- Experience in developing a people strategy, influencing relevant stakeholders and decision makers, and executing decisions efficiently and consistently
- Past success with defining and implementing operating models and driving organisational change
- Strong sense of personal ownership and responsibility in accomplishing the organisation’s goal. Is confident and will roll-up his/her sleeves to drive success
- Able to get things done in a quick-paced environment. Be transparent and open around what doesn’t work and what does
- Expertise in defining strategic communication– oral, written and presenting; across various types of target audiences
- Experience delivering people change/diversity/culture improvement programs required
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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