Job Summary
This role is to support the CFO for Wealth and WRB Products in the review of accounting and processes for WRB Retail and Wealth products together with the Financial Controllership and Financial accounting teams
Key Responsibilities
Strategy
• Responsible for supporting the accounting and processes reviews of WBR Retail and Wealth products across markets.
• Support the CFO, Wealth and WRB Products in working with the Financial Controllership, Financial Accounting, and Group and Country teams in understanding, documenting and implementing the recommended accounting and controls
Business
• Working with the Finance, Products and Operations team in understanding, documenting and rolling out the recommended accounting and controls
Processes
• Review existing processes to provide and implement recommendations across countries for WRB products including Wealth Solutions
People & Talent
• Work effectively and collaboratively with finance/ non finance colleagues within Group and country teams.
Risk Management
• Participate and contribute in risk discussions as required to facilitate better external and internal communication of WRB risk matters impacting financial performance.
Governance
• Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework in which the business operates and the regulatory requirements and expectations to the role
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
• CFO, WRB
• CFO, Wealth and WRB Products
Other Responsibilities
• Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in WRB Finance Teams.
Our Ideal Candidate
• 10+ years relevant experience in finance at a leading global financial services firm, preferably banking.
• Strong understanding and/ or previous experience in Retail and Wealth Products and Financial Markets products.
• Demonstrated track record of leading and managing broad processes, while challenging the status quo and embracing the spirit of transformation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively manage varied stakeholders and global teams within finance and business.
• Ability to navigate complex situations and ambiguity.
• Live the Valued Behaviours of “Do the right thing”, “Never settle” and “Better Together” on a day-to-day basis whilst seeking opportunities for self-development and growth.
Role Specific Technical Competencies
• Financial accounting and performance Management
• Business partnering and influencing
• Balance Sheet Management
• Risk and Control
• Business Knowledge (WRB)
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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