Specialist

RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategy

Managing and Leading teams aligned to the Record to Close (R2R) processes
•    Ability to connect to the big picture
•    Ensure to achieve efficiency in processes, quality and cost by digitization & simplification of process.

Business

Effective stakeholder management for respective processes across geographies

Processes

•    Review daily review of trail balance, monitoring of bank balance / reconciliation monthly accounting close process including analytical review of the monthly operating results as per IFRS standards to ensure accurate accounting records are maintained / substantiated. 
•    Handle all internal and external audits (EY,GIA) & submission of timely /accurate reports to GFS Operation. 
•    Lead project support and timely engagement with GBS Legal & Compliance and co-ordinate with onshore team for obtaining necessary approvals  
•    Expectation would be multiple fold and as individual contributor one has to handle end to end process including substantiation, management of books of accounts, accountings controls and ensuring compliance of regulations, policies and requirements of Venture entities & standalone countries
•    Leverage process/domain expertise to identify opportunities for quality & process design improvement with new ways of working by holding the values of the Group and Company at all times.

•    Contribute to transformational agenda in terms of strategic, consensus building, driving and contributing to objectives.. 
•    Creating and implementing policies and procedures to identify, resolve and document accounting /operational issues in addition to creating procedures to make the close and reporting processes more efficient and accurate. Raise relevant risks to delivery by effective communication.
•    Continually reviewing all assigned processes in order to identify opportunities for quality & process design improvement

•    Preparation of white paper supporting the monthly close process and month end balances & publish timely KPI, MI dashboard for senior management and stakeholders.
•    Ensure that the standards of customer service provided by the function consistently exceed the requirements set under the Service Level Agreements agreed & project assignment by stakeholders. 
•    Effectively lead change, manage and escalate risks arising out of transition of new processes
•    Bring Process Transparency.

Risk Management

•    Highlight delays & related impact considering inter dependencies. 
•    Highlight process risk in appropriate forum & timely closure.
•    Provide insights and brainstorm the mitigation measures with respective function leads

Governance

•    Monitor & track progress of all activities scheduled/completed/ongoing during the close period through out
•    Publish the RAG status for all critical activities across the close cycle
•    Design and implement KPIs and dashboards 
•    Drive initiatives towards Fast Closure of books including internal / external audits (EY, GIA)

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.
•    Lead to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles

Key Stakeholders

•    GFS P2P, IM, GPS, R2P, R2R.  Onshore Head of Finance – CFO

Our Ideal Candidate
•    Preferably Chartered accountant / CMA ( 10 plus years) or Commerce Graduate with good understanding of General accounting, Financial and accounting control policies

Role Specific Technical Competencies
•    Accounting
•    MS office

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

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.