Standard Chartered India | Manager - Country FP&A

Responsibilities

• This role is part of the Country Financial Planning & Analytics (FP&A) Cost team, which deals with analysis of country performance, reviewing and highlighting risks and opportunities, and driving actions to ensure committed financial outcome.
• Awareness and understanding of the Group's business strategy and model appropriate to the role.
• Deliver Standard Performance MI with insights on current performance.
• Manage overall process of financial forecasting and planning, as well as other specific areas assigned to the team for Cost (e.
• Ensure integrity of the financial performance results through keeping regular track of the numbers and their validity.
• Provide required support to country finance teams on various regular or ad-hoc submissions on cost drivers or analytics.
• Manage overall design and outcome of the end-to-end process and own the process output in terms of client service, financial performance and risk where appointed as Process Owners.
• Ensure timely and accurate submission of financial returns to internal and external authorities and stakeholders.
• Drive continuous process improvements to achieve standardisation, efficiency and better controls.
• Support and contribute to key finance projects and process change agenda.
• Act to minimise operational loss and audit failures, take proactive measures to respond to any issues identified, and manage forward looking risks.
• Ensure compliance with Group / IFRS accounting principles and practices, Financial Control Policy and other guidelines.

Qualifications

• CA, CFA, ACCA, MBA, MCom, BCom with a minimum of 4 years of experience (post qualification) in a financial service industry.
• Experience in financial planning and analysis preferred.
• Strong understanding of Banking business and products.
• Strong process and data analytical skills.
• Previous exposure to financial planning and analysis preferred.
• Self-driven, ability to work effectively under pressure and produce high quality work within tight timelines.
• Proven ability to work within a team environment and communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Previous exposure to ledger and reporting systems especially SAP preferred.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.

Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered is an international banking group headquartered in London, with a strong focus on Asia, Africa and the Middle East. It was formed in 1969 through the merger of Standard Bank and The Chartered Bank.

Its Indian global business services centres hire finance professionals for financial control, stress testing, regulatory reporting, tax and risk roles.

• Industry: Banking and financial services
• Headquarters: London, UK
• In India: Present in India for over 150 years, with global business services centres in Bengaluru and Chennai