Job Description

Job Summary

This is a BAU role with a specific responsibility to provide Finance Business Analysis consulting focusing on Product Finance activity primarily to Product Control and Finance Business Users but also to other stakeholders across Finance and Technology.

Key Responsibilities

Business

Involvement in all stages of change request lifecycle, from Business User request, documenting the impact assessment, consulting with respect to approvals, documenting BRDs and user story, managing and carrying out user acceptance testing and associated documentation
Consult with Business Users in respect of change requests they wish to raise.

Processes

Involvement in all stages of change request lifecycle, from Business User request, documenting the
An overall awareness of all components of the ICON tool infrastructure and SAP Business Objects to facilitate being able to consider impact of change requests on daily BAU activity.
Document the impact assessment of change requests in a format that is easy for Business Users to understand and sign off for approval.
Use and maintain the Aspire ICON tool and BoBJ Target Operating Model Confluence site to ensure all document artefacts are relevant and are the latest versions
Liaise with stakeholders and team members across various locations and time zones including acting as a link between Business user teams, technology partners, and downstream stakeholders in delivering solutions to support Business User change requests

Strategic Initiatives

Consult with the Product control and Finance stakeholders during the prioritisation and approval process, including Technology and other Business stakeholders.
Document the BRD and FRD and/or user story to a level of detail that Technology can interpret to configure and develop the required solution.

People and Talent

Review and carry out UAT on behalf of the Business Users in respect of the configuration and/or development implemented by Technology
Responsibility for solutions to change requests received from Business Users for SAP components, namely FSDP, FPSL, and associated Reconciliations and Controls.

Risk Management

Ensure adherence of appropriate policies and procedures for accounting, management and financial reporting integrity of P&l and Balance sheet of all trading desk.
Responsible for reviewing and monitoring a robust control environment in respect of daily P&L reporting, P&L attribution and balance sheet substantiation.

Governance

Ensuring alignment with global policies, accounting standard (eg IFRS 9) and EUC reporting, validation, and documentation.
Responsible for continuous process improvement and ensuring adherence to governance, risk and control standards.

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

GBS Management team
Business desks
Group Infrastructure and change management.
Associated Technology partners

Other Responsibilities

This role is strategic and requires strong leadership to support product control globally while ensuring regulatory and internal control compliance. Its involves critical financial control task aligned with SCB global standards.

Skills And Experience

Sound judgement is required in identifying implementation and systems issues and suggesting measures to plug them.
Judgement and complexity in the job arise when dealing with other stakeholders in the project team. Working with FOT, ITO, GFS and risk functions in a collaborative manner and implementing the appropriate solutions.
Judgement & complexity arises in interpretation of regulatory matters and how they translate into a computation, systems and reporting solution.
Development of the Capital and liquidity MIS and reporting
Development of regional stress testing capabilities
Development of recovery and resolution capabilities
Overall success of strategic projects or enhancements

Qualifications

Education: MBA / CA / CFA / ACCA
Minimum of 8 years Banking experience (Finance and/or Product control experience and knowledge of Financial Markets Products preferred)
Project change/business analysis experience (exposure to both tactical and strategic solutions preferred)
Qualified accountant (CA, ACA, CIMA or equivalent) is preferred.
Project Management/Agile qualification is preferred.
Experience in full change programme lifecycle/methodology, from initiation and design to post-implementation
Detailed understanding of banking IT systems, including trade processing workflows, from trade booking to GL entries is essential
Strong accounting knowledge of DR/CR entries triggered by the various trade events across products classes (commodities, currencies, credit, rates) is essential
Able to perform gap analysis, identify and escalate issues and risks to the appropriate parties
Understanding of Local and IFRS GAAP requirements
Able to work on multiple work streams in parallel, providing support to other team members when required
Able to work independently and provide/design solutions to areas identified in business requirements
Able to obtain buy-in for recommended options from stakeholders
Strong self-starter with minimal need for guidance/supervision

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.

Posting End Date: 05/09/2026

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