Finance Manager – Segments recruitment

Job Description

You will be an important member of our Consumer Bank Finance - Performance Management team.

Your scope of work will include:

- To support assigned segment head and functional finance head in all aspects of strategic planning, decision making, productivity improvements performance management
- To support the business and finance in relevant projects
- To ensure compliance towards internal external guidelines/policies/standards and set effective efficient control risk management framework to manage these

Key Roles Responsibilities

*Strategic Planning: Partner segment team in the development of strategy and its translation into specific operational financial plans.
*Business Decisions: Provide the business with options, recommendations and clear financial consequences based on robust analysis and a transparent decision making framework.
*Performance Management: Continuously provide a balanced view of business performance against agreed external internal benchmarks to drive optimal decisions, superior performance and appropriate rewards.
*Balance Sheet Management: Partner the business in developing a deep understanding of the key drivers of economic and regulatory capital and to maintain an optimal balance sheet structure which balances capital efficiency, liquidity, risk and funding costs.
*Governance, Compliance Controls: Ensure group and regulatory governance standards are understood and underpinned by robust processes within relevant segment/product finance function with appropriate self assessment and independent controls.
*Risk Management: Actively participate in the group's Risk Management Framework and through its value generation roles, ensures that financial risk is identified, measured mitigated.
*Cost Management Productivity: Have a full grip on cost levers through effective and analytical cost monitoring. Ensure costs investments are aligned to business strategy, deliver targeted returns and that a culture of continuous productivity improvement is embedded in business processes.
*Budgeting, Forecasting Reporting Cycle: Provide an efficient budgeting, forecasting reporting support

Qualifications Skills

A chartered accountant or MBA (Finance) holder with several years' practical experience in a similar role with strong banking/finance, interpersonal and stakeholder management skills in a matrix structure.

How To Apply

You can search and view current opportunities across our organisation and apply immediately by registering or logging in to our careers website www.standardchartered.com/careers. To help speed up your application, please note the following:

- You will need to log in (or register if you are visiting our careers site for the first time) before you can apply for a specific role

- Some roles may require you to undertake an online talent assessment in addition to completing the application form (to facilitate this process it is preferable that you provide us with an email address as part of your contact information)
- We will ask you about your education, career history and skills and experience, it may be helpful to have this information to hand when completing your application

It usually takes 15 - 20 minutes to complete the application form; you can save your application at any time and return to complete it at your convenience.

Closing Dates

The closing date for applications is 29/08/2012. Please note all closing dates are given in Hong Kong time (GMT + 8 hours). We aim to respond to successful applicants within four weeks and will keep a record or your application in our database so that we can contact you when suitable vacancies arise in future.

Diversity Inclusion

Standard Chartered is committed to diversity and inclusion. We believe that a work environment which embraces diversity will enable us to get the best out of the broadest spectrum of people to sustain strong business performance and competitive advantage. By building an inclusive culture, each employee can develop a sense of belonging, and have the opportunity to maximise their personal potential.