Standard Chartered is hiring for Specialist, Financial & Regulatory Reporting

Specialist, Financial & Regulatory Reporting - (1900026176)

 

Job

: Finance

Primary Location

: ASEAN & South Asia-India-Chennai

Schedule

: Full-time

Employee Status

: Permanent

Posting Date

: 19/Nov/2019

Unposting Date

: Ongoing

 

About Standard Chartered 

We are a leading international bank focused on helping people and companies prosper across Asia, Africa and the Middle East.  

To us, good performance is about much more than turning a profit.  It's about showing how you embody our valued behaviours - do the right thing, better together and never settle - as well as our brand promise, Here for good. 

We're committed to promoting equality in the workplace and creating an inclusive and flexible culture - one where everyone can realise their full potential and make a positive contribution to our organisation. This in turn helps us to provide better support to our broad client base.

The Role Responsibilities 

• Responsible for the monthly close process, management of books of accounts, accountings controls and accounting operations processes ensuring compliance of regulations, policies and requirements of the “in scope” countries/entities.
• Manage the process for review and recording of journal entries required to reflect the monthly activity and continuous improvement in productivity to the standards prescribed from time to time.
• Continually reviewing all assigned processes in order to identify opportunities for quality & process design improvement
• Ensure that the standards of customer service provided by the function consistently meet or exceed the requirements set under the Service Level Agreements agreed with the customers.
• Liaise with customers on the periodic review and re-negotiation of Service Level Agreements and any other related performance and quality measures
• Ensure effective systems and procedures for the timely collection of data from all accounting sites and their collation and submission to various recipients.
• Ensure compliance of regulations, policies & requirements of the ‘in scope’ countries and reports and raise relevant risks to delivery by effective communication.
• Effectively contribute to the change being led by the superiors and management arising out of transition of new processes or arresting the escalations.

Our Ideal Candidate

Key Competencies & Experience

• Ability to understand and connect business drivers and rationale for and application of those relevant to the Performance management processes.
• Significant experience of working with   stakeholders and senior management team and of interfacing with and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Have an excellent communication, analytical and decision-making skills.
• Substantial experience of banking, depth and breadth of knowledge in processes especially in the areas of Management accounting and related processes
• Strong ability to understand financial statements and its drivers and synthesize them into meaningful analyses as required. Develop analysis & interpretations as required to facilitate management decision making.
• Ability to culturally orient in diverse & international team environment and lead and inspire multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure, multi task, lead through ambiguities, influence where he/she does not have direct authority & build on unstructured formative situations

Qualifications/Skills

• Chartered Accountant or MBA  or Commerce graduate with 0 to 5 years of relevant finance experience in  Accounting and Control , Finance process re-engineering, and organisation Design
• Strong understanding of financial / Banking industry, specifically banking products and services
• In-depth knowledge of the e2e book close process in a large international Bank and relevant key measures that drives effectiveness of these processes
• Sound knowledge on accounting its principles and policies.
• Effective communication skills, including presenting and influencing senior management.
• Excellent Excel & PowerPoint skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Relationship and stakeholder management skills is important
• Initiative and proactive thinking

Apply now to join the Bank for those with big career ambitions. 

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