Business Planning Manager

Standard Chartered Bank - UAE

UAE

Ref: HP048-612

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Job Description

Key Roles & Responsibilities
The scope of this role is wide ranging and covers the broad spectrum of the Client Coverage business. As a consequence, the role will involve a combination of routine, project and ad-hoc work of a strategic and tactical nature. Specific areas of responsibility will include:

1. Financial Performance & Forecasting
Support the Head of C&IC UAE in delivering superior and well balanced financial performance by work closely with the Business teams and Business Finance in tracking and monitoring financial performance against set financial objectives.
Preparation & presentation of performance, portfolio & client analysis, and the identification of business opportunities including the implementation of key actions.
Support the budget and forecasting process, including managing RWA performance.
Actively manage the business pipeline in close coordination with the Coverage and Product Partner teams.

2. Business Strategy
Work with the C&IC UAE Head, along with CEO UAE, Regional and Group management, to drive strategy creation and execution and in particular highlight and resolve trade-offs between competing investments and agendas.
Preparation of the annual strategy, setting business targets & objectives, business performance metrics and productivity ratios.

3. Control & Governance
Support C&IC in maintaining a strong and appropriate control environment, in collaboration with the Business Risk Manager.
Constantly review and refresh the framework for monitoring, identifying, measuring, assessing, reporting and escalating all material risks for which the C&IC UAE Head is accountable for.
Co-ordinate audits and other reviews and ensure all requlatory requirements are met.
Working with C&IC, CDD Lead, CDD Risk Management and the CDD Hub to continuously improve the efficiency of the CDD process.
Oversight the operational risk support infrastructure through close interaction with the Business Risk Management team in the UAE.

4. Operational Delivery & Excellence
Specific focus on creating and driving process and operating efficiency across UAE by owning and drive initiatives which create operational infrastructure excellence and which align and support the strategic ambition of the business.
Work closely with the Group COO's office in the implementation of the Group COO's business agenda - Centres of Excellence approach to improve key processes free up front-office time to focus on sales-related / revenue generating activities through combination of (i) Operational excellence (""OE"") and (ii) Optimal operating model (""COE""):
Operational Excellence aims to * Understand and measure the process & major pain points. Process redesign to simplify, eliminate, automate, hub etc.
Support the set up of the MENAP Middle Office.

5. Balance Sheet & Liquidity Management
Manage the C&IC balance sheet in line with ALCO & GALCO objectives by working closely with the sales teams, Money Market Sales, Transaction Banking and ALM.
Actively manage the liquidity requirements of the business.
Manage the asset sell down program

6. Human Resource Management / Leadership

7. Credit Risk
Work in conjunction with Risk to set and monitor client portfolio, risk exposures and client strategy;

Key Relationships will need to be built with the following:

* Global and Regional Corporate & Institutional Client management
* Global and Regional Product Partners
* Client Coverage MENAP Team Heads
* Regional & Country CEO's
* Regional Support Function Heads (Human Resources, Learning & Development, Talent Acquisition, Operations, Finance, Credit etc.)

Requirements

* Due to the breadth and complexity of the role, a high level of proficiency in multiple dimensions is required, including (but not limited to):
* Self-confidence with a high level of drive, dedication, pride and exceptional attention to detail.
* Adept analytical skills
* Excellent inter-personal skills, with the ability to build lasting and strong internal relationships at senior levels and across borders, developing a strong and broad network of contacts within the Bank.
* Very adept communication skills, both written and oral, with proven ability to distil information into incisive reports and presentations.
* Excellent analytical and finance skills, with proven ability to interpret, analyse and present financial information and performance metrics.
* Detailed working knowledge and understanding (including business drivers) of product-level P&L, economic revenue, risk-weighted assets under Basel II / III.
* Strong business acumen, with good knowledge of risk, product and operational activities and processes.
* Strong organisational skills with ability to manage multiple deliverables in a timely and effective manner.
* Proved leadership aptitude, as well as the ability to positively influence business, product and governance teams.
* Strong core/business values given the nature and sensitivity of the role.
* Preferably dual language skills; English essential, Arabic preferred

Key Roles & Responsibilities

Qualifications & Skills

Closing Dates

The closing date for applications is 29/01/2015. 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.

About the Company

Standard Chartered Bank started in 1958 in UAE with its first branch in Sharjah. The Group’s business gradually increased in Dubai with the opening of several branches and today, Dubai is the administrative hub of the Middle East and South Asia Region. In its 43rd year, the Bank enjoys the position of having the most extensive branch network among foreign international banks in UAE with 10 branches emirate-wide.

Standard Chartered is an international bank, focused on the established and emerging markets of Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America with an extensive global network of more than 600 offices in over 50 countries. The three principal business groups are Global Markets, Personal Banking and Corporate and Institutional Banking.

In UAE, we are one of the leading banks, offering an extensive range of products and services for personal customers, local companies, multinational corporate and financial institutions.

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