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Job description / Role
Why Standard Chartered?
Standard Chartered is a leading international banking group operating for over 150 years in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. We've built a successful and sustainable business by playing a fundamental role in economies, helping people and businesses grow and achieve their aspirations. With over 89,000 employees representing 127 nationalities, we value the diversity and unique perspectives amongst our people. We are committed to developing their strengths and enabling them to make a difference to our success by helping them fulfil their potential.
Job Description
C&I, Commercial Clients and Products - MENAP
Contributes to the right balance of growth, profitability and control of the business by:
1. Supporting the Business Heads in managing all the financial aspects of business and driving business performance
2. Providing senior management with frequent, complete, accurate, timely and valid information as to the performance of the Business on a regular basis.
3. Managing the processes and systems for formulating and evaluating business strategies/performance including planning, forecasting and budgeting, advanced analysis of financial data, product profitability, capital management and liquidity as well as driving cost discipline across the said functions.
Key Roles & Responsibilities
Lead and develop Business Capabilities Unit with focus on developing Centralised Support Model and establishing Business Partnership. This can be accomplished by:
1) Provide insight into business performance at a granular level allowing proactive identification of risks and opportunities and arming the business finance team with sufficient and targeted MIS to prompt constructive challenge and debates.
2) Drive and support in forward looking strategic planning, forecasting and budgeting, advanced analysis of financial data and product/segment profitability.
3) While the production of standard analytical reports will be housed in the FSSC or within the business performance unit under the Financial Controller, the onshore Business finance team will perform detailed analytical reviews and provide meaningful commentary on actual and expected performance.
4) Prepare targeted competitive analysis and observe market trends linking performance to the external environment.
5) Assist Business on any other finance-related matters, i.e. ad-hoc client and project monitoring, client performance, strategic agendas, new markets review, etc.
6) Ensure adherence and compliance of local regulatory requirements as applicable and internal accounting and management accounting principles.
7) Manage, motivate and train staff to ensure performance of team is optimized and retains continuous development framework. To set strategic objectives for the teams and to monitor progress at regular intervals.
Requirements
Qualifications & Skills
This is a senior role within the Finance Function. Good level of judgment and highly analytical mind are required to assess the impact of proposed business activities on performance. An ability to analyze and interpret past and forecast trends is essential to enable effective remedial solutions to be taken and to signal business opportunities or risks. This is an important role given the rapid expansion in the business and numerous new initiatives in the region.
* MBA in Business, or Accounting or Professional Qualification is a plus.
* Command of Arab language is an advantage
* Relevant experience in a middle management position with relevant / specific banking experience.
* High level of computer literacy and understanding of business computing environments
* Strong knowledge of banking products and client analytics.
* Strong knowledge in Management Accounting principles
* Strong analytical skills
* Strong communication and interpersonal skills
* Strong leadership capabilities
* Strong stakeholder management capabilities
How To Apply
You can search and view current opportunities across our organisation and apply immediately by visiting www.standardchartered.com and selecting Careers. To help speed up your application, please note the following:
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Closing Dates
The closing date for applications is 09/07/2014. 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.