Vice President - Planning Operations

Job Description

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. Its 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.Were 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

• E2E own the operational process and system aspects of Group Corporate Planning, Budgeting Restatement, Target setting and Forecasting processes
• Own planning system and lead development of BAU changes to planning system, including prioritisation, delivery management and risk escalations during change transition
• Support development and agreement of planning objectives, Group Planning approach papers with senior management
• Understand the pain areas and provide recommendations for a more efficient and effective end to end process including technology related aspects
• Provide thought leadership and leverage process/domain expertise to lead process reengineering and change initiatives opportunities.
• Support reporting and analysis team for Group Planning outcomes and ad-hoc senior management requests
• Contribute to transformational agenda and support all Global initiatives as applicable
• Partner with Global Process Managers and leaders to design and implement Standard Global Processes across all areas of planning and track implementation effectiveness and gaps on a continued basis
• Monitor operational risk across planning processes and escalate key risks to right forums
• Ensure compliance with Group Code of Conduct and Social agenda of the organization
• Develop key people management and stakeholder management skills to move into People Manager / SME roles
• Engage and influence Finance stakeholders with continuous focus on Big Picture and enable the decision support in line with Group FP&A strategy

Our Ideal CandidateCompetencies

• Strong Senior stakeholder management experience including interfacing and influencing.
• Strong strategic mindset coupled with a thorough understanding of Planning processes in Banking Industry to be an agent of change .
• A leader, a team player with the management ability and track record to secure the confidence and respect of the peers, stakeholders and the executive management team.
• 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
• Have an excellent Systems skills (preferable planning systems), communication, analytical and decision-making skills. A strong self-starter with natural intellectual curiosity

Experience

• Chartered Accountant or MBA with 12-15 years of relevant finance experience in Planning activities.
• Expert process management and reengineering skill set, including experience of leading system and process change initiatives
• Significant subject matter understanding & experience of planning, performance analysis & financial statements, within large multinational companies in the financial services sector Specific experience in running the planning processes (or equivalent) of a complex multinational banking Group.
• Substantial experience of banking, depth and breadth of knowledge in processes especially in the areas of Planning and Management accounting and related processes
• Experience in operating within large virtual teams and relationships across a complex network of stakeholders including senior management

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Keyskills :
project managementsenior stakeholder managementoperational risklead developmentdecision supportwork effectivelysenior managementpeople managementfinancial servicescorporate planningprocess management