AVP, Financial Plannng & Analytics

Job Description

A seasoned professional with a lot of hands on experience in areas such as Financial Planning & Analysis, MI Reporting, Variance Analysis, Change Management, Closing & Reporting, People Management and stakeholder management.KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:Partner with Global Business CFOs/ senior leaders to drive and deliver on performance management reporting and analytics across Group Reporting though high quality MI and stakeholder engagement.Leading a team of senior professionals working for Standard Chartered with strong commitment towards process improvement, driving efficiency and resolving core business issues.Finance Business Partner for the business/ functions with focus on improving and manage business financials.Review various financial processes done by other GFS teams, ensure that the quality is not compromised and be on top of all financial activities end to end - Budgeting, Planning & Forecasting, Management reporting, Financial Analysis, Variance Analysis, Headcount reporting, Efficiency tracking, Accounting & Closing and other FP&A activities.Completely owning all the deliveries of the Analytical & Decision Support Team, working in close coordination with Accounting, Standard Reporting, and Planning & Control Teams.Understanding the financial processes end to end and quick in understanding the ad hoc requirements with ensuring quality and TAT of the output.Understanding all the p& L and B&S measures well and is able to design and create various MI which can be shared with Businesses/ Functions for taking important decisions.Stakeholder management and escalation handling for the teams.Providing guidance and support to the team members in their work and doing a career planning for them.Continually reviewing all assigned processes in order to identify opportunities for quality and process design improvement.Understand the data flow chart and various IT systems used in the organization and recommend changes.Embed a culture of continuous process and efficiency improvement within all teams, delivering on annual productivity/cost saves targets.Upholding the Values of the Group and Company at all times.Compliance with all applicable Rules/ Regulations and Company and Group Policies.KEY RELATIONSHIPS:GFS counterpartsFunctional CoordinatorsCountry and Business Finance teamsService DeliveryBAU, query handling and follow-upsFor other analysisKEY COMPETENCIES & EXPERIENCE:Strong Analytical and Strategic mindset, coupled with a thorough understanding of Finance.Experience of having led large teams including senior & experienced professionals.Have worked in Financial Planning & Analysis, Analytics, Variance Analysis, Stakeholder management, MI Reporting, Accounting & Closing activities.Ability to understand and connect business drivers and rationale for and application of those relevant to the Performance management process.Significant experience of working with senior management team and of interfacing with and influencing senior stakeholders.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.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 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 with 12+ years of relevant finance experience in FP&A.Strong understanding of financial industry, specifically banking products and servicesEffective communication skills, including presenting and influencing senior management.Excellent Excel & PowerPoint skillsExcellent written and oral communication skills.Solid people and project management skills.Leadership skills and ability to influence others in decision making.Comfortable dealing with incomplete information, uncertainty, change and dealing with ambiguitiesRelationship and stakeholder management skills are important.Initiative and proactive thinking.Apply now to join the Bank for those with big career ambitions.,

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