Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Creating and leading the critical new Sustainability Reporting delivery function, to deliver CFO-owned reporting for the Group and for every Standard Chartered presence market in the world as new local regulatory requirements go live
• Ensuring that external reports meet applicable TCFD, ISSB, CSRD and other new regulatory sustainability (primarily climate related quantitative disclosure) requirements for Group and for every market report
• Working with the Chief Sustainability Office (CSO) team, verifying integrity of quantitative climate, carbon and other sustainability numbers as a control and reporting function.
• Performing reporting of Finance-owned quantitative metrics as required for the Group's annual report
• Preparing local sustainability reporting for all our global presence markets, supporting entity CFOs
• Supporting entity CFOs in dealing with local regulator queries, as required
• Building and maintaining knowledge of sustainability reporting requirements across each of the bank's markets, as these evolve
• Assessing and documenting processes and controls across the reporting process, including understanding the operations within the various functions which contribute to sustainability reporting
• Addressing and resolving financial reporting issues raised by the Group's external auditors with regards to sustainability disclosures within the Group or entity reports.
• Building strong working relationships with other teams in the bank focussed on sustainability.
• Developing and implementing target operating model on new sustainability reporting as requirements evolve, in support of future aim of standardised reporting for Group and each individual country entity
• Recruiting, leading and developing the delivery team, with target ~15 FTE by 2026

Strategy

• This candidate will provide critical support to the Head of Sustainability Reporting and the wider Sustainability and Net Zero global team to develop the Group's strategy for disclosures in this area and ensure that the data collected is complete and accurate and collected in a controlled manner.

Business

• The candidate will demonstrate a thorough understanding of the financial accounting and regulatory landscape
• Ensure that the Annual and when required Half Year accounts as well as quarterly disclosures meet all the applicable sustainability accounting and regulatory requirements.
• Utilise knowledge of IFRS standards and the IFRS Foundation, including the ISSB to help develop and maintain policies for sustainability reporting in the Group's external financial statements, and those of individual markets as local requirements go-live

Processes

• Develop and maintain policies for sustainability reporting in the Group's external financial statements.
• Actively follow current developments in sustainability reporting through monitoring requirements and horizon scanning.
• Engage with other stakeholders across the Group to develop best in class disclosures.
• Act as a TCFD and ISSB expert in its application for preparing group accounts.
• Work with country teams in leveraging off the Group disclosures in preparing country specific TCFD/ISSB disclosures, where applicable.
• See issues through to completion working with other functions as needed.

People & Talent

• Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values.
• Ensure the provision of ongoing technical training and development of people with regards to the latest disclosures and accounting/regulatory requirements for broader sustainability requirements.

Risk Management

• Work in collaboration with risk and control partners.
• Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with accounting and regulatory requirements, the risk management framework and all internal policies.
• Develop the Operational Risk framework for sustainability reporting.
• Develop a set of accounting reporting policies for sustainability reporting to mirror the Group accounting policy manual.

Governance

• Active participation in project governance in respect of Group Financial Reporting's role in projects requiring external reporting expertise, specifically in the sustainability space.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group's Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Support all relevant interaction with regulators - PRA, Bank of England.

Key stakeholders

• Group Chief Financial Officer
• Group Head, Central Finance and Deputy CFO SC Bank
• Group Financial Controller
• Head, Group Financial Reporting and Finance Risk
• Head, Sustainability Reporting
• Head of Carbon Accounting and Net Zero Delivery
• Chief Sustainability Officer
• CSO CFO
• CFO, Affluent and Wealth and CPBB Sustainability
• Global Head, Climate Risk & Net Zero Oversight
• Global Head, Investor Relations
• Global Process Owner (Finance) - Record to Report
• Global Process Manager, R2R Reporting (GBS Chennai)
• Group Corporate Secretariat department
• Internal and External Audit (EY)

Qualifications

• Qualified Chartered Accountant or equivalent with Financial Services background (Banking preferred) - 10 years+ PQE
• Experience in sustainability reporting is a key requirement
• Demonstrated good understanding of banking products and relevant technical sustainability accounting concepts, including regulatory and statutory IFRS foundation disclosure requirements.
• Ability to communicate with senior stakeholders, including explaining sustainability concepts in a succinct manner.
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong analytical skills and capability for self-directed research and work

Skills and Experience

• Financial Reporting
• Financial Record Keeping
• Financial Process Documentation
• Influencing Through Expertise
• Climate Risk and Net Zero Technical Expertise

About Standard Chartered
We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.
Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.
Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer
In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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