Job Description

The Role Responsibilities

Job Role

• Develop and maintain appropriate policies and procedures which ensure the accounting, management and financial reporting integrity of the trading desks balance sheet and P&L.
• Develop and execute appropriate procedures for Balance Sheet Reconciliation and Substantiation

Strategy

To ensure that the Product Control responsibilities as a function are met. These include,

• Timely production of daily TRR reporting across different regions globally. All FM products are in scope and controlled.
• Timely support of daily C&A exceptions and queries handling.
• Monitoring of key controls / processes around daily C&A and TRR reports.
• Contact point for Internal, External Audits and Regulatory Reviews for TRR report.
• Responsible for Month-end MIS reporting.
• Ensuring that all controls are followed and reviewed in a timely manner.
• Liaising with different stakeholders like Middle Office, IT, Operation, External Audit and respective financial controller to timely resolution of the issues.
• Initiating process changes to drive quality in production and controls.
• Supporting projects related to enhancing BAU process.
• Responsible for Month-end MIS reporting.
• Contact point for Internal, External Audits and Regulatory Reviews for TRR report.
• Primary contact person for the business and Local Finance teams with regards to queries / issues on controls processes.

Business

• Support Product Control at the organizational level, keeping in mind the relevance to business strategy.
• Apply a structured methodology to deliver the project through creation / execution of a plan to support adoption of the changes.

Processes

The main function of this role will be

• Formulating and reviewing the bank\xe2\x80\x99s valuation policies in accordance to various accounting and regulatory guidelines.
• C&A reporting and supports daily preparation of TRR report, identification and reporting of TRR exception to Front Office of FM products across the globe.

People and Talent

• Maintaining a pleasant workplace environment which is motivating and enables high performance within team.
• Minimise dependency on key people by cross training.
• Manage self career and growth expectations.

Risk Management

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group\xe2\x80\x99s Values and Code of Conduct.

Governance

• 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.

Regulatory and Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group\xe2\x80\x99s 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.
• Lead to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank\xe2\x80\x99s Conduct Principles: [Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment].
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
• Exercise authorities delegated by the Board of Directors and act in accordance with Articles of Association.

Key Stakeholders

• Liaising with different stakeholders like Middle Office, IT, Operation, External Audit and respective financial controller to timely resolution of the issues.
• Regular face off with Traders, Product Control Management, Regional finance team and various internal stakeholders within GFS.
• Act as a point of reference for team members and internal clients.
• Manage relationship with internal stakeholders, take regular feedback, anticipate and understand issues and escalate appropriately for timely resolution.
• Manage strong relationship with support teams (IT, Operations and Risk) and bring synergies by interacting and integrating with cross functional teams.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Educated to degree level; preferably with a Finance / master\xe2\x80\x99s degree in a quantitative subject.
• 0 - 3 years of experience preferably working within support functions from Financial Market Operations, Middle Office Control / Market & Reference Data Control / Product Control)
• Ability to work under constant pressure to tight deadlines and deliver high quality output.
• Lateral thinker who is a strong team player with ability to work independently.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate at all levels both written (report and guideline writing) and verbally.
• Analytical and challenging mindset.
• \xe2\x80\x9cCAN DO\xe2\x80\x9d attitude

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Communication
• Financial Market Products
• Product control

\xc2\xadAbout Standard Chartered

We\'re an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 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
• Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

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, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with 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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