Job Description

The Role Responsibilities Overview Primarily responsible for providing a highly detailed analytic view which permits for intelligent insights for opportunities, cost reporting, cost accountability, saves and ownership. The role will require strong analytic skills with the emphasis on translating multiple data points that will drive decision making. Easily builds and maintains relationships with stakeholders, influence long-term FinOps strategic direction and act as a trusted advisor driving engagement at the senior manager level with technology decision makers. Ability to introduce new tools which are compatible with the application set available in the workplace, with the aim to produce detailed, informative reports that are automated with live data. Seeking a Business Efficiency Lead whose role will be to help manage infrastructure initiatives to drive Technology Simplification and efficiencies across the estate (inc Cloud). Experienced with budget management processes, cost analytics and cost optimisation with a good knowledge of Cloud and Infrastructure charging mechanisms. Good knowledge of Project Management disciplines and background to ensure task accountabilities are tracked and delivered to defined timelines. Knowledge in process engineering to establish new processes, working practices and improve existing processes which are measurable. Understanding of Project Management frameworks and disciplines to ensure deadlines are tracked, reported and maintained. Collaborates well with all levels of the business regardless of department or seniority. This will include external parties. Willingness in approach to improve and succeed, focus on innovation and ability to learn new technologies. Excellent communication and presentation skills, written and verbal, to all levels of an organisation. Ability to work with partners and teams to build and communicate simplified process documents. Accountable and responsible: Self-starter, self-motivated, well-adapted, and self-sufficient. Cloud Financial Management Responsible for assessing proposed solution from a FinOps perspective with a broad set of stakeholders, whilst validating the solution with Global platform teams to ensure full compliance on technology and security within financial budget. Ensuring accurate forecasting and budgeting of Cloud engineering, engagement teams, Cross border financial engagement models and charging of products. Ability to produce enhanced reporting (via BI tools) taking data from tools such as Cloudability, AWS and Azure to drive appropriate hygiene across Cloud. CIO engagement to support infrastructure initiatives and cost impacts such as Cloud migration, rightsizing, re-tiering storage support. Establishing financial governance to facilitate transparent, accurate and timely recharging of services. Assist technical team to capture benefits: Savings Plan, Enterprise Discounts, RI&rsquos. Understand consumption-based chargeback mechanisms. Engagement with 3rd party vendors. Strategy Co-ordinate with and support all teams across the organisation, acting as an advisor, contributor and champion of best practices in the realms of financial sense and optimisation goals. Monitoring and controlling the overall Cloud FinOps Plan in line business expectations. Contribute to the successful delivery of the Cloud and On-Prem FinOps organisation. Adapting to emerging risks and issues to maximize outcomes. People and Talent Influence and indirect leadership to bring teams together to deliver, remove any impediments, and drive a collaborative culture. Coach, build and lead a team of FinOps specialists within the organisation. Achieve the desired business outcomes. Governance Design, develop, and maintain reports and KPIs that provide detailed usage statistics of resources across the multi cloud landscape. Analyse, report, and produce meaningful insights from large raw datasets on billing and usage tools. Identify and communicate cost saving opportunities. Regulatory and Business Conduct Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group&rsquos 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&rsquos 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. Key Stakeholders Business stakeholders Tech Finance TTO MT ET MT Personal and Interpersonal skills Displays professionalism with excellent interpersonal skills which lend themselves to team-oriented approach with the ability to work effectively as part of a team and as an individual. Advanced data analytics and business intelligence abilities, focussing on producing accurate detailed data and reports - Reports will be produced within Tableau, PowerBi and MS Excel. Demonstrates ability to develop, communicate and educate on standard operating procedures within their given function. Self-motivated / directed with an ability to take direction from multiple areas. Highly productive, delivers quality results with attention to detail. Attention to detail is essential given the Executive target audience. The ability to simultaneously work on multiple project and deadlines. Applies standards consistently across all solutions. Strong verbal and written communication skills. Adherence to standard operating procedures. Adapts in a rapidly changing environment. Our Ideal Candidate Bachelor&rsquos degree in business, Finance, IT or analytics Master\'s degree preferred. A minimum of 5 years of overall professional experience Financial Analyst and / or Business Analyst background preferred. A minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in Cloud FinOps / Cloud spend optimisation. Advanced knowledge of MS products, especially Excel and PowerPoint, Power BI. Expert with Tableau and PowerBi knowledge. FinOps certification desirable. Role Specific Technical Competencies Analytical mindset to drive insights and desired outcomes from them Big Data Analytics via BI tools and use of MS Excel MS PowerPoint skills Manage Stakeholders Manage Conduct Manage Risk About 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. Recruitment assessments - some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role you\'ve applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process. Visit our careers website

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