Job Description

The Role Responsibilities This Delivery Lead role is a transformational role within the Aspire and GCFO Change Department. Aspire is a multi-year strategic investment programme to transform GCFO into The Role Responsibilities This Delivery Lead role is a transformational role within the Aspire and GCFO Change Department. Aspire is a multi-year strategic investment programme to transform GCFO into a modern, globally consistent organisation with skills, capabilities and jobs that match competitor banks. The core of Aspire requires a modern technology infrastructure and data capability - SAP has been selected for Finance. It will result in a cloud-based single instance general ledger and a detailed, granular data store that is shared with the Risk function. This will enable faster monthly close and daily reporting, centralised regulatory reporting capability, self-service MIS, and automated controls. The role is responsible for the strategic vision of the subledger and driving out the subledger delivery, aligning the multiples teams and stakeholders, spanning Aspire, GCFO, Technology and CCIB and CPBB business, to an E2E roadmap for this complex, multi-year delivery. In addition the role will be responsible for establishing a CoE aligned to our Target Operating model in India to support the subledger in the medium and long term and for the end-to-end delivery management for Subledger Releases and Data Factory. Key Responsibilities Define, agree and maintain release roadmap and plan on a page for subledger releasesWork with the Product Owners and Change and Tech leads for prioritisation discussions for the end-to-end road map Partner with T&I and Change and finance teams to plan future releases including scope, test, data and environment requirements RAID management for releasesFacilitate surfacing of Risks Issues and Dependencies and drive collaboration in mitigating the same Ensure adherence to RAID management guidelines across the delivery Driver delivery of the Data Factory. Ensure adherence to release governance. Run governance and delivery forums for releases. Support management reporting across the programme. Drive the delivery optimisation agenda and ensure Agile adoption is embedded across the programme. Establish strong relationships between the Finance and T&I Functions to encourage collaborative and transparent working. Key Stakeholders Responsibilities Chapter leads FM, Non-FM and BAU and Icon Change and Tech Leads Test manager (TM) Technical Architect (TA) End to End Functional Integration lead (E2EFI) Head, Product Control Country, Business and Functions CFOs Finance GPOs Global Head, GCFO Change and Aspire Programme Global Head of Technology, Finance Data, Capital Regulatory and 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. Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate, and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters. Lead the Aspire Transition State Release management team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank's Conduct Principles: Fair Outcomes for Clients Financial Crime Compliance The Right Environment. Our Ideal Candidate Proven experience of global / regional programme and project delivery in a banking environment. Over 10 years in Programme delivery and leadership in an a multi-regional Investment Banking environment on large scale change programs. Thorough understanding of Project delivery methodologies - Agile, SDLC and managing Jira at scale. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills covering both senior and operational levels. Role Specific Technical Competencies Over 10 years in Programme delivery and leadership in a multi-regional Investment Banking environment on large scale transformation programs. Thorough understanding of Project delivery methodologies - Agile, SDLC and managing Jira at scale. Stakeholder management and communication skills covering both senior and operational levels. Thorough understanding and experience of Finance and Product Control processes including Financial Reporting and Consolidation, Product PnL, Balance Sheet Management, Accounting and Controllership. About Standard Chartered Visit our careers website 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 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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